Chapter 144

“There actually wasn’t a body in that place,” Christian said, grimacing as he pulled out the reports he had found. “A month after your mother’s death, Frederick exhumed your grandfather’s body, and when I looked up the records, I saw that he brought two bodies there to turn them into diamonds.”

Deborah felt like the ground was crumbling beneath her feet.

“You’re saying they’re going to seek their freedom by negotiating with Deborah’s grandfather’s body?” Jayden asked, frowning.

“Yes…” Christian replied. “Fortunately, I found out before they could use this information against us, and I also wanted to let you know that we’ve recovered your mother.”

“Seriously? Where is she?” Deborah asked, looking around anxiously.

“For now, she’s in a safe at the detective’s office as it will be considered evidence for the trial, but once this is over, they’ll return her to you.”

Deborah nodded sadly, as part of her understood the situation while another part wanted to ignore all the protocols to