Chapter 39

Connor's POV

From that day on, I checked out of my house in the next block, moved in with Lydia, and began living with Lydia in the true sense of the word.

She took care of my food and living every day, I drove her to and from school every day, accompanied her to the grocery market, and lived a sweet and peaceful little life.

At the same time, I was also anxious about the news of the mastermind, I did not dare to bring Lydia back to London until the matter was taken care of.

I called Locke every day, urging him to step up his speed of detection and hurry up to find the news to me, until he started to get impatient with me, hanging up directly when he saw my calls and telling me to text him if I needed anything.

Just when I was desperately waiting for news about the man behind the crime, and starting to get more and more anxious, Locke finally called me.

The first thing Locke said on the other end of the phone was to tease me: "How come I didn't know that Master Connor was still so calm today?"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk!" I was so focused on this matter that I didn't have the heart to play those boring verbal games with him.

"The person who picked up Claire the day she had the accident was Peter."

"Peter?" Locke brought this news and it really startled me.

If that was the case, then all the mysteries were solved.

Peter was a mob boss, and ED was close to him. When he was a small-time gangster, ED was the big consortium that supported his start.

For this time and the DQ Group's cooperation, with the Carter Group is the most fierce competition is the ED company, so this time the Carter Group and DQ Group's partnership broke, the most benefit is also the ED company.

The last time Lydia was kidnapped and this time I was assassinated in Washington, D.C., must have been done by Peter as well, because these are ways that don't look like what ordinary people can do.

Then comb through the timeline of what happened, everything becomes more clear.

First Claire was rescued after a car accident, then Lydia was killed, then the DQ Group core technology documents were leaked, and finally I was assassinated, all the evidence shows that Peter and Claire reached a suppression Lydia and I cooperate, and that document, it is likely that Peter helped Claire to get rid of Lydia's belly Peter is not an ordinary mobster.

Peter is not an ordinary mobster, he is sinister and cunning, ruthless, most mobsters dare not do things he dares to do. And to get him to help you work, not willing to pay the price is enough, after all, willing to pay the price for his help is too many people.

He was willing to save Claire, but also willing to help her remove Lydia and the child in her belly, indicating that there must be a close relationship between them that no one knows about, just how did they get in touch and how did they reach cooperation?

These questions were swirling around in my head one by one.

At this point, I remembered my safe deposit box password again, perhaps that will be the breakthrough to uncover these mysteries.

I hung up the phone and got Lydia. I asked her if she had experienced anything unusual in the time before she disappeared, such as being bugged or monitored.

Lydia shook her head no.

I asked her again if she remembered the time I first sent her to school.

Her eyes lit up with excitement: "Of course I do! It was October 1st!"

I asked her again, "Did you tell anyone about this date, especially Claire?"

Lydia looked at me with a quizzical expression, wondering why I was asking such a strange question, but answered honestly: "No."

"Then how does Claire know this time?" I couldn't help but start talking to myself as I pondered.

Lydia was the person I was closest to, and the time I spent with her was when I was most relaxed, and I didn't mind showing myself that way in front of her.

"I got it!" Lydia suddenly exclaimed, "I've always had the habit of keeping a diary, and in it, I recorded this incident of you sending me to school. One day, many years ago, I found signs that my diary had been gone through again, do you think that's how Claire would have known?"

It's not impossible, but it's just so unlikely that anyone who read a diary more than a decade ago would still remember such details today.

But I couldn't bear to discourage Lydia, so I stroked her head and complimented her on her intelligence.

The clue was broken here, it seems that this time I had to go back to London to investigate it personally.

"Baby, I have to go back to London in a couple of days." I regretfully said to Lydia.

"What? I'm going back too!" Lydia should be unable to let me go, so made this request.

"No, have you forgotten what happened last time you went to the airport? And I was almost assassinated in Washington, it's too dangerous! Just be a good girl and wait for me in Washington, I'll be back soon." I gently rubbed Lydia's hair and softly coaxed her.

"No! It's because it's so dangerous that I have to stay by your side. If something happens, we'll all have something together!" Lydia stood up from beside me, beamed up, crossed her arms and looked at me firmly.

It seems that I underestimated this little girl, I never thought she had such a strong side hidden in her gentleness. Since she has said so, I am also embarrassed to refuse her, the big deal back to London, I will take more effort to protect her is.

"Baby you are so brave." I took her hand and praised.

Soon, we returned to London together.

The first thing I did was to go with Lydia to Green's house. I wanted to make my attitude clear to Wendy and Hope, telling them not to let Lydia go on those unnecessary blind dates anymore and that I would protect Lydia for the rest of her life.

I didn't expect to see the last person I wanted to see when I entered the Green house and witnessed a family battle.

Wendy's POV

Connor came back to London with Lydia, and he said he was coming to visit us. It feels like the older the boy gets, the more unreadable he becomes.

He says Hope and I don't care about Lydia, and how does he know how much we spent on finding out the truth about this after Lydia's car accident, except that the people who hurt Lydia are in the dark and we are unfolding under the light, and there is no defense against that.

We were afraid that someone with a grudge against the Green family had done the killing, and feared that Lydia would be hurt again, so we pretended not to care.

After a long investigation, our family's assets had been bought up, and with the company being suppressed, we were in crisis, so we thought of marrying Lydia to David, who didn't mind her past, hoping that she would have a good home and our Green family would be saved.

The blind date was ruined by Connor, and although I wasn't too happy about it, I could at least see that he genuinely liked Lydia, so after Hope and I discussed it, we decided to let them go free.

Perhaps Hope and I's daily prayers were heard by God, and finally when the Green family's fortune was about to be sold off, we got news about the person behind the car accident.

The person who caused the car accident was Peter, the husband of my old maid Alice.

Alice is Claire's mother, who was killed in a car accident to save me that year. Out of gratitude to her, Hope and I adopted Claire, so in everyone's eyes, the Green family had two daughters.

I admit that Lydia is my own, and between her and Claire, I'm a little more partial to her. Although this is the instinctive behavior of a mother, I also feel guilty towards Claire for this, so when her marriage with Connor was in trouble because of Lydia, I would favor her a little more.

This poor child, from the time she was little, I always hoped that she would grow up to have a good home and someone who would love her truly with all his heart.

When I heard that Peter only saved Claire and Lydia after their car accident and left Lydia behind, I had my doubts.

If the accident was an accident, then why was Peter so coincidentally nearby to save Claire?

When I heard the detective tell me that the unpleasant photos sent to Hope's phone came from Claire's registered cell phone card, which had sent messages to Peter before Lydia was kidnapped, my heart went cold.

Even if Claire is not my own child, I have spent so many years, spent so many years raising her, she and Lydia have been together for so many years, even if they can not be as friendly as sisters, at least still have feelings, why she can ignore our kindness in raising her, can ignore Lydia's life, and do such things to her.

My heart ached, I had long thought of Claire as my own daughter, and now hearing that my two daughters were hurting each other again, I was about to faint, but fortunately Hope was there to hold me up.

"I'll call Claire and ask her to come back and ask for clarification."

Hope is still calm, this matter, let him handle it.

Soon, Claire came back.

"We all know the truth," Hope did not beat around the bush with Claire, just as she sat down and asked directly.

Before Hope could finish, the doorbell rang.

I jogged over to answer the door and it was Connor and Lydia returning.

I didn't want Lydia to know that it was her sister who had been hurting her all this time, because that truth was so cruel.

So after Connor and Lydia entered, I tugged on Hope's sleeve, signaling him to change the subject and not to go on.

Hope also put on a smile and was about to change the subject, but to my surprise, Claire stole the conversation before he could say anything.

"Who are you to ask me that? I've known for a long time that I'm not your biological child, so since I was a child, you've all favored Lydia more," Claire said with an indignant look on her face.

I looked at Connor and Lydia, who had just entered and sat down, and both of them had surprise written all over their faces.

"Who are you to do this to me! Obviously you're the ones who owe me!" Claire pointed her finger at me, "Don't forget, you, Wendy, are the one who owes my mother a life! If it weren't for you, I would be an orphan without a father and a mother to love! You are only being nice to me because you feel guilty about me!"

I didn't expect Claire to say such a thing. I can't say I haven't felt guilty about being good to her over the years, but Hope and I did give her love!

What I didn't expect was that the secret about Alice's death, which I had hidden for so many years, was still known to Claire, but from her reaction, I deduced that she had learned about it from Peter's mouth, and that it was not the truth of the matter.