Chapter 71: Sarah Is Alive


    After the event, Ethan and Amanda took the opportunity to introduce Samantha personally to the


    rest of his family, his uncle, and some of his cousins.


    They were all weing of Samantha, especially after learning that she was the General''s


    daughter.


    Samantha could not deny it, being granted back as her father''s daughter had its advantages.


    Ethan''s rtives had no questions about her background, merely advocating her skills as a chef


    and her beautiful face.


    While Winfield and Samantha still needed more time to heal all the wounds, she was at least happy


    that they were now trying.


    Since their reconciliation, Winfield had visited their home once and even fetched the children on one


    asion, having lunch at the First Diamond Hotel with her.


    While Amanda further dragged Samantha to other tables, Ethan asked for private time with the


    General.


    It confused Winfield why there was a need to talk with Ethan at another table, away from his


    grandchildren, but he followed the man''s suggestion, regardless.


    From one corner, on an emptied table, Ethan sat down with the General and told, "General, I


    wanted to know... your rtionship to one ke Taylor."


    Winfield had just sat down on the seat in front of Ethan. He leaned back, hearing the name, and


    answered, "ke Taylor? He was dismissed from the military. Why?"


    "Is he... close to you or to Catherine?" Ethan probed.


    "No." Winfield''s brows furrowed before adding, "Not that... I know of... but if you are curious about


    him, we... we used to be close."


    "ke, he - he was mypetition in the military ranks. We were both assigned to the middle east


    together." He grimaced recalling how they returned with a piece of bad news and resumed, "Back


    then, we returned learning that his wife had cancer."


    Winfield sighed and told, "Elizabeth Taylor only lived a few months after our return."


    "He always told me how lucky I am that I still had Sarah." Winfield shook his head and said, "I don''t


    even know why I am saying this, but anyway, he just disappeared out of nowhere at the same time


    when Sarah died. His family was old rich. He did not really need to be in the service, but it was a


    surprise to me that he abandoned hismitment to the army when he was one of my toughest


    competition."


    "Hmmm," said Ethan. "Well, seems like Catherine knows him well. She is off to see him on the east


    coast. In Jansu Ind."


    "What?!" It shocked Winfield to hear this from Ethan.


    "I have some men follow Catherine and Annie." Ethan turned to look for Connor and he came in


    with aptop.


    Ethan carefully ced theptop on the table and after opening his screen, he showed several


    pictures to the general and said, "It waste in the afternoon when they arrived today, but they


    settled in this mansion on the rockiest side of Jansu Ind."


    "I had my men ask around the small town and they all say that the house belongs to... ke and


    Elizabeth Taylor," added Ethan.


    "The thing is, ording to the locals, ke''s wife is... alive and well," said Ethan. "Strange, right?"


    "No, Elizabeth died of cancer. I attended her burial," insisted the General. "I don''t know who he has


    up there with him, but it surely is not Elizabeth."


    There was a brief pause before Ethan looked around the nearly empty venue. He loosened his tie


    and proposed, "General, you know that my mother had always been suspicious of Catherine, right?"


    With a sigh, Winfield answered, "Yes, she had always suggested she had something to do with


    Sarah''s death."


    Looking straight into Ethan''s eyes, he asked, "Is that why you still followed them around? You are


    just wasting your time and money - "


    "If I can prove it, then it is not a waste of my money. I would do anything for my wife and for my


    mother," Ethan cut off the General''s thoughts. "Besides, I am curious... about this ke Taylor."


    Ethan typed his fingers on theptop before he showed it again to Winfield. He revealed, "These


    are bank transactions that my men have recovered over the past fourteen years, and here it shows


    that Catherine had sent ke one million dors. Why is that? And where did she get the money?"


    That utterly made Winfield frown. He recalled how Catherine suddenly struggled financially before


    their marriage. It was apparently because she sent all her money to ke, but why? These were


    the thoughts that lingered in his mind.


    While Winfield was in deep thought, Ethan had been studying closely the reaction of his father-in-


    law. Seeing the puzzled expression on the General''s face, he knew he had no idea what was going


    on.


    "Anyway, General - "


    "Call me father, Ethan," suggested Winfield. "Call me father."


    Ethan''s lips curved up. He blinked a few times before he answered, "Father... I have all the


    connections I need to get what I want, but I also know... you have easy ess to the satellites."


    "Just one-time big time. Help me get an aerial view of the home, scanning the entire estate. I''m


    curious to see what I can find out," he resumed.


    A hiss left the General''s lips. He shook his head and responded, "I don''t know about that, Ethan - "


    "Just say that you are investigating some AWOL servicemen," suggested Ethan. "Just an entire day


    of satellite surveince. I''m sure, the higher-ups have no questions against the General."


    Seeing Winfield''s reluctance, Ethan reminded, "Like I said, father. I don''t need your help to get this


    done, but I could do it faster with your help."


    "Okay... I''ll see what I can do," answered Winfield before taking a deep breath.


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    Two days passed.


    Winfield received a call from the office in charge of satellite surveince. He was told that all videos


    have been sent to hiswork folder.


    The general thought about forwarding it immediately to Ethan, but something in him urged him to


    open the files and watched the videos for himself.


    For a good two-minutes, he saw nothing, but a guarded house. It puzzled him what ke was


    keeping in his home, that it seemed to look like he was protecting something or someone so dearly.


    He was about to stop watching when he noticed a woman walk out of thenai area, facing the sea.


    The same woman had a guard following her around, but what particrly struck Winfield was her


    golden hair and built. It felt utterly familiar to him.


    Winfield leaned closer to hisptop, knitting his brows together. He could not get his eyes off the


    figure. He felt his heart racing and everything around him turned mute.


    Suddenly, the woman looked up to the skies, allowing him to perceive her face.


    It was the shock of his life! Winfield felt his hands trembling as his mouth fell off his face! With his


    voice shaking, he muttered, "Sa - Sarah?"


    All the more, he could hear nothing but the drumming of his heart, and his eyes could not help but


    water. Everything inside him was telling him the woman was his wife!


    Just as he was gawking, stunned at seeing a woman that seemed to be like his wife. Another


    woman came from behind, swiftly turning Sarah around and pping her in the face!


    While the images were small, Winfield could make out the figure, and he was 80% sure the other


    woman was Catherine.


    The next series of footages brought more security in aid of the woman whom he suspected as


    Sarah and another man who seemed to look like ke Taylor.


    Winfield gulped and stared nkly at his screen. He had so many questions in his mind, but one


    thing he knew; his questions would remain unanswered, not unless he would go to the ind


    himself!


    He did not know how long he sat on his seat that afternoon, but as soon as he came back to his


    senses, he called Ethan and reported, "Ethan, I think... Sarah is alive."