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The Summarised story of the Identity
LAUREN DANIELS has spent her whole uneventful life in Philadelphia. But when she discovers that her idyllic mother, HELEN DANIELS, isn’t who she thinks she is, she learns that she was stolen from her real parents in London. Her mundane life is turned upside down in an instant when she realises that she could have had a completely different past, present and future.
When discovering the identity and location of her birth parents, Lauren abandons her so-called family and heads to London. The attractive, kind stranger ETHAN BRIGGS insists on following Lauren on her journey, but with his secretive texts about her, he clearly isn’t what he seems.
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Tracking down Lauren’s birth father FRANK PORTER, the seedy middle-aged man proves to be a disappointment when they catch him
cheating with a young woman. Sickened, Lauren’s dreams of her perfect parents crash and burn even more when she discovers that he and her angel-faced mother KATHLEEN PORTER, now have a pretty young daughter; AMANDA PORTER.
In the darkening streets of London, Lauren’s world caves in further when she finds out that Ethan was sent by her family friend CHRIS HILLMAN to stop her from finding her family, so that he wouldn’t be found out for illegally helping Helen to change her identity and run away in 1989. But with Ethan’s decision to turn his back on his mission, and confessing to caring for her, she forgives his truly kind heart. The pair spend the night together, but Lauren decides to return to her own mission alone.
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Tracking down the pristine home of her disappointing family, Lauren meets the
surprisingly scruffy-looking Amanda. Soon realising in conversation that they’re not related, Lauren discovers that this new daughter was her replacement. Frank and Kathleen confess that the actually Romanian orphan Amanda, was illegally adopted. Sickened to her stomach, Lauren leaves, vowing to never see this mess of a family again.
But later, when the drug fuelled Amanda lures Lauren to her house, Amanda brutally attacks and ties up Lauren, planning to kill her. But to save her own life, Lauren is forced to kill Amanda instead. Realising that her fate is the same as her mother’s, she’s forced to change her identity and run away. Reconnecting with Ethan, the pair disappear for good.