Chapter 230: Getting Answers VI

Zack wetted his lips with his tongue, hearing Ewan’s impatient statement, not oblivious to its intent. "Well, as I was saying, Athena was too curious, too intelligent for her years. Perhaps if I had looked beyond my selfishness then, I would have seen her for the genius she was and..."

"Use her the more. Maybe to strike more business and political deals for you?" Ewan interrupted, as if stating a fact.

Zack paused with his mouth open, staring at Ewan keenly.

"Am I wrong?" Ewan continued, his brow raising, daring Zack to refute the answer.

Zack closed his mouth, turned away from Ewan and beckoned to a waiter. "More coffee, please." He placed his order, before reverting to his unwanted guests. "That’s beside the point, Ewan. It’s not necessary now, the what ifs..."

Sandro and Ewan couldn’t help the sarcastic chuckle that broke from their lips, an unwelcome sound that caused Zack to swallow uncomfortably, both his words and his saliva.

"Of course, Zack. By all means, continue." Ewan gestured, leaning backward into his seat, absolutely happy and relieved that Zack had been among those that had thought Athena was an illiterate.

"I will just get straight to the accident point..."

"That will be better for everyone." Sandro added, nodding his head in agreement, placing his hands on the table, waiting for the main reason they had come here.

Although he didn’t think that Athena was the woman that had saved Ewan those years ago, he was still curious about the accident had made the entire town believe she was illiterate. Who had even spread the damn news?!

Athena left the house

interrupted again, gesturing with a flick of his hands that Zack explain

sure where she went to, but since she always came back, dutifully, during the

perhaps, for a shoe to land on him. When he met the gazes of the men in front of him, he was surprised a little to note the bland expressions on their faces. However, he

her, not really, so long as she did what she was

the tip of Ewan’s tongue to ask if there was a time Athena ever hesitated and what punishment was accorded to her when she did, but time was running past—there was no time for the extras. That

very worried. Me, I was just annoyed that she was bringing up the blood pressure of my wife, so I kept threatening

chuckled

a few hours after the slated time, and when she still didn’t come back, I started to get worried, not because I actually cared, but because of my wife. Calista had gotten so attached to Athena, that if anything had happened to the little one then, she would have died those years ago." A contemplative

search for her, with some of my people that night. We searched and searched, checking out the places that people of the town had mentioned seeing

But Sandro still wasn’t bought over—that statement couldn’t mean anything. Didn’t he wander

her, how much I tasked the servants to prepare her best meals at every time of the day. She only wanted to see Athena. Hence, I got more serious with my search—I didn’t want to lose my wife. I hired three private investigators to

stop himself from making the dig, even while knowing the

did."

server brought the tray containing a

said meekly, accepting the cup. He exhaled loudly when he took a sip. "This is

continued his tale, needing them out of his space as soon

news that Athena had been found. Quickly, my wife that had been bedridden from sorrow rose from the bed with an insane amount of energy I didn’t think she had within her, seeing as she hadn’t eaten properly for a week, and ran out of the room. In the sitting room, Athena was sitting on a sofa with one of the private investigators, looking lost. We had thought maybe she was in shock or something. But when Calista tried to hug her, and she screamed as if seeing

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