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.

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 studies

a hurry, she asked

then, he was still a bashful boy, very unlike

bankruptcy, he still addressed her courteously. “Sorry to keep you

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

country when I stayed overseas. We haven’t talked in

how she’s

your family’s situation if it weren’t for my friends. Jodie and I aren’t close,

tried asking around in her circle. Sadly, she’s dead. What a shame. Her grades were excellent, and she

“How did she die?”

cause of her death, but I heard that she

the answers she was looking

was almost six years old,

had sponsored her studies, why didn’t she ask for

the Millers when she

Olivia’s father have

my father kind to

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

and asked, “Why are you

the cause of her death so

settle her funeral. Now, she had something else in mind. She

to tell her the truth,

if he suddenly recalled something. He took out 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.”

I wish for her to go peacefully too. I’ll be staying in the country for some time, so

called the private detective and sent the

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

surgery was a success, he hit his head during the car crash, which triggered an aftereffect. He shows

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

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