Chapter 1829
“Mr. Clark, there’s another matter—this one concerning Holley. During our investigation, we discovered that just two days after she gave birth at the hospital, one of the nurses who assisted with her childbirth abruptly resigned. The reason given was a family emergency. On the surface, it seems harmless enough, but something about the timing is odd. So, we sent people to track her down. Unfortunately, too much time has passed, and so far, she’s vanished without a trace.”
A shadow crossed Lucas’ face when he heard that. The timing was too suspicious to be a coincidence.
A nurse resigning just two days after assisting Holley with delivering her child? That was indeed odd.
Lucas’ eyes hardened.
“Dig deeper,” he commanded, his tone cold.
“Track down every doctor and nurse who attended to Holley during that time.”
“Yes, Mr. Clark,” Gordon replied with a nod before turning on his heel and quietly exiting the room.
Left alone in the stillness of his office, Lucas remained seated, his face carved in somber lines. The weight of the morning’s revelations lingered heavily in the air.
At noon, Lucas drove to Grand Plains General Hospital to pick up Belinda. He took her out for lunch at a quiet restaurant. Over the meal, he first told Belinda about the matter regarding Faye.
The revelation caught Belinda off guard, making her pause for several heartbeats before she managed to gather her scattered thoughts.
“So, there really is something amiss about Faye’s parentage.”
Lucas dipped his head in grim acknowledgment.
“Without question. And… there’s every indication that Georgie’s husband remained completely oblivious to the truth.”
He fell silent, his gaze growing distant as memories surfaced from the depths of his mind.
When he spoke again, his voice was low.
“Looking back through the lens of what we now know, Georgie and her husband engaged in heated disputes regularly. Each time they argued, Georgie would flee to our family home for refuge. But my youth at that time prevented me from grasping the true reason for their arguments.”
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He paused, allowing the weight of realization to settle between them.
“But things changed dramatically after Faye entered their lives; their turbulent relationship transformed, becoming notably more harmonious. Now, I realize their earlier conflicts undoubtedly centered around the absence of a child.”
After all, Georgie’s husband was the only child of his parents. His family wanted him to have children to continue their bloodline.
This detail sparked confusion in Belinda’s mind, and she said, “But this creates a puzzle that confounds me completely.”
She leaned forward, her voice gaining strength.
“Given the Sandoval family’s desperate need for an heir each generation, Georgie’s husband would have needed a son as his heir. So what drove Georgie to choose adoption of a daughter rather than a son?”
After a pause, she continued, “This reasoning assumes, naturally, that Faye shares no blood relation with either Georgie or her spouse.”
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