Chapter 206

It had been over twenty years since her grandmother went insane.

She would call out to this “Ruby” every time her condition acted up.

Felicity had tried asking her parents and other family members. However, they either refused to answer or brush her away.

Mr. Snyder Sr. spoke to her solemnly, which was a rare occasion. “Don’t ask questions about things you shouldn’t be asking about. I will tell you when the time is right!”

At Royal Bay, Jonford.

Nash informed Hera and her parents that the culprit was now dead.

The three hugged and cried tears of joy.

Maria dabbed at the tears that had welled in her

eyes.

Harrison clapped a hand to Nash’s back. “Nashy… you traveled thousands of miles just to catch the murderer, so I’m sure Mr. Lewis will rest easy now!”

Nash smiled. “Don’t mention it!”

Lauren glanced at Harrison. “Didn’t you say Mr. Lewis had left that box behind for Nash?”

“Oh, right…”

Harrison picked up a box from the couch and handed it to Nash. “He had been protecting this box with his life. We spent ages trying to figure out how to open it, but we still haven’t figured it out!”

did not have a lid or a lock. It looked like a piece of metal.

could immediately tell it held something inside it because of

burr puzzle made using interlocked pieces

palm down on the top of the box, ejecting pieces of metal from all four sides.

like he was playing

“Are these magnets?”

her hands and

chemical compound instead. Chemical reactions that occur at the cracks allow the pieces to fuse as one, but the bonds

he continued pushing the metal

Hera nodded.

adjusting the metal pieces

yawned. “Are you sure you can

smiled. “Do you want to know?”

Hera was

“Nothing!”

head and continued adjusting the metal pieces.

Lauren exchanged

averted their gazes after that.

Crack!

box let out a crisp-sounding crack.

sides of the box fell downwards

attention and leaned forth to

also

bundle of yellowing papyrus.

gold ring in the

unfurled the papyrus, which

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