Chapter 204 She Has Nothing To Do With It
"Please, dad! Rachel''s my wife now, and I can''t do that to her! When she was kidnapped along with
Lydia, I asked the kidnappers to let Lydia go instead of Rachel. Have you ever wondered why? It''s
because you''ve lost your younger sister and I didn''t know what you would do if you lost Lydia this time.
I couldn''t let you go through that suffering again!
But by doing that, I disappointed and hurt my wife, risking her life for our family''s sake. She wasn''t even
supposed to be involved in it.
We all owe her now, dad! Don''t you know that?" Hiram exined, trying to change his father''s mind.
Gavin breathed heavily, his chest heaving with each breath, and then he closed his eyes to calm
himself down. "Yes, I know, I owe Rachel for that. But Hiram, haven''t you ever thought that maybe the
ghost of Simpson had sent her to our family to pay his debt?" Gavin asked.
Joanna, who had been standing outside the door and listening for a long time, walked in after realizing
that neither of them was going to give in to the other.
"I heard every word you two said just now, " she said.
She looked at Gavin and sighed, and then continued, "As we''ve seen in the past few months, Rachel is
a nice girl, and besides, we consented to this marriage. If you ask Hiram to divorce her now because of
something that she had nothing to do with, I think it''s unfair to her."
Feeling offended that his wife would support Rachel, Gavin said, "Yes, Joanna, I gave my permission
and I supported them all the way. But things are different now. I can''t let this go. You know how much
I''ve been suffering since Landy died.
Look, we have learned that Simpson caused Landy''s death, and Rachel is his daughter. I can''t stand
having his daughter as my daughter-inw as if nothing happened. It''s unfair to me and Landy!"
Gavin groaned.
Right at this moment, his phone rang. He picked it up and said, "Yes, go ahead."
He sat straight on his chair and took out a cigarette. Hiram stepped forward and lit it up for his father.
"What! How could it be?" Gavin shouted.
Gavin was so shocked that he dropped his cigarette on the table. "Ridiculous! My sister was a virgin
then. How could she have given birth to a baby girl!"
Hiram raised his head and nced at the phone, his eyes turning cold.
He clenched his fists.
Gavin copsed on his chair after he hung up the phone, feeling his blood pressure rising. Joanna
came over at once and held him in her arms. "Take it easy, please! Come on, drink some water. Calm
down!" she said, passing the cup of water on the table to Gavin.
Gavin took the cup with shaking fingers and downed it, trying to get over his shock.
"Hiram, is Racheling back today?" he asked feebly.
Hiram looked down at the ground and replied reluctantly, "Yes, she''ll arrive this evening."
"Okay, just in time. I think we should tell her about this, " Gavin said without any hesitation.
Hiram left the study without a reply.
He called Chad as he walked down the stairs.
"Listen, I''ve an urgent work for you. Go and find out who else is looking into this matter. Contact our
men and pay another visit to everyone you found rted to this!
Check if there''s anything we missed. Investigate every clue we''ve gotten and get to the bottom of it!
Figure out what''s true and what''s not!"
After leaving his parents'' house and getting into his car, Hiram made another call.
"Honey, where are you?" he asked softly, putting aside the mess in his mind.
Having Hiram''s question on the phone, Rachel looked outside and asked Carl, "Where are we now,
Carl?"
"We''ll arrive at H City in an hour, Rachel!" replied Carl from the driver''s seat.
"I''ll be home in an hour. Are you okay?" asked Rachel. She didn''t know why but she felt like there was
something wrong with him.
Hiram hesitated, but decided not to tell her anything on the phone, since he wouldn''t be able to give her
a thorough exnation. Besides, theter she learned about the news, the less she suffered.
"Nothing, take care on the road. I''ll be waiting for you at home. By the way, get something to eat on
your way home. I''m afraid you won''t like the food here."
He knew his father well. Gavin would tell Rachel the news as soon as he saw her, since it was about
his dead sister.
Hiram was worried that Rachel might have no time or appetite for supper after that.
His father had waited for the truth for over twenty years; they couldn''t me him if he was out of
patience now.
Unable to understand what was going on, Rachelughed lightly and said, "What are you talking
about? I''m already missing the dishes at home."
Hiram felt his heart sinking when he heard her words. Trying to make his voice sound casual, he said,
"My dad isn''t quite well these days, and his doctor told him to eat food with less salt and less fat. I had
lunch with him today, but I could barely put the food in my mouth. Listen to me, grab something to eat
beforeing home. I know you can eat a lot, and I''m afraid you''ll feel ufortable eating here."
"Oh, I see. I understand, I''ll have dinner on my way home. I''m hanging up now. I''ll see you soon!"
Rachel hung up without thinking.
She felt like something weird was going on, but she couldn''t put her finger on what it was.
It was getting dark when they got to H City, and Rachel hurried to the Rong Family''s house.
She saw Hiram sitting in the living room with his parents when she entered.
She didn''t know if she was just imagining things, but Gavin seemed to be extremely upset about
something. She greeted him saying, "Wee home, dad!"
Gavin nodded to her and said, "Thank you! I don''t see your mom here. Why didn''t shee back with
you?"
"Oh, she said she wanted to stay there for a couple of days. Please don''t worry. She always spends a
few days there every mid-autumn festival, " Rachel replied. Hiram got up and walked to her.
"Let''s go to our room, Rachel. There''s something we need to talk about, " Hiram said seriously, taking
Rachel''s hand in his and leading her to the staircase.
But they were stopped by Gavin.
"Hiram, let''s all talk here. Rachel is going to learn about it sooner orter, so we shouldn''t keep it from
her, " said Gavin.
Not knowing what they were talking about, Rachel nced at Hiram and decided to do as Gavin said.
She pulled away from Hiram and took a seat on the couch. "Dad and mom, tell me what happened.
Have I done something wrong?"
Joanna looked at Rachel, then shifted her eyes to Gavin. "Stop it, Gavin! Let Hiram tell her. I believe
they can handle it themselves. After all, they both have nothing to do with this."
Gavin coughed and said, "Darling, I know that. But in this case, Rachel has the right to know the truth.
Hiram,e here and sit with us!" Gavin looked at him.
Hiram took a seat next to Rachel, with his face pale.
His original n had been to hide everything he had learned from his father as well as from Rachel. He
had been worried that it would affect his rtionship with Rachel.
But unexpectedly, the news had reached his father somehow. Had someone passed the news to his
father on purpose?
"Rachel, it''s a long story. You know themitment between our family and yours, right? Our family
had a daughter long before you and Hiram were born. She was Hiram''s aunt, my younger sister. Her
name was Landy, but she died when she was neen, "
Gavin said slowly, looking miserable even though it had happened a long time ago.
"It has been 20 years since then, but I still haven''t gotten over it. Landy was my only sister, and we
were close to each other. But she left us forever before even turning twenty!
I didn''t know what happened to her. Everyone told me that it was an ident, but it was too hurtful to
believe, so I have been investigating the matter all these years.
A few days ago, the investigation finally made some progress, and I learned that I was right. Her death
wasn''t just an ident. But this news didn''te to me from Hiram...maybe he was too busy to tell
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me." Gavin nced at Hiram.
Rachel listened carefully, and looked at Hiram when Gavin mentioned him. But she was confused. All
this didn''t seem to have anything to do with her.