Chapter 237

“Why is it impossible?” John began to lose his patience when he saw how Heather was looking at him. “I have to go first. Christina hasn’t had her dinner yet.”

At that, John strode away from the room. Sophia motioned for Heather to take a seat next to her. As she made her way slowly towards Sophia, Heather looked at her. “What’s going on?”

Sophia sighed. “It’s a long story. Christina is Johnny’s daughter with his ex-wife, Molly Williams. They had a misunderstanding a few years back which caused Molly to leave their matrimonial home along with Christina by her side. Sadly they were met with an accident on the way there and her younger brother, Francis never forgave John. He blamed Johnny for the death of his sister and took Christina away. We’ve been looking for Christina all these years but we only managed to get hold of her lately.”

Sophia was so used to lying by now that she had excelled in that skill. Using an accident as an explanation, she tried to cover up the fact that she had