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.

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 and managed to get a spot in many of the top universities in the nation, so she chose to further her

for. In a hurry,

in ten years that Olivia met him in person. Back then, he was still a bashful boy, very unlike the smart-looking man in a suit who

still addressed

the bush. Are

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

you know how

few days ago. I wouldn’t have known about your family’s situation if it weren’t for my

took a 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

“How did she die?”

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

only did she not find the answers she was looking

when she was almost six years old, so she should have remembered what

her studies,

did she not return to the Millers when she came to the

father have to do with Jodie’s

kind to her?”

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.

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

find out the cause of her death so

had planned 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 name and take revenge

the truth,

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

“Thank you, Ryan.”

I wish for her to go peacefully too. I’ll be staying in the country for some time, so just message me if you need anything. I

later.” After seeing him off, Olivia called the private detective and sent the information she got over to him. Presently, she was

at the hospital, Dr. Freeman called her to his office. Olivia had an ominous feeling about this. Anxiously, she asked, “How’s

you need to be mentally prepared. Even though Mr. 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, and … he may not ever

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

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