Chapter 551 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Harry’s gaze moved to Celsie and he looked at her, wondering if she had asked Jamal to go to him, but the expression on her face showed that she was also surprised by Jamal’s behavior.

Unable to bring himself to pull his hand away from Jamal, he let Jamal lead him to the waiting seats and he sat down there, and Jamal sat next to him still holding his hand.

Celsie who was seated beside them stood from there and went to join Benne who was watching the scene before him with interest.

“What did Jade say?” Celsie asked in a quiet voice.

“Candace is Sara’s missing daughter,” Benne said, and Celsie sighed.

From the moment she realized that Sonia knew Candace, she had always wondered if Candace’s presence in Benne’s house was coincidence, but once again she had come to see that there were no coincidences in life.

They had all been fated to meet one way or the other. It was funny how through her relationship with Benne she had met everyone else and discovered family relations she had no idea existed.

Away from there, in the hotel suite, Jade and Candace had pored over every detail in all the articles and pictures together, and by the time they were done Candace had drawn a Venn diagram showing the connection between Sara, herself, Jade’s boss, and her adoptive parents, while Jade on the other hand had drawn some sort of family tree showing Harry’s relationship with Candace. “I told you, there is something fishy about this woman, didn’t I?” Candace said as she looked down at an intemet photograph of Sara and her adoptive father on her phone.

She had been trying to find a connection between Sara and any of the people involved in her adoption since it didn’t make sense that the lawyer who was helping Sara just happened to be one of Gregory Peterson’s attorney.

Thankfully, there was a picture of Sara and Gregory Peterson on the intemet, and the caption hinted that Gregory was Sara’s major sponsor. More like her godfather.

Candace looked at Jade when she noticed that she looked sort of distracted with a distant look in her eyes, “What is wrong? You seem distracted,” Candace asked as she waved a hand in front of Jade.

Jade couldn’t say that everything was okay. She was very upset and it was taking all her willpower to stop herself from picking up her car keys and barging into her boss’ office to demand an explanation for the crap he had tried to pull on her had she not been smart, but she knew she couldn’t do that. At least not just yet. Doing it now would expose everything and she didn’t want that.

All she wanted right now was to go into her office and move all her stuff. She wanted to conclude every single business she had with that law firm and not ever have to cross path with her boss again. Jade sighed as she looked at her, “Would you be mad if I handover the case to someone else? Candace frowned, “What case?” Candace asked, wondering whether she was referring to the Cartel’s case, or the case to find her.

“The Cartel’s case. Jero is gone now and I don’t think any one will come after either of us once we leave here. I can assign someone capable to handle…”

“Why would you do that? You are done with the hardest part of it already and all you need to do is make sure justice is served. Why would you let someone else take credit for your hardwork? Besides, I can’t trust anyone else to make sure the case is handled properly,” Candace said, and Jade sighed.

“I don’t think I would be able to stay here much longer. I need to go home. I need to take you home,” Jade said, and Candace frowned.

“Home? Take me home? What do you mean? Candace asked, and Jade sighed once again.

“I need to go to Harry. He is going through a lot right now and I need to be with him. I’m not sure I can stay here much longer,” Jade said, and Candace frowned. “What about Sara? What are you going to tell your boss? “What do you want me to tell them?” Jade asked, and Candace sighed.

Although she had wanted to use Sara’s resources to find Andy, but she couldn’t bring herself to trust Sara. She didn’t want to take the risk and expose Andy to any problems, “You don’t have to tell them anything. Just tell them you didn’t find anything. I don’t trust her. I don’t want to know her…”

“I know the truth,” Jade blurted out, and Candace raised a brow. “You know what truth?” “About you. Sara. Your father and your twin brother,” Jade said, and Candace frowned. “How? “You are right about her. She is not a good person..”

Candace had a frown on her face as she looked at Jade in confusion, wondering what she was talking about. Up until a moment ago Jade had seemed just as confused about her and Sara’s intention, so when did she discover the truth? Was it while looking at the documents on the bed? Candace mused.

“What is the truth?” Candace asked, unsure if she really wanted to know or not.

“…” As Jade opened her mouth to speak, her phone began to ring and she immediately received the call when she saw it was from Benne, “Give me a moment,” she murmured to Candace before hurrying out of the bedroom.

Once she left, Candace picked up her journal to look at what she written down.

“Sup? How is it going over there?” Jade asked anxiously as soon as she closed the door behind her and walked into the living room.

“I’m going to send one of the jets over to get Candace. Can you make sure she gets on the jet today?” Benne asked hopefully.

“I don’t think she will be willing to. Jero just died and earlier she was talking about staying until the case was over,” Jade said with a frown as she lowered herself on the couch.

Benne sighed. “Aaron collapsed. We…”

“What? Oh, no!” Jade cried as she stood from her seat and raised a hand to her chest.

“He was so heartbroken when he heard about his daughter. We want Candace to be here when he wakes up. Seeing her might help him feel better,” Benne said, even though they all doubted that Aaron would feel better especially if he finds out about the tough life Candace had endured.

Jade raised a hand to her temple, “Do you think I should tell her about Aaron and Harry now? Maybe that would make her more willing to get on the jet.”

“I don’t see any reason not to tell her. But you have to do all you can to ensure she comes, okay?” Benne said, and Jade sighed.

“I will do everything I can to make sure she is there. There is something else I think you need to know,” Jade said, and Benne raised a brow.

“What?”

“It’s about Lucas’ ex fiancee, Rachel. Her dad is the man who abandoned Candace at the orphanage…”

“What?” Benne asked in disbelief. Just when he thought things couldn’t get crazier.

“Yeah. Sara sold Candace to Rachel’s uncle, and after he died, Rachel’s dad abandoned Candace in the orphanage and took all his brother left her,” Jade said with a shaky sigh, and Benne frowned.

“Let’s talk about that later,” Benne said as he glanced at Celsie who was looking at him curiously because of the way he had reacted to the information. Maybe this wasn’t such a terrible complication. It might just the right one.

“How is Harry?” Jade asked quietly.

“I’m not sure. I honestly don’t know. I think he’s still trying to process everything. He has been awfully quiet,” Benne explained said as his gaze moved from Celsie to Harry and Jamal who were still just seated there holding hands.

“Jamal is here with him. The kid has been holding Harry’s hand even without knowing anything,” Benne said, still surprised by the way Jamal had stepped up and taken Harry’s hand stopping him from leaving.

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