Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 858 Humiliation of a Ten-Year Bond

"I started by looking for photos of the Pierce family and the Graham family, which are pictures of two families of four, but I couldn't find a single photo. That was fine, as it could be chalked up to them being lost over time.

"Then, I tried to track down the former household staff of the Pierce family and the Graham family, hoping that they could identify Mrs. Filo from a photo. But I couldn't find a single one of them either.

"That's where things got really strange. There were at least 20 household staff between the two families. How could they all disappear like that?"

Emelie hummed in acknowledgment, switching to a new plate as she mechanically resumed peeling the sweet potatoes.

"So, I dug deeper. Some of those household staff had passed away naturally, and some had left the family homes to follow their children elsewhere. As for the rest... someone had bought them houses, found them jobs, and given them money to leave their original residences."

Lyle's voice grew serious. "They were forced to leave their homes so that no one could find them."

of agreement

Filo's photo, one said that she looked just like Mrs. Pierce, while the other said that she was Mrs. Pierce. They also described Mrs. Pierce as lively, cheerful, and generous. These are traits that

that Mrs. Filo is the same Mrs. Pierce who was said to have jumped into a river in despair after her husband was sentenced to death and

words, she was Emelie's

lowered her head, her face

with Wesley because that would have been too offensive and would have humiliated the bond they had built over the past ten

turn a blind eye and pretend not to notice. She

why she asked Lyle

Lyle had conducted an extremely

the Graham family. They told me that around 28 years ago, Norman suddenly claimed that he had lost a gemstone worth millions of dollars. He believed that a

at Mrs. Filo's photo, they were certain that she was

hummed for a third time, and the pile of sweet