When Selena walked into Jacob''s hospital room for the second time, she almost bumped into a group of folks led by awyer, handing over a check.


    She recognized thewyer from way back when he delivered her divorce papers.


    This had to be someone from Raymond, but what were Raymond''s people doing in Jacob''s room?


    Thewyer stepped up to Jacob,ying out the pros and cons, basically saying it''d be better not to call the cops and that there was some cash on the table. "Mr. Ashford, here''s $300,000. We hope you''ll keep quiet about this," he said. Jacob, looking like he was in rough shape, pulled the nket over himself when he saw strangers.


    He didn''t even get what the check was about; he just wanted to hide, scared they might take his other leg too.


    Selena stood there, piecing it all together.


    Yep, this was the Montague family''s doing, but now they were trying to buy their way out.


    She sneered, "Who wrote the check?"


    Thewyer, noticing her for the first time, replied honestly, "It was Mr. Montague."


    Selena wasn''t shocked; Raymond was totally capable of this.


    She took the check, nced at it, tore it up, and threw it in thewyer''s face. "Who cut off Jacob''s leg?" she demanded.


    Thewyer stayed silent. They''d onlye forward because there was surveince footage. Without it, they wouldn''t have bothered.


    Jacob would''ve suffered for nothing without any proof.


    "Ms. Fair, it was Ms. Mia Montague. She''s been really unstabletely."


    At the mention of Mia, Selena went quiet.


    Back at the Ridgefield building, Mia had grown to hate herpletely.


    She felt a bit guilty, but that didn''t excuse Mia''s treatment of Jacob.


    "You must have surveince footage," Selena said. Thewyer didn''t respond, and she sat down. "I''ll use the evidence to sue Mia."


    Thewyer cut in, "It was the bodyguard who did it. Even if you sue Ms. Montague, it won''t matter. The bodyguard will take all the me." Selena felt a wave of disgust; she was sick of these people and their holier-than-thou attitudes!


    "Fine, go tell Raymond that if he wants topensate, it''ll be $20 million," Selena said.


    Thewyer said nothing and, after leaving the room, immediately called Raymond. "Mr. Montague, they''re asking for $20 million inpensation." A cold glint shed in Raymond''s eyes. "Tell them not to push their luck; they can''t handle the consequences."


    After hanging up, thewyer ryed Raymond''s message.


    Selena almostughed in anger. "Fine, then there''s nothing more to discuss."


    "Ms. Fair, I hope you reconsider." After saying that, thewyer left, leaving the torn check on the floor.


    Selena''s face was grim. Hearing sobbing from under the nket, she called out, "Jacob, what''s wrong?"


    Jacob finally came to his senses, realizing he was now a cripple. "Selena, my leg is gone, my leg is gone."


    During the days he wandered after losing his leg, his mind was in a haze. His only goal was finding Selena and telling her what had happened.


    "Those people stormed into our house at night, ruthless in their actions. They were looking for something. Mom and Dad were killed, Megan was killed too. I ran away. They kept asking where the relic was. We didn''t know. Mom, Dad, and I didn''t know," Jacob said quickly.


    "Slow down," Selena said and poured him a ss of water.


    Jacob, with trembling fingers, took a sip. "They said it was a relic, that Barbara was the lost saint, something about a seal. They said a lot. Barbara said the item was hidden there."


    Selena grasped the key point: Barbara had mentioned the location of the hidden relic.


    But back then, Barbara had only told her the location. So how did those people know the seal was in that room?


    "Is my mom still alive?" Selena asked.


    She still habitually referred to Barbara as mom, but Jacob shook his head. "I don''t know. That''s all I heard. Relic, saint, they were like madmen, killing everyone they saw." Jacob continued, "Selena, I''m a cripple now. I can''t walk anymore. My leg..."


    As he became more lucid, the impact of losing a leg magnified infinitely.


    Jacob finally said what he had wanted to tell Selena, the thing that had kept him alive until now.


    Now that he had finally told Selena in person, his mission was over.