Chapter 157

Jodie took the envelope, examined it carefully, and was immediately discouraged. “The mailing address is the same as before. There’s no one living there at all. If this Mr. Xenos doesn’t want us to find him, we really won’t be able to find him. He’s just like a ghost…”

When Margaret thought of her current situation, she felt a little hopeless.

She had just a glimmer of hope for Christopher before, but there was nothing left now. All she wanted was to leave. She wanted to leave all this behind and live like a normal person, yet he insisted on torturing her, refusing to let her go.

“Forget it, Jo. There’s no need to care about this matter anymore. Just… pretend as though we’d never gotten letters from Mr. Xenos before. I’ve had enough.” Margaret was filled with negative emotions.

“Don’t give up, Meg. This has to do with your father. If he were wrongly accused, then you have an obligation to clear his name. How far are you now? Are you already discouraged? We just need to find Mr. Xenos, right? I’ll hire someone to find him for you. We shall not give up until we find that man!” Jodie did not approve of Margaret’s approach and knew that the latter was only saying this because she had suffered a setback.

find a person, right? As long as he’s still alive in this world, I’ll definitely find him. If I can’t

taken her more than ten years to figure this out. In the past, she was an orphan taken in by Christopher. Hence, she always

her feel less guilty long ago. Once her father was proved innocent, she would no longer have to feel any guilt at all.

 

almost time for lunch. Christopher must be having lunch happily with Megan and her family now,

called him directly. When the call connected, she

react for a while. How could a person who never reached

his answer, she added, “What? You have money to mess around outside but

unknown gleam emerged in the man’s eyes.

phone. The smile in his eyes spread to the

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