Chapter 1462
"This is Colston''s wife, Louisa," Santiago said. Jacky also went to take a look at the picture.
Raeleigh took the photo and sat on the couch, taking a good look at it, asking, "She''s the one that
was in the same fire?"
"That''s her."
Santiago had only just gotten the photo from Jepherson.
Puzzled, Raeleigh asked, "She does look a bit familiar. Are they deliberately using her to test us?"
With one leg over his knee, Santiago said, "It''s hard to say. If someone knows your past, they will
make an issue about this matter. If this is only the Moore family''s doing, it would be easy to deal
with. But what''s troubling is that if the Doyle family is involved as well."
Unable toprehend, Raeleigh asked, "What does it have to do with the Doyle family?"
"The Doyle family is a jewelry merchant. They dabbled in various businesses years ago, and one of
them involved antique porcin. Jepherson suspects your parents had offended the Doyle family
back then."
"I thought it was your family?" Raeleigh asked. Amused, Santiago retorted, "I do like to fight, but you
can''t me me for everybody that dies."
"My grandmother had indeed done some wrong in the past, but no one will know the details if we
don''t investigate."
Silent, Raeleigh looked at Xanthus, who had been silent the entire time and only spoke up a while
later, "Since we can''t go anywhere, we''ll have to stay."
Hearing that, Raeleigh wanted to see this woman named Louisa.
At four in the afternoon, Raeleigh asked Santiago, "Has the Richards family and the Moore family
made up now?"
"Sort of."
Raeleigh put a bowl of fruits down as she asked; Santiago was watching the TV. Across them,
Xanthus was reading a book while Jacky was resting; no one in the room was doing the same thing.
"I want to meet this Louisa." Raeleigh thought she would be more certain whether Louisa was from
the same orphanage as her if she visited the Moore family. If so, she would remember. If not,
perhaps this person appeared with a purpose; the Moore family must be nning something.
Santiago put down the remote and nced at Raeleigh, then stood up and walked toward the door.
Raeleigh looked back, and Xanthus said, "Following him is more reassuring than following his
brother."
Raeleigh froze for a moment before following Santiago to the door.
Xanthus obviously had a prejudice against Jepherson, but she didn''t want to exin anything now.
After all, Jepherson had indeed handled Xanthus''s incident poorly.
After getting in Santiago''s car, they headed to the Moore Manor, with Santiago driving. She turned
to him and asked, "Is it really okay for us to go there just like this?"
"Don''t worry about it. I''ll show you around."
Raeleigh wasn''t worried about anything else, but it was unjustifiable now that Cynthia was missing,
and the Moore family didn''t ask for Santiago to bring her back when they were the ones who
approved of the two.
When the car arrived at Moore Manor, Santiago got off but told Raeleigh to wait in the car, seeing it
was cold outside, and then knocked on the door.
It didn''t take long for a servant toe out. After asking Santiago''s purpose of visiting, they hurried
back to inform Colston.
A momentter, Colston came out with Louisa. They greeted each other and invited Santiago to
enter.
"Hold on." Santiago went back to open the car door and helped Raeleigh out.
Surprised by Raeleigh, Colston and Lousia sized her up unknowingly. Santiago held Raeleigh''s
wrist as he stood next to her, and she didn''t shake his hand off, thinking it was better if others
misunderstood. He wasn''t afraid, so why should she be? Since she had decided to leave, there was
nothing to worry about.
Moreover, her identity was intriguing. She was sometimes Jepherson''s fiancee, then sometimes
Xanthus''s girlfriend, and now she was standing next to Santiago.
Since it would only make things moreplicated if she exined, it was better not to; she would
leave others to assume.
"I''m sorry, this is?" Colston asked, curious, and Santiago said, "She''s my ssmate. I brought her
here to let her have a look around."
"ssmate?" Colston naturally didn''t believe Raeleigh and Santiago were just ssmates.
"Come in then." Colston immediately invited Santiago and Raeleigh in. All this while, Raeleigh had
been observing Louisa, and the more she looked at her, the more she felt familiar, especially
Louisa''s eyes. But no matter how she couldn''t recall where she had seen her.
As they walked, Raeleigh took a look around the manor. Although she had often heard of it, it was
the first time she visited.
The manor was indeed different from other ces; Raeleigh was aware.
After entering the main hall, Raeleigh and Santiago sat down, and Louisa immediately ordered their
servants to prepare some refreshments. The four of them then sat down and talked. Halfway
through the conversation, Raeleigh asked about Louisa.
"When were you born? You look about the same age as me." Raeleigh asked. Humored, Louisa
replied, "I''m twenty this year, just past my birthday."
Raeleigh thought for a moment. "Then we''re the same age; I just turned twenty too."
"My birthday is in March. What about you?" Louisa said enthusiastically. Raeleigh thought for a
while and answered, "Mine''s August."
"August... I like August. It''s autumn."
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Raeleigh only replied with a nod, then brought her attention back to the others. Louisa, on the other
hand, barely asked about Raeleigh. At around five, they nned to leave, but the couple asked
them to stay for dinner, and they only left after that.
Colston and his wife sent them off personally and didn''t leave until the car drove off.
Raeleigh sat in the car and looked at the fading figures, carefully recalling the birthdays in March in
the orphanage.
Raeleigh had an acute sense of memory, and she was known for it even back in the orphanage.
She remembered everyone''s birthday well, as the days the orphanage wasn''t well off, the children
could only eat better when it was someone''s birthday. Moreover, she was also a gluttonous child, so
the dates stuck to her.
If her memory served her right, there were only six who celebrated their birthdays in March.
One of them was the child who went to the orphanage with her; the girl who cried for three days and
more because they changed her name from Brisa to Francia.
But could things be so coincidental? Had Francia survived when she did as well?
No way.
She took a nap in the car. When they arrived home, she had a chat with Xanthus before going to
rest.
Over the next few days, Raeleigh''s life finally returned to peace, and she was finally able to sit down
and think about her rtionship with Jepherson.
Raeleigh received a call from Jepherson in the morning, asking her to go to work. She took a nce
at Xanthus, who had already recovered, and thought for a moment before refusing. To Raeleigh,
even the most important thing was not as crucial as Xanthus''s health.