Chapter 98: The Anonymous

MARGARET’S POV

I sat on a sofa in the living room with my arms wrapped around myself, rocking back and forth. The scratchy voice of the presenter from the radiogram playing on the miniature desk situated next to my chair was getting in the way of my thoughts.

I was still sitting in that unsettled manner when the phone on my lap started to vibrate, ringing to show an incoming call. I picked it up quickly to see who it was. And when I saw that it was Mr. Seth, the family lawyer, calling, I got up with a sudden, quick movement, reaching out to turn off the radiogram with one tap before retreating into the passageway after the sitting room to receive the call.

"Mr. Seth?" I whispered.

"Margaret, look, something's up. Your late half-sister, Veronica's daughter, they found her." He divulged in a whisper, too.

"What do you mean they found her?" I asked with a sharp, fierce tone, looking around quizzically, even though the information he had passed was already as clear as possible.

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