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.

and she came from a poor family. Olivia’s father had sponsored her education 12 years ago. She had been a brilliant student from a young age

looking for. In a hurry, she asked Ryan

that Olivia met him in person. Back then, he was still a bashful

the Fordhams had fallen into bankruptcy, he still addressed her courteously. “Sorry to keep

arrived. I won’t beat around the bush. Are you still in contact

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

know how

for my friends. Jodie and I aren’t close, though. At most, I only

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 her if she were

“How did she die?”

the cause of her death, but I heard that she was fished out of the

her forehead wrinkling. Not only did she not find the answers she was looking for,

old, so she should have

father had sponsored her studies,

to the Millers

father have to

kind to

was orphaned at a young age. She scored well 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 her a small apartment so that she could excel in

his cup down and asked, “Why are you so curious

cause of her death so that she wouldn’t

to leave this world peacefully after getting ten million from her divorce to settle her funeral. Now, she had something else in mind. She wanted to clear her father’s

her the truth, she

a name card from his wallet and passed it to Olivia. “One of my friends is a renowned private detective. He could be of help if you wish to find out

“Thank you, Ryan.”

country for some time, so just message me if you need

After seeing him off, Olivia called the private detective and sent the

hospital, Dr. Freeman called her to his office. Olivia had an ominous feeling about

Fordham’s surgery was a success, he hit his head during the car crash, which triggered an aftereffect. He shows no signs of waking up,

had fallen into a perpetual abyss. Her grip on the disposable paper cup loosened, and her hands

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