After a moment of silence, Elisa asked, “Are we really not able to find any evidence at all?”“That’s the case for now. Maybe it’s because of the short time. We might be able to find something if we take it slow, but there’s not much hope. After all, decades have passed. Even if there were some loopholes, they would’ve been eliminated and their traces wiped clean. Maybe everyone who knew something was dead.”Elisa kept quiet. Audrey told her daughter, “You don’t have to worry about this, Elisa. I have time. I’ll search for evidence slowly. It can surely be found one day as long as the current matriarch did commit the crime.”“Mrs. Stone, I can let my brother know about this and request help from my sister-in-law’s brothers to investigate this matter. We can ask for Mr. Zimmer’s help too.”Hudson Zimmer was the Houston family’s son-in-law. The Houston family had the same capabilities as the Buchams. “I’ll let you all know when I need your help.”There was strength in numbers.
Elisa knew Julian was not serious about her. Additionally, she came from a wealthy family. She never lacked any of the expensive items as her family was loaded. That was why she did not fall for him. Besides, Elisa would always throw every gift Julian sent over aside from the bouquets. As for some other stuff, she would pile them together and never touch them. She intended to return all the gifts to him when he was no longer out of his mind. Elisa gave it some thought. She would have to wait until she was engaged or married to Remy before she could return the gifts to Julian with Remy. If she were to return the presents to Julian right away, then his father would find out. The Stone family knew how crazy Mr. Bucham was. Mr. Bucham was bent on rescuing his eldest son. If he knew Julian was interested in Elisa, he would disregard Elisa’s willingness and propose a marriage between the two families. Julian’s actions were already causing her a headache. If Mr. Bucham was also in
It was apparent that Julian resented being urged by his father to get married. The psychic said to leave it up to fate. Once the right time came, the lady who could make him a normal man would automatically appear and approach him without him searching for her. However, Julian’s father was a hasty person. He said Julian was not young, and if he did not take the initiative and simply waited for the heavens’ arrangement, until when did he have to wait? What if the heavens were sleeping and had forgotten about him? Would Julian then have to be single forever?Julian was dissatisfied. How could he be considered old?He was just a few years past thirty. Even after rounding up his age, he was only forty years old. He would still be in the prime of his life and young at forty. The average lifespan of a human had increased. Based on his health condition, Julian thought living up to a hundred years old would not be a problem. Therefore, he was not panicked that he was a single man
Julian spotted the envelope. Audrey noticed his gaze but did not hide anything. She said, “Mr. Julian, I have a matter that requires your help.”If the Buchams were willing to help, she felt there would be hope in searching for the real reason behind her parents’ accidental death. Julian smiled and said, “You don’t have to be so polite, Mrs. Stone. Feel free to let me know if you need any help. I’ll definitely lend a hand if it’s within my capabilities. Actually, I feel bad for having disturbed Ms. Elisa often recently.“I’ll feel better if I can help you, Mrs. Stone.”Besides, Elisa was best friends with his sister-in-law. He would help Mrs. Stone out for the sake of his sister-in-law. Hence, Audrey told Julian about her identity and her suspicions about her parents and their family’s unnatural death.After he listened to her, he immediately got up to leave. Clive and Remy stood up and pulled him back simultaneously. They pushed him back to his seat. Julian said, “Sorry
Elisa thought of how she was her mother’s only daughter. If her mother reclaimed the position of the matriarch, Elisa would eventually have that seat too.She was not that capable.Before her mother did something big, Elisa gave Audrey a heads-up in advance. “Mom, if you really want to take back the position of the Fisher family head, don’t even think about making me your successor. You know very well what kind of daughter you have. I can’t afford to lead a family.“Go find Serenity instead. Give her a few years and she’ll be able to do it.”Elisa dragged her good friend out as a shield and thought, ‘Better her than me.’Audrey glared at her daughter and said, “Serenity is very busy and is under a lot of pressure now. She will be the lady in charge of the York family in the future. She has it hard enough. How can I hand her the burden of the Fisher family as well?”Elisa said, “I don’t care. Either way, I’m not capable of that. Those shoes are too big for me to fill. If Serenity
Julian said nothing as Audrey and Elisa spoke.When the mother and daughter stopped discussing who would take care of the Fisher family, he once again got up and said goodbye. “I won’t bother everyone anymore. I’ll take my leave now. I’ll invite everyone to dinner some other day when I’m free.”The Stone family did not stop him from leaving again. Audrey told her son to see Julian out.Clive got up and sent Julian off.Julian did not stop him.After leaving the house, Clive asked Julian, “Mr. Bucham, you’re not interested in my sister in that way. How long are you planning to act? Who told you to act?”Clive wanted to know who was capable enough to make Julian act.“I can’t say, and I don’t want to say. It’s embarrassing.”Clive was speechless.Julian lost a bet with Andrew and had to help Andrew unconditionally.Andrew’s condition was that before Remy and Elisa got engaged, Julian had to commit and “pursue” Elisa.Audrey disliked that Remy’s home was far away.However, Jul
His carefree days were shattered by Grandma May. A master psychic, was it? If he was that amazing, why did he not divine the winning lottery numbers every day? He would be rich if he did.Julian left.Clive stood at the gate of his house and watched Julian leave. After a long time, he returned to the house....After lunch, Liberty and Duncan chatted for a while longer before she left the hotel with Sonny and headed to Wildridge Manor.Along the way, she received several calls.They were all from the elders of the York family, asking her when she would send Sonny over. They all missed Sonny.Liberty responded that she was on the way, and finally managed to stop the elders from urging her on the phone.It was inconvenient for Duncan to move around now, and he did not want to affect everyone’s good mood for the weekend, so he did not follow her to Wildridge Manor.He sat for an hour before telling his bodyguard to send him back to Westwood Manor.Before he entered the house, he
Duncan heard his mother’s words and thought that she was complaining about Liberty.Then, he heard Lily say, “Feelings can’t be forced. Duncan doesn’t like me, so we’re just not meant to be. You also said that it’s fate. Even if we got together, there’s no guarantee that he wouldn’t have gotten into an accident.“Now, Duncan came around and learned to accept reality, so you can’t say such things in front of him. He’ll think that you’re blaming Liberty. Liberty has remained passive from the beginning till now. She also often encouraged Duncan when she was taking care of him for a while. However, she doesn’t look at him in that way.”Corey sighed again. “Yes, we can all see that she hasn’t fallen in love with Duncan. It’s not that she disdains his inability to walk, but that she has never thought about remarriage in the first place. Her last marriage did her too much harm.“I’m not blaming Liberty. I know that she’s innocent. I was just lamenting what happened. Don’t worry, I won’t l