Ch. 1971..1980
Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 1971
“How is this possible…”
Christopher was about the same age as Jim, and he was still just a child 20 years ago. However, the man in the video was an identical copy of him!
Joshua furrowed his brows and stared intently at the screen.
Even though the man, who was dressed in black, looked identical to Christopher, his gaze and actions possessed a more crazed, malicious air to them that Christopher did not.
“This will teach you never to seduce other men again. How dare you even try to steal my Rosie’s fiance from her?” sneered the man in an icy-cold voice as he gripped Lucy’s chin. “Do you have any idea the amount of torment Rosie has been through in the two years since you married Charles?
“She developed depression because of you two! It’s all your fault!”
Still kneeling on the bed, Lucy lifted her head to stare coldly at the man. “Does Rosalyn know about all this? Do you think she’ll forgive you if she finds out what you did for her?”
The man straightened up, still sneering, and gazed at Lucy from his great height. “Of course she doesn’t. She’s a kind person, and even after you stole her fiancé from her, she still wishes you nothing but the best, but I’m different.
“I’m willing to do anything to help her because she deserves to be happy!”
With that, he called out in the direction of the door, “Come in!”
As soon as he finished his sentence, another man dressed in white emerged, leading a group of men into the room.
Luna could not help finding the man in white strangely familiar, but she could not recall where she had seen him before.
He had led more than a dozen men into the room.
“That’s her,” said the man in white, sneering as he turned to glance at them. “She’s pretty, and on top of that, she’s the wife of Charles Landry, so have fun, boys. My only request is…”
He curled his lips into a smirk. “Leave her on her last breath, and I’ll take over from there.”
With that, he glanced at the man in black who had been torturing Lucy prior to his arrival and said, “Let’s go, Big Brother.”
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The man in black furrowed his brows and glanced at the man in white. “Are you sure these. people can take care of her?”
“Of course.” The man snickered. “Just leave the rest to me.”
By the time the two men reached the door, they could already hear Lucy howling and screaming in agony.
The woman who had not uttered a single cry of pain despite having her tooth knocked out before was screaming in agony among the crowd of men surrounding her.
The man in black seemed a little pained by this. “Do you think we really need to do this, Star?”
“Of course we do. This is all for Rosie’s happiness.”
With that, the two men turned and left.
The remainder of the video was filled with spine-crawling scenes of torture.
Luna’s ears were filled with the blood-curdling screams that came out of Lucy’s mouth.
Meanwhile, Joshua narrowed his eyes at this sight.
If he had heard him correctly… The man in black had called the other one ‘Star’.
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The video was so cold-blooded and inhumane that Luna closed her eyes and could not bear to
continue watching.
However, Joshua continued watching it intently and even paused to record the names of the people who had tortured Lucy in the video.
After that, he clicked play and resumed the video.
Ifthis guesses were correct, the man who had tormented Lucy in the beginning and who looked exactly like Christopher was none other than her classmate and Christopher’s father, Larry, the man who was still, at present day, imprisoned in a mental asylum.
As for the man he had called ‘Star’, on the other hand…
Joshua guessed that he was also one of Rosalyn and Larry’s classmates.
He could not believe that the two of them had tortured Lucy out of spite, thinking she had stolen Charles away from Rosalyn!
Joshua narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists as soon as he thought of this.
Never had he imagined that this was how his Aunt Lucy met her demise.
He could not believe that the culprits behind Aunt Lucy’s death were two men who had committed these atrocious crimes out of the selfish belief that they did this for Rosalyn’s
good.
As soon as he thought of this, a surge of pain spread into Joshua’s heart.
“Joshua…” Luna bit her lip, glanced somewhat dazedly at Joshua, and said in a hoarse voice,” Your aunt’s death…had something to do with my mother after all.”,
She had always thought that whatever was embedded within the two rings would solve the mystery of Lucy’s death and thereby resolve the rivalry between her and Joshua’s families.
However, to her surprise…
They had indeed found Charles was innocent…but the true culprits had done this for Rosalyn!
Was this sufficient to resolve their vengeance?
The answer was hard to say.
As soon as she thought of this, Luna bit her lip and tried to release herself from Joshua’s grip.
She wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
Joshua furrowed his brows and pulled her back into his arms, holding her tight to him.” Where are you going?”
Luna was silent for a long time before finally sighing. “Joshua, I think that the vengeance between our families…” .
It appeared to be far more complicated than they had imagined.
At first, Granny Lynch thought that Charles had failed to protect Lucy and thus tried to blame her death on him.
Even though they had proven that Charles was innocent, the people who had harmed Lucy… were two of Rosalyn’s classmates and closest friends.
This outcome was far worse than they had anticipated.
“Your mother was unaware of all this.” Joshua let out an exhale and replayed the video. “You heard their conversation. Your mother and your father had an arranged marriage since young, but after he met my aunt, they fell in love, and he called off the engagement with Rosalyn.
“However, after two years of Charles and Lucy being married, your mother never thought of taking revenge on them at all, had she?”
Luna froze when she heard this. –
At this moment, the two men’s conversations rang out from the speaker.
“She’s a kind person, and even after you stole her fiancé from her, she still wishes you nothing but the best, but I’m different.
“I’m willing to do anything to help her because she deserves to be happy!”
“Do you think we really need to do this, Star?”
“Of course we do. This is all for Rosie’s happiness.”
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Luna bit her lip when she heard the two men’s voices.
Joshua was right.
According to their conversation, Rosalyn had no idea they were doing this at all.
Still, despite her being oblivious to all this, they had still done this for her.
Even without knowledge, Rosalyn still played a part in Lucy’s torment and death.
“No, it’s different.” Joshua could tell what Luna was thinking. He let out an exhale and said with a hint of nervousness in his low voice, “You know that these people hurt Lucy for your mother’s sake, but do you think this was really what she wanted?
“Do you think they were doing this for her sake or were they just using her as an excuse to take out their anger on Lucy?”
Luna fell silent upon hearing this.
Joshua was right. Rosalyn had always been a kind person, and if these men had truly thought o f her as a friend and taken her feelings into consideration, they would not have done this behind her back!
As soon as she thought of this, Luna bit her lip but said nothing in response.
Joshua saved the two videos to his computer and asked, “Did Samuel say anything else when h e gave these to you?”
Luna furrowed her brows, deep in thought, but finally shook her head. “No.”
Samuel had only told her that she would be able to find out the truth of Lucy’s death when she obtained the two rings.
She had.
Joshua narrowed his eyes and explained, “Since these two rings were specially ordered by Lucy, she must’ve had these two chips with her when she ordered for the rings to be made.
“However, according to the timeline, these two videos were taken just a few moments before Lucy’s death.”
Since Lucy had died soon after the video was finished recording, who could have placed these chips into the rings?
Joshua was baffled by this.
The only explanation was…
Someone who had been at the scene was friends with Lucy and had stolen the memory card
containing these two videos, embedding them within the rings, trying to pass them off as Lucy’s.
“Joshua.” Luna turned around and stared intently at him. “Do you think that..Samuel could’ve been the one who did all this?”
In the past, Luna had thought that Samuel and Lucy had, at one point, been lovers, so she did not think it was strange for him to possess one of her rings.
However, Lucy herself had admitted that…the only person she loved was and always had been Charles.
If so, then who was Samuel to her?
The only explanation Luna could think of was that even though she and Samuel had been close, she still loved Charles more than anyone else.
However, since they had not been lovers…why would he even have one of her rings in his possession?
All of a sudden, Luna smacked her forehead in realization. “Could it be that…Samuel was the one who had custom-ordered the rings under Lucy’s name?”
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
She turned to stare at Joshua.
Joshua, too, had thought of this possibility. When she turned to look at him, he was already putting on his coat. “I’m going to find Samuel now. Care to join me?”
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After baving their lunch. Luna and Joshua rushed to Samuel’s church, located on the outskirts
of the city
After an entire morning of avid discussion, they agreed that Samuel must have been the sole witness of Lucy’s death, apart from the murderers.
Therefore, as long as they found Samuel, they would be able to find out the truth of Lucy’s death.
Was she killed by the men ordered to torment her?
Had she been killed by Larry?
Perhaps…it was the man named Star, whom Joshua and Luna were still unable to discern his relationship with the Quinn family.
Soon, the car arrived at Samuel’s private quarters located behind his church. However, when they arrived, they bumped into a surprise guest.
A row of cars zipped past them and screeched to a halt in front of the house
The door of the car at the front was pushed open, and a man in his mid-forties, dressed in a white suit, stepped out of the car elegantly and strode toward the house, smiling.
After more than 20 years of being a priest, Samuel had become one of the most renowned names around the place. Therefore, a few of his apprentices tried to stop this man from entering as soon as they saw him. “We’ve already notified Father Samuel that he has guests coming, so please wait here!”
The man sneered at the young priests before him and said in a gentle but sinister tone,” Father Samuel and I have not seen each other in more than twenty years, and now that I’ve come to see him, why didn’t you tell him it was me?
“If he doesn’t agree to see me, I’ll summon a bulldozer here right this instant and destroy your entire land. That’ll teach him not to disrespect me, huh?”
There was a hint of malice in his gentle but cold tone.
The priests were terrified to hear this and immediately fled into the yard.
The man straightened up, dusted himself off, and waited patiently, smiling.
After a while, he suddenly noticed the black Masevati parked in the corner and turned to smile at Joshua and Luna.
Luna recognized this man; it was Quentin.
He was the adopted son of Granny Quinn and one of the Quinn family’s lackeys apart from
Hunter.
When Luna had lived with the Quinn family for the past six years, she had heard many stories o f this man, even though she had never met him personally before.
Granny Quinn would always bring up Quentin in pride, especially after Malcolm or Hunter committed a mistake. Every time this happened, she would scold them while bringing up Quentin, the adopted son who made her prouder than her biological son.
However, for some reason, this man suddenly left the Quinn family and Merchant City more than 20 years ago and vanished into thin air.
It was only after both Malcolm and Hunter had been kicked out of the family that Quentin
Even though he was not powerful enough to monopolize Merchant City, he was still someone not to be underestimated.
Luna furrowed her brows and stared at this sinister-looking man. “What is he doing here?”
Why had Quentin come just as they had arrived to see Samuel? Was it just a coincidence?
“Maybe it’s just a coincidence.” Joshua furrowed his brows and replied, “Without anywhere to go and anyone to rely on, Malcolm must’ve come in search of his father.”
Luna paused for a moment, then suddenly understood what he was saying.
It turned out that Quentin’s purpose for coming here had nothing to do with Samuel. It was all because of Malcolm.
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Joshua was right; Malcolm could not possibly leave Merchant City on his own at this point.
Therefore, instead of trying desperately to escape but inevitably being captured by Quentin, it was better for him to seek out his father.
After all, both Granny Quinn and Quentin were religious people, and surely they would not dare to disturb the peace of such a holy sanctuary.
As soon as she thought of this, Luna could not help lamenting, “I never thought Malcolm would be this smart.”
“It wasn’t him; it was me.” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, pulled Luna into his arms, and said impassively, “I was the one who gave him this idea.”
Luna froze for a moment, then frowned. “Why did you help him?”
She had already been clear with Malcolm the day before about her refusal to help him, so why did Joshua secretly help him and even gave him the idea of seeking refuge with his father?
Truth be told, Luna could not wait to see Malcolm get caught by the Quinn family.
She wanted to watch his loyalty crumble.
After all, he had done almost everything he had for the Quinn family and had even ruined Luna’s looks and stolen her daughter away, all for the sake of the Quinn family.
Therefore, she wanted nothing more than to witness him being betrayed by the people he trusted.
Joshua snickered. “Do you think I had done that to help Malcolm?”
Malcolm was just a pawn in his game of chess; his true intentions were to find Samuel.
Joshua had already thought of this from the very beginning. Since Samuel had left home and become a priest the same year Lucy died, it was highly likely that he had been involved in her murder as well.
Even though Joshua could not seem to find out the true identity of the person named ‘Star’, that did not mean Samuel could not either.
After all, he was, at one point, the master of the Quinn family, so it was impossible for him not to know.
Because of this, Joshua had deliberately allowed Malcolm to escape so that the Quinn family and Samuel would get into a conflict, whereby he would be able to find Star.
However, when Joshua had planned this the day before, he had not seen the contents of the rings yet.
Since he had watched the videos contained within the ring, Joshua was even more certain that Samuel must possess crucial information about Lucy’s death.
The fact that Samuel had given Luna one of the rings and even hinted to her about the clue hidden within them meant that he had longed to expose the truth.
He just never had the opportunity to do so.
Joshua was willing to give him this chance.
As soon as he thought of this, Joshua curled his lips into a smile and pulled Luna close to him.” We’ll find out the truth soon.”
With that, he pushed open the door and got out of the car.
Luna had no choice but to follow him, even though she had no idea what he had up his sleeve.
The two of them made their way toward Quentin.
Quentin, who had been standing at the door with his back facing them, immediately turned around when he heard footsteps.
When he saw that it was Joshua and Luna, he could not help snickering. “I didn’t know you two had taken your relationship public.”
With that, he shot Luna a taunting glance and added, “Aren’t you worried about the Landry family chastising you if they see you and Joshua out in public together?”
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Luna was not fond of Quentin at all. She furrowed her brows and shot him a cold glance. “The Landry family won’t show me mercy even if I keep my distance from Joshua.”
She curled her lips into a smirk and asked, “I wonder what you’re doing here, Mr. Simms? Are you here to pray for a loved one too?”
“Pray?” Quentin narrowed his eyes and glanced, sneering at Joshua and Luna. “You’re telling me the two of you have come here in search of my brother to pray?”
“What’s wrong with that?” Joshua reached out to pull Luna into his arms and lifted his head to meet Quentin’s gaze. “Father Samuel is one of the most renowned priests in Merchant City, so what’s wrong with us coming here to request that he pray for my late aunt and Luna’s late uncle?”
Quentin narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.
A split second later, he suddenly recalled something and burst into laughter. “Since the both o f you are here to pray, I think I should do the same.”
Luna furrowed her brows. “Who’re you going to pray for?”
Even though numerous people in the Quinn family had passed, Luna did not remember him being close to anyone else apart from Granny Quinn.
Quentin curled his lips into a smirk. “Quentin.”
Luna widened her eyes in shock upon hearing this.
She and Joshua had told him that they were here to pray for their deceased relatives, but Quentin was saying that he would pray for himself.
The only two reasons he would say this was either he was dying from a terminal illness, or he had deliberately said this to tease him!
Judging from the mischievous grin on his face, Luna was certain that he was taunting them.
As soon as she thought of this, she narrowed her eyes and was about to say something in retaliation when the gate opened.
One of the priests stepped out and said to Quentin, “Father Samuel says you can come in.”
With that, he gestured for Quentin to follow him.
Quentin smiled at Luna and Joshua. “Alright then, I’ll be off praying for myself now.”
After Quentin disappeared into the compound, the priest locked the door behind him and glanced at Joshua and Luna. “Please wait. Father Samuel says that he will see you after Mr. Simms is gone.”
Joshua nodded in acknowledgment. “Thank you.”
With that, he led Luna to a nearby bench, where they sat and waited.
Luna furrowed her brows and glanced at the place where Quentin had been standing just minutes ago. “Every time Granny Quinn brought up Quentin in the past, I would always think that this man was as sociopathic as Granny Quinn, and it seems I was right.”
Joshua narrowed his eyes but did not reply.
Meanwhile, inside the church, Samuel slowly poured Quentin a cup of tea. “I know why you’re here today, but I won’t let Malcolm leave with you.
“I never got to raise him or watch him grow up from the moment he was born, and even though I’ve left home to pursue the teachings of God for many years now, I have never forgotten the debt I owe him.
“This time, I’m going to protect him.”
Sitting in a chair, Quentin took a sip from his cup and replied, “I knew you’d protect him, or else you wouldn’t have allowed him to stay with you here.”
He put down the cup elegantly and shot Samuel a meaningful glance. “The reason I’m here today is to ask you one question. Are you planning to cash this in as a favor that I owed you?” Samuel’s hand, which was stroking the cross around his neck, froze when he heard this.
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A split second later, Samuel smiled and replied, “I would’ve forgotten about this if you hadn’t brought it up. Yes, you still owe me one.”
Quentin smiled in return. “I know this slipped your mind probably due to your busy schedule, but I’ve never forgotten about it at all.”
With that, he took off the cross that had been hanging around his neck and placed it on the table between them. “Since you intend to use this favor to protect Malcolm, I’ll do as you wish.
“Here. You can take this back.”
He was just about to stand up when he suddenly paused as though he recalled something. Then, he took out a stack of cash from his pocket and placed it on the table.
Samuel glanced at it, frowning. “What’s this?”
“A reward for helping me pray for deceased souls.” Quentin pointed at Joshua and Luna, both sitting on the bench outside, and explained, “One of them wants to pray for Lucy, and the other, Colin Landry. As for me, I don’t have anyone I want to pray for, so please help me pray for Quentin instead.
“Also, Lucy and Colin too.”
Samuel glanced at the two people waiting outside and sighed. “Are you sure you want to pray for Lucy and Colin? You know fully well that they died because of,”
“Let’s not bring up the past,” Quentin interjected him coldly. “I have some stuff to take care o f, so I’ll be off now.”
With that, he turned and strode out the door.
As soon as his hand touched the doorknob, he suddenly paused. “I know that Luna and Joshua have come to you to learn the truth about what happened; they’d never have come so far just for a useless piece of shit like Malcolm, so watch your mouth, Samuel.
“You and I are both walking on thin ice now, so if anything happens to me, I will bring you down with me!”
With that, he pushed open the door and left.
Samuel furrowed his brows as he stared at Quentin’s retreating figure.
Not long after he left, Luna and Joshua were brought into the room by the same priest.
Samuel greeted them, smiling. “I have to thank you, Mr. Lynch. If it weren’t for you, Malcolm wouldn’t have come to seek refuge with me.”
“You don’t have to thank me.” Joshua took the cup from Samuel and took a small sip from it.
Then, he lifted his head to stare at him and said impassively, “I thought that Quentin would’ve taken Malcolm away, judging by the number of people he brought with him, but it seems that he chose not to.”
Joshua was a little perplexed by this. After all, Samuel and Quentin were probably enemies. Quentin had inherited most of the fortune that supposedly belonged to Samuel, and Granny Quinn treated him, an adopted son, better than she treated her own.
Besides, Quentin’s intention of coming here was to capture Malcolm, but when he tried to eavesdrop on their conversation, he had not heard any raised voices or signs of a conflict.
It seemed as though…capturing Malcolm was just an excuse for coming to see Samuel for another reason.
As soon as he thought of this, Joshua lowered his head, but he then caught sight of the cross that Quentin had taken off.
He narrowed his eyes and was about to say something when Samuel quickly tucked the cross away and smiled at Joshua. “No matter how rough and tumble he acts in front of everyone, he will still be respectful to me. I’m his big brother, after all.”
Seeing that Samuel did not want to talk about Quentin, Luna let out an exhale and quickly changed the topic. “Father Samuel, I’ve found the ring I lost, and I managed to get my hands o n the other one too.
“We’ve both seen the videos embedded within them.” Samuel’s expression darkened upon hearing this.
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Luna did not notice the change in Samuel’s face. Instead, she exhaled and continued, “We saw the people inside the video, so we wanted to ask you how you got your hands on these videos and…who the man named Star is.”
Luna had lived at Quinn Mansion for six years and, at one point, been close to Malcolm, but despite that, she never heard of anyone who went by the name Star.
According to the video, Star would have been in his mid-forties at present day, and he appeared to have been the mastermind of Lucy’s torture and death.
Even though the man in the video who looked identical to Christopher had tormented Lucy cruelly, he turned submissive and obedient as soon as Star appeared.
That man was Rosalyn’s classmate and Christopher’s father, Larry.
If Rosalyn had awoken from her coma, they would be able to find out Star’s true identity.
However, since Rosalyn was unable to answer their doubts, Luna had no choice but to seek the answers from Samuel.
Samuel furrowed his brows when he heard Luna describe the scenes in the videos. He let out a n exhale and turned his head away from Luna and Joshua to avoid their searching gazes. “I don’t know.”
“How can you not know?” Luna let out an exhale and immediately told him everything about what she and Joshua had hypothesized. “You claim that these rings were left behind by Lucy, but they weren’t at all!
“I’m a professional jewelry designer, and judging from the way these chips were implanted in the gemstone, I can confidently say that they were embedded within them even before the rings were melded.
“However, by the time these videos were ready, Lucy was already dead! How could she possibly have implanted these chips into the jade rings if she’s dead?
“You must’ve been the one who did all these, weren’t you, Father Samuel?”
Luna stared at Samuel’s bald, shiny head and enunciated carefully, “The reason you did this, and even gave one of the rings to Jim as a remembrance of his mother’s passing-was so that one day, someone would be able to crack the mystery of Lucy’s death, wasn’t it?
“Well, now that Joshua and I have found out the truth, we can’t possibly ignore all this, but now, you’re saying that you don’t know anything.
“Father Samuel, as a priest, you’re not supposed to go against your conscience, so are you sure you don’t know anything? Can you swear in the name of God?”
Luna’s questions were cold and sharp.
Samuel’s hand, which was holding his cross, froze upon hearing this.
A split second later, he turned to stare coldly at Joshua and Luna. “You’re right. I know everything about what happened, but I choose not to say it.”
He lowered his head to glance at Luna and said frostily, “When I gave you the ring, I had indeed hoped you’d crack the mystery, and I had given it as a gift for you and Joshua, but a year has already gone by, Luna. You took a year to get to the bottom of the mystery, and it’s too late.”
With that, he sighed and added, “Regardless, I still have to thank you for sending Malcolm here to find me.
“If he had not come to me for help, I never would’ve been able to make it up to him, to be the father I never was.”
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“The person I owe the most ever since I left home is Malcolm. Despite being his father. I’ve never shown him the love he deserves, but now, I finally have an opportunity to do so.
“Therefore, to protect my son’s safety, I’ll never say another word about the incident that happened in the past.
“I apologize for making you come all this way for nothing.”
With that, Samuel took out two copies of The Bible from a nearby cabinet and placed them in front of Luna. “I hear that you recently lost a daughter, so these are for you.
“Praying for your deceased loved ones will allow them to pass on to Heaven.”
Joshua, who had been silent all this while, could not help snickering when he heard this. “Do you think just by praying, you’ll be able to make up for your past mistakes, Father?”
As he said this, Joshua inched closer to Samuel and whispered coldly, “Why are you so unwilling to talk about the past, Father? You claim that it’s to protect Malcolm, but the thing i s, the people who are threatening to kill Malcolm are the Quinn family.
“Does this mean that Lucy’s death had something to do with the Quinn family? If so, then you’re involved with it as well, Father.
“Is that why you decided to leave home and become a priest? Have all your prayers been for
Lucy?”
Every word that came out of Joshua’s mouth felt like sharp needles pricking on Samuel’s skin. He narrowed his eyes and turned to shoot Joshua a cold glare. “Since you’ve already seen the recordings, why are you so certain that the Quinns were the people who killed Lucy?
“Neither of us had ever touched so much as a hair on her head! Instead of wasting your time talking to me, why don’t you find Rosalyn or Larry to get the answer you want?
“Even though one of them is in a coma and the other is locked in a mental asylum, they’re the ones who’re directly involved in this murder!”
All of a sudden, Samuel suddenly realized that he had lost control of his emotions, so he quickly picked up his cross, recited a few words of prayer under his breath, then ordered his apprentice to send Joshua and Luna out.
After coming out of the church, Luna sat next to Joshua in the car and could not help recalling how angry Samuel had been.
She closed her eyes and leaned against the leather seat. “Joshua, could he have been right? Could he and the Quinn family have had nothing to do with Lucy’s death at all?”
“Do you honestly believe that?” Joshua let out an exhale, pulled Luna into his arms, and said i
nacold, impassive voice, “Do you remember what the man in the video said when he was beating my Aunt Lucy?
Apart from seducing Charles, he accused Lucy of cheating on Charles and falling in love with someone she shouldn’t have, and he even claimed that she wanted to run away with that man.”
With that, Joshua lowered his head to stare intently at Luna. “Who do you think Larry was talking about when he accused her of cheating with Charles?”
As soon as she heard this, Luna felt a buzzing in her ear as though someone had punched her i n the back of her head.
Apart from Charles, the only other person Lucy had, at one point, been involved with was Samuel.
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Charles had told Luna before that Lucy was not a sociable person and therefore did not know many people.
The last time she and Gwen came to find Samuel, Samuel had also mentioned that at one point, he had almost become the third wheel between Lucy and Charles.
This was because he and Charles had been best friends in the past, and before that, Lucy had mistaken everything that Charles had done for her as Samuel’s doing, which led to her nearly ending up being with Samuel.
If one had to pinpoint the person Lucy had most likely cheated on Charles with…it was Samuel.
As soon as she thought of this, Luna felt her head hurt even more. She turned to look at Joshua. “Still, Samuel doesn’t want to give us more information now, and on top of that, we can’t confirm the identity of this person named Star. The only thing we know about him is that he was my mother and Larry’s classmate…”
Rosalyn’s teacher had passed away a long time ago. To top that off, Larry had already gone insane, whereas Rosalyn was still in a coma.
If they could not find who this person was, they would not be able to piece together the truth o f Lucy’s death.
If they could not get to the bottom of Lucy’s death, they could not resolve the vengeance between the two families.
Seeing how worried and confused Luna looked, Joshua sighed and pulled Luna into his arms.” Don’t worry; we’ll be able to find this person soon enough.”
Joshua stared at the distance and remembered the phone call he had received that morning.
“I’ve awoken, and Dr. Liddell has told me about the situation in Merchant City.
“I don’t have the antidote for the poison Jim is under, but I know the formula. If Christopher can regain his normalcy, he’ll definitely be able to formulate the antidote according to my instructions.
“However, this brings us to the more serious problem, which is Christopher’s paranoid personality disorder. If you can find a way to send him over here to Dr. Liddell’s facility, I’ll try my best to help him, but it’ll take about a week.
“During this time, please don’t tell Luna or anyone else that I’ve awoken. I haven’t regained m y strength yet, but Christopher’s condition warrants immediate help. If he ends up like his father, it’ll be too late…”
The first thing Rosalyn had wanted to do after waking up from her coma of more than a year was help Christopher and Jim instead of focusing on her recovery.
Joshua let out a sigh, and his hand around Luna’s shoulder tightened.
He had met Rosalyn once, a year ago, shortly before she fell into her coma.
At that time, she was lying in a bed in the hospital, and the first thing she did was apologize to him. “I’m sorry that your grandmother died at the hands of the drug I formulated myself.
“However, my sole intention of creating this drug had been to control Charles’ condition, and I never thought it would one day become a murder weapon.”
At that time, Joshua did not understand her kindness at all. He just sneered at her and questioned her about Mickey’s presence at Granny Lynch’s scene of the crime, thinking she had been involved in Granny Lynch’s death.
However, Rosalyn did not reply to him at all and instead started talking to him about Luna.
She said that she had always wanted to meet Nigel, Neil, and Nellie but never had the chance to do so.
Joshua did not have the patience to listen to her ramblings and instead quickly left after giving her a few cold replies.
However, it was only after that encounter that he found out the truth about Rosalyn and the rest of the Landry family.
This, combined with the things Rosalyn had done after she woke up and the results of the rest of his investigation…
made Joshua suddenly realize that Rosalyn was a good person after all.
He let out a sigh and pressed a small kiss on Luna’s cheek. “Everything will be okay.”
He should have known; someone who could have given birth to such a kind, gentle woman as Luna would not be too bad herself.
Luna was entirely unaware of what was going on in Joshua’s mind. She could feel the warmth o f his body and the rise and fall of his chest as he breathed, but for some reason, she still felt as though an invisible hand was gripping and squeezing her heart.
Joshua had been reassuring her that everything would be okay…but it only disconcerted Luna the more he did.
Joshua had always been a confident man, and he would never do anything that he was less than 100-percent sure about.
However, at this moment, he did not offer any advice or insight about his plans and instead just kept on reassuring her.
Did this mean that everything was so complicated that even someone as intelligent and calm a s Joshua could not figure it out?