Chapter 127 Arrest warrants

Chapter 127 Arrest warrants
"What about our moms?" Alexander asked. His deep voice was rough.

Dandelion did not answer immediately. She walked to the desk. Put the envelope down and pushed it towards him. Her hands were shaking slightly she had to hide them in her sweater.

"My old nanny, Martha brought this to the gate today " Dandelion explained. "She took it from Margarets desk twelve years ago after the car crash. She was too scared to go to the police."

Alexander looked confused. He opened the envelope. Pulled out some old papers and read the one.

Dandelion stood quiet as she watched him.

At first Alexander looked puzzled. Then his eyes scanned the paper. His face turned pale. He dropped the paper and quickly grabbed the next one.

The room felt cold.

Alexander's face was white as sheet.
He looked up at Dandelion. His eyes were wide with horror.

"They killed our moms? " He asked in disbelief. The truth was choking him. "They did it together..."

Dandelion whispered brokenly. "Yes Margaret wanted my moms company and money. Viola wanted the Graham empire. They worked together to control us. They killed them for our inheritance."

Alexander stared at the papers. The car crash that changed his life was not an accident. It was a plot. The woman whom he had grown to see as his stepmom was the one who ordered his moms death.

Alexander felt an anger inside. He looked at Dandelion. She looked as downcast as he was, her eyes were red from tears.

They shared the same pain. They were both orphaned by those monsters.

"We have to make them pay." Dandelion said. Her eyes flashed with determination. "Margaret cannot get away with this."

Alexander walked to Dandelion. But he did not touch her. "They won't get away with this." he promised. ". We will do it together."

Dandelion looked up at him. The word 'together' hung in the air.

It was what she wanted from him. She wanted a partner, not just his protection. Just like before.

She nodded. "Yes....Together."

Alex gave a thin smile, grateful that she accepted.

"But we have to keep it a secret " Alexander warned. "Viola is smart and has some connections. If she finds out she will destroy the evidence. We need to build a case before we move."

The study became tense, as they made plans on how to deal with Viola and Margaret.

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Over the few weeks Alex and Dandelion worked together. They sat at the desk surrounded by files and evidence. Alex hired investigators and accountants who swore to them to keep everything a secret.

They managed to uncover a trail of money.

"Look at this " Dandelion said, one evening, while leaning over an old account statement. "An account got a deposit after the funeral. It matches a withdrawal from Violas account."

Alex leaned closer, his shoulder touching Dandelions slightly. "She paid the man for setting up their car. " he said with gritted teeth, shaking his head.

Their investigators had found a woman named Helen who used to work for the Graham family. She sat in the study nervously.

"I did not want to get involved Mr. Graham " Helen said nervously.

"You are safe here Helen " Dandelion assured her. "We just need to know what you saw."

Helen hesitated for a while, then she took a deep breath. "Years ago I saw Mrs. Viola talking to a man by the car. She had handed him an envelope and told him to 'fix' the brakes."

Alex leaned forward, more intrigued. "What did you see after that?"

Helen explained calmly now. "I did not see the man again after he did something to the car.... But later when the police came for questioning, Mrs. Viola lied to them that she never even called any mechanic in the first place."

Both Alex and Dandy looked at each other.

With Helens statement they had a witness and strong evidence, It was time to tell Grandma Winifred the truth.

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By evening Alex and Dandelion walked into Grandma winifreds sitting room. She was knitting by the fireplace.

She was surprised to see them together at first, but she didn't pry further.

"Evening you two, " She said with a smile. "Are you coming to join me for tea?"

Alex did not smile, he couldn't, not after everything that they know now.

Both him and Dandy shared a look, then he set the folder down. "Noona we need to show you something. It will hurt you. But you have to know."

She looked at them with a puzzled expression, then slowly took the folder.

Shhe opened the folder and read through ot.

After a while, Her eyes widened. This was the proof that her daughter- in-law was murdered, Along with Dandelions mother, who was Flora's best friend.

Grandma winifreds breathing became really weak. All the color went out of her face. The big files fell from her lap. Hit the floor with a loud noise. She grabbed the arms of her chair and her whole body started shaking. She almost fell forward.

"Noona!" Both Dandy and Alex called out in panic. Alex dropped to his knees and caught her body before she fell and wrapped his strong arms around her holding her close to his chest.

"No " Grandma Winifred sobbed and a loud painful cry came out of her throat. It was like she was completely falling apart. "No this cannot be true."

Dandelion wiped away her own tears as she watched the old woman suffer.

"I let that woman into my home " grandma Winifred wept, burying her face in Alex's shoulder. Her voice was shaking with sadness and anger. "Even though your father never mentioned her to me before he died, I still accepted her, because she was the mother of my grandson Tristan, your brother. And when I ordered for a DNA that proved Tristan was truly a Graham I decided to trust her.... Yet she killed my Flora!"

"I know, Noona " Alex whispered, rubbing her gently. "I know."

Grandma Winifred sobbed louder completely heartbroken.

Then suddenly she pulled back a little. She grabbed Alex's shirt hard. Her old eyes were burning with an anger that looked just like Alex's darker side.

"I want that woman punished." She said firmly.

"I'll make sure they rot in jail, Noona " Alex promised, looking into her eyes. "I promise you they will not get away with this."

"They must be punished, Alexander " Grandma Winifred demanded, her voice cold and hard, her eye red with tears and fury. "Let them be punished badly. I want that woman to be completely destroyed. I want her to spend the rest of her miserable life rotting in jail."

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Meanwhile on the side of the estate l, Viola Graham was sitting on a white leather couch drinking a expensive glass of champagne.

Her phone rang loudly on the glass table.

She put down her glass and picked up the phone. It was her lawyer, a man she paid a lot of money to keep her away from jail, despite all her corrupt dealings.

"What is it Richard?" Viola answered, sounding really annoyed.

"You have a problem Viola " Richard said, his voice was fast and panicked. "I just got a call from someone at the district attorneys office. Your son Alexander Grahams lawyers just sent in a file of secret evidence. They want arrest warrants immediately."

Viola sat up straight looking worried. "Firstly he's not and will never be my son. And what the hell are you talking about? Arrest warrants for who?"

"For you " Richard said, sounding really scared. " And for Margaret Williams. They are building a case, against you for the car crash years ago. They have the emails and bank records. They know everything."

The expensive phone almost fell out of Violas hand. Her nails dug into the leather couch.

"You need to do something Viola, I can't help you with this." Richard warned, before hanging up the phone.

Viola sat in silence frozen by what she had just heard. The perfect life she had built over the years was suddenly falling apart.

That bastard Alexander and his bitch of a wife were coming after her.

She stood up slowly feeling a panic taking over her mind.

But she suddenly paused, a small smile touched her lips.

If they wanted a fight she was going to give them one.