Olivia stayed before the grave for quite some time before leaving. She did not have time to wallow in sorrow for too long. She had an investigation to carry out now that she had the photo.

Most of the women her dad was in touch with worked in his company, so it was natural that Olivia started from there. But just as she started to search for a way to contact them, her phone started ringing.

It was one of the children from the countryside whose education her father had sponsored back then. His voice was rather anxious.

“Ms. Fordham, I just returned from overseas and heard that Mr. Fordham is gravely ill. Is he alright?”

“Thanks for your concern. My father’s still getting treatment at the hospital.”

“Gosh! How could someone as kind as him get into such a situation? If it wasn’t for him sponsoring our studies years back, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”

A thought flashed across Olivia’s mind. In the past, her father had helped children in the countryside to move to the city for their studies, so Leia could have known him since she was abducted and taken to the countryside.

“Ryan, do you know those who were sponsored by my father?”

“I’ve been helping Mr. Fordham contact them all along. I know most of them, but I’ve lost contact with them after going abroad for the past few years. Is there anything I can help you with, Ms. Fordham? I’ll do everything in my power to help you.”

Olivia felt as though she just found herself a sliver of hope. Immediately, she told him, “I have a picture with me. Can you see if she’s one of the students my father sponsored before?”

“Sure thing, Ms. Fordham.”

In just half an hour after sending him the picture, Ryan had sent Olivia the information she wanted. The girl in the picture he sent had bright eyes that were similar to Leia and Ethan.

student from a young age and managed to get a spot

this was the person Olivia was looking for. In a hurry, she asked Ryan to meet up with her

arrived on time. This was the first time in ten years that Olivia met him in person. Back then, he was still a bashful boy, very unlike the smart-looking man in

he still addressed her courteously. “Sorry to keep you

around the

used to be. I seldom contacted my friends in the country when I stayed overseas.

know how she’s doing these

have known about your family’s situation if it weren’t for my friends. Jodie

sip from the cup of coffee and cleared his throat. “But since you requested it, I tried asking around in her circle. Sadly, she’s dead. What a shame. Her grades were excellent, and she would’ve had a bright future ahead of

“How did she die?”

death, but I heard

she not find the answers she was looking

old, so she

her studies, why didn’t she ask for

to the Millers when she came to

did Olivia’s father have

my father kind to

in her exams and made her way into the city all alone. Mr. Fordham was very kind to her. I heard that she was rather reserved and was ostracized by her roommates, so Mr. Fordham rented

asked, “Why are you

her death so that she wouldn’t die

to settle her funeral. Now, she

refused to tell her the truth, she

out a name card from his wallet and passed it to Olivia. “One of my friends is a renowned

“Thank you, Ryan.”

the country for some time, so just message me if you need anything. I have a meeting soon, so I’ll be taking

off, Olivia called the private detective and sent the information she got over to him. Presently,

her to his office. Olivia had an ominous feeling about this. Anxiously, she

prepared. Even though Mr. Fordham’s surgery was a success, he hit his head during the car crash, which

into a perpetual abyss. Her grip on

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