“Look, Nia. This is Lily’s medical report from yesterday.”
Following Kendrick’s words, Niamh hurriedly grabbed the phone over and gazed down at the screen.
Lilian’s medical report was the latest image in the gallery folder.
Niamh read it in detail and saw that Lilian’s health indicators showed great improvements compared to the time before Fabian took her away.
Niamh, however, was still skeptical. “Kendrick, is this really the report for Lily’s health indicators?”
Kendrick nodded affirmatively. “Nia, put your trust in Fabian. He may be feeling conflicted in his heart, but I believe he’s still the same Fabian we
Seeing Kendrick’s certainty in his eyes, Niamh’s pent-up emotions gradually began to loosen up.
“Is Lily really doing well?” Niamh asked again worriedly.
Kendrick held Niamh’s hands as a hint of a smile spread across his soft, warm eyes.
“Trust me, Nia.”
“If it’s trust, I trust you, of course.”
Niamh nodded her head repeatedly. She indeed trusted him. She wanted to believe that it was all true.
Niamh recomposed herself and went downstairs. The moment she saw Pudding, whom she had not seen in a long time, she immediately hugged him and showered him with kisses.
“Mama,” Pudding cried out childishly. Putting his lips together, he planted a soft peck on Niamh’s cheek.
Niamh suddenly felt a deep sense of contentment. At this moment, however, she felt a greater yearning for her sensible, eldest son.
Unfortunately, Jackson had already left for school after she had woken up.
Nevertheless, the longing feeling Niamh had for her son was similar to Eloise’s feelings for Niamh.
It had been so long since Eloise had seen Niamh, and Eloise’s eyes reddened the moment she saw her.
“Eveline, I have failed to take good care of you all this time. Whenever you are faced with difficulties or obstacles, I only learn about them afterward.”
Eloise’s eyes were filled with tender emotions, and her words were tinged with guilt.
However, Niamh only smiled and embraced Eloise warmly.
She never had many desires. All she wanted was for the family to be together, safe, and healthy. That would be enough.
Such a small and plain wish seemed to have become a luxurious notion, though.
Kendrick had originally intended for Niamh to rest more. After all, she just woke up.
However, Niamh, insisting that she had sufficient rest after having slept for far too long, followed Kendrick out.
In the car, Niamh learned that Shirley had given her the only tube of anti-toxoid test reagent even though Shirley was pregnant. This decision of Shirley’s shocked Niamh.
“What made Shirley change and sacrifice so much? Is it because of Adam?” Niamh ventured a guess.
At the mention of Adam, however, Kendrick was momentarily stumped for words.
Presently, a piece of news came through the phone’s pushed notification.
A certain suburban villa was reported to have caught fire last night, resulting in the deaths of a man and a woman.
Kendrick’s heart began thumping erratically upon reading this news.
While the news article did not specify the identities of the man and woman, Kendrick had a feeling that they were Adam and Cathy.
Nevertheless, he still held onto a glimmer of hope. However, Niamh immediately recognized the villa in the picture.
“Isn’t that Carter’s villa in Glendale?” Niamh pointed to the picture on the phone screen.
“Is it true that Gray Villa caught fire last night? And a man and woman died as a result?”
For some inexplicable reason, Niamh’s heartbeat was similarly unsettled. She also noticed that Kendrick was driving in the direction of Gray Villa.
“Kendrick, are you going to look for Carter?”
“I’m looking for Shirley. I want to know Cathy and Adam’s whereabouts.” Kendrick, looking ahead at the road, drove faster.
Niamh’s heart seemed to skip a beat hearing that. She stared at the side of Kendrick’s solemn face and glanced down again at the news on her phone. A n aversive thought began to slowly form in her mind.
“Kendrick, could it be that the man and woman who were burned to death in the news were Cathy and Adam?”
Niamh voiced her suspicions. As her words rang through the air, she felt her palms growing cold.
“No, it’s not possible. An accident like this would never happen, ” Niamh denied repeatedly, but Kendrick’s silence only made her feel more uneasy.
Before long, Kendrick’s car pulled up at the main gate of Gray Villa.
Niamh smelled a powerful burnt odor the moment she got out of the car.
Despite the heavy storm last night, the smell was not washed away.
Several policemen and forensic experts, who were most likely here investigating the cause of the fire, were coming out of the villa.
Camille was standing at the side to receive them.
As Niamh and Kendrick approached, they heard the police confirming with Camille, “Are the names of the deceased Adam Brown and Cathy Jordan?”
“Yes, that’s correct, ” Camille nodded with a somber expression.
Hearing that response, both Niamh and Kendrick felt a sudden shock.
Kendrick took Niamh’s hand and strode toward Camille and the police.
“Kendrick, Niamh? Why are you here all of a sudden?” Camille looked surprised. “You’d better leave quickly. There’ll be trouble again if Carter sees you.”
“I’m here to see Carter,” Kendrick’s tone was firm. “I want a clear explanation as to why did Adam and Cathy encounter such a tragic accident in Gray Villa!
“An accident is an accident. No one asked for this. Even if you looked for Carter, it wouldn’t change the fact that this was an accident, ” Camille explained in Carter’s stead.
Kendrick, however, could not accept such an argument. In his heart, he knew that Adam and Cathy had disliked Carter.
Adam and Cathy hated it when they were dragged here by force the last time. As such, they would never have come here willingly. They must have been forced by Carter again.
Having accepted Camille’s help before, Niamh did not wish to question her harshly.
Holding back her own nearly overwhelming grief, Niamh interrupted Kendrick, who was on the verge of losing his temper, in a calm tone and inquired, ” Madam Gray, Adam and Cathy were great friends of mine and Kendrick. If they were really in an accident in your house, as their friends, we’d just like to know the actual reason.”
As Niamh’s words left her mouth, Carter’s figure appeared up ahead.
With a black coat on, he walked over in a cold and indifferent manner.
“What good friends you are, ” he said sarcastically and continued, “since you two are so desperate for the truth, then follow me.”
Carter, who had suddenly appeared, immediately turned around after speaking.
Niamh and Kendrick exchanged glances and, with tacit understanding, strode forward.
Shortly after, Carter arrived in front of the house that had caught fire the previous night.
Before the accident, he had indeed restricted Cathy and Adam’s movements, enforcing them to remain in this house.
It had never occurred to him that something like this would happen last night, but he felt that it was a human act.
Staring at the burnt ruins before her, Niamh could not help thinking about the fire that had taken place at Montgomery Manor.
During that time, the most painful part of the situation had been her believing Kendrick to be the one who set the fire. Of course, it was equally painful when she had thought that her biological parents were killed in that fire.
Fortunately, though, it was all just a scheme.
Niamh felt a painful tug in her heart as she thought about Adam and Cathy dying here last night.
She truly hoped that Adam and Cathy’s accident was also only a scheme, that they were, in fact, safe and sound.
“Carter, did you keep Adam and Cathy locked in this house, preventing them from leaving?” Kendrick’s interrogative tone pulled Niamh out of her contemplation.
Niamh cast a questioning glance at the indifferent-looking Carter.
Despite Kendrick and Niamh’s scrutiny and skeptical gazes, Carter remained completely unmoved.
” I kept them here because they were useful to me. Thus, I had no reason to burn them to death, dirtying my place in the process.”
“Carter, you’re ridiculous. Do you think that saying that would exempt you of your relation to this?” The expression on Niamh’s face grew a few shades darker. “Two human lives were lost because of you, and you intend to escape responsibility with just two simple sentences?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.