Unresolved Case

It's been three weeks since Grace died.

Until now, we are still puzzled by what happened, especially since we have not seen any trace of anything that happened to her.

We are also gradually resuming our normal lives. I have finally opened II Nuovo Inizio, and David always has a meeting from time to time due to the upcoming mall in Lapu-Lapu City.

Since something bad happened to David's mansion, David and I have been unable to return.

The only thing running through my mind was the thing Grace wanted to say to me that night.

I am currently opening my laptop to catch up on what is happening at my II Nuovo Inizio - Italy branch while David is cooking for our lunch.

When I opened my email, I was still surprised to see Jacob and Catherine's names, as they had both emailed me.

I opened Catherine's first and smiled when I saw the invitation she had sent me.

It’s an invitation for Callie's birthday to be held 2 days from now.

Next, I opened the email from Jacob, they also sent the same message to me.

"Hon!" I call David.

David approached me immediately.

"What happened?" David asked and you could hear in his voice that he was worried. I laughed at his reaction.

"Hon, relax! Jacob and Cath just sent me an invitation for Callie's birthday!" I said to David with a wide smile.

He squeezed my cheek, "ouch!" I said because I was slightly hurt and I even touched my chin.

"You're so adorable! Do you want us to buy a gift right now? I'll just cancel all my meetings." David suggests.

"No, it's okay. Let's just buy a gift tomorrow. We've been busy with work so let's rest first today." I said.

"Okay, if that's what my wife wants," David said and that's when I felt a thrill, I smiled at him sweetly.

He approached me and gave me a sweet touch of a kiss on the forehead.

"Hon, while we’re waiting for your favorite Afritada that I'm cooking. I'd like to talk to you about something." He said and sat down in front of me.

We are currently in the dining area and I am sitting in the dining seat while using the laptop because David has not finished cooking yet and I also need updates about my work, especially in my Italy branch.

"Sure, what is it?"

"About Jacob's house near my mansion." He says.

I immediately seated properly when I heard that.

Interesting...

Does he already know about it?

"How about that?" I asked.

"My investigator said the house was just built five years ago, like four days after Jacob got out of the hospital, but do you remember anything?" David asked, frowning.

Do I remember anything about that?

There is one ...

I only remember his grandmother, Madame Emilia.

"I remember one day, when I got back in our house, I saw Madame Emilia's car outside our house, so I didn't go home, instead, I went straight to the park," I reflected, "you know how much Jacob's grandmother hated me."

That's true, I also don't know why she doesn't like me, I mean I came from a wealthy family. My parents own 23 Million Hectares in the Philippines so we have paddy fields, farms, and housing.

But I don't know why she doesn't like me, in fact, I didn't benefit from their wealth because all I knew then was that I wanted Jacob and I loved him so I married him.

I don't need their wealth because I also have it.

I don't need their property because I also have it.

I can go abroad whenever I want. I can get to the places I want to go in a snap because I also have money.

But I don't know why Jacob's grandmother doesn't want me, if only Jacob's parents were alive, I would be close to them because even if I was with them only once, they made me feel very welcome to their family.

But my dad and my mom were angry with me when they found out that Jacob and I were married.

Another thing, they say that I shouldn't have had a relationship with the Fuentes. So they forced me to divorce, Jacob.

And that's right, Jacob was angry with me when his parents died because he blamed my parents for doing that.

"Hon!" David called me out loud which is why I went back to trance.

"Are you with me?" David asked me if I could see the concern on his face.

"I just suddenly remembered the events before, some of them I remember but some of them are not," I said.

"According to my investigator -" he didn't finish what he was going to say because his cell phone suddenly rang.

"It's okay, you need to answer that maybe that's important," I said and gave him a smile while I focused on opening my emails at work.

I'm happy with what I'm hearing from my secretary, sales are increasing because of the new designs of jewelry that I made last weekend.

"Hon, I have to leave, I'm really sorry I know we should have this rest day but there was a problem in the office." David said, I know he really wants to stay but I understand why.

"Sure, no problem, hon. Just go home right away?" I said, "I'll take care of what you cook, or do you want to wait until it's cooked and then eat before you leave?" My suggestion.

"Maybe I'll just eat there, hon. I'm so sorry all of a sudden." He says.

I know the feeling, I will do the same in case I have a problem with my business.

"Sure, sure! Take a bath and get dressed." I said.

He was like a child who immediately followed what I said.

After 15 minutes ...

I was already eating when David went to the dining area.

I noticed that his necktie was not fixed yet so I stood up to fix it.

"Hon, are you gonna eat there? Or are you gonna go drive-thru so you can eat on the way," I said.

He kissed me on the forehead, "aye-aye, Captain!" He said and he even saluted.

I laughed at what he did, one of the reasons why I fell in love with David.

Because he can be many people in one person he can make me happy and just protect me.

"I love you so much, hon! I'll see you later, lock the door. And don't ever let other people in. I have my own keys so when someone knocks that's not me." He said that it seemed new to me, I already knew it. But he still reminds me of it.

"I know that already! Go ahead, maybe what's already going on in your office." I said and pushed him slightly into the living room.

"Don't come with me when I get outside, go back to your food." He said and he gave me a kiss on the lips.

His kiss didn't last long but I could feel its sincerity.

And I followed him since I had just started eating.

So I took advantage of the food while working, I really should have taken a break but since I'm the only person here and I can't do anything, I just turned on my laptop again.

I noticed that I still have a lot of unopened emails.

So I went through it one by one.

Just for work but I noticed an unfamiliar name to me so I opened its email.

He doesn't have a subject so I'm even more curious about what it contains.

This email is from a month ago, how come I didn't notice it?

Oh ... maybe because I'm super busy with the opening and what happened a month ago.

I ate rice and the afritada dish, I really can't get enough of it because of its deliciousness!

But I could barely swallow what I was eating when I read this email.

Hi, I know it's weird that I'm emailing you after 5 years of betraying you. I also know that everything that happened was unfair on your part, but I just want to tell you that I really care for you. That I want to let you know. the day I was with David in that abandoned house I knew it was Jacob’s. I was on my way home that day when I saw you enter there.

I was about to text you but I thought more of protecting you. So I let you know who the man in that house really was.

Luckily I saw David and I knew he was looking for you. When the car stopped I tried to turn his attention to me but you were really more important to him so he got out of the car and looked at you at Jacob's house. He really doesn't know who is the owner of that house, but I am that's why I followed him and I tried to get his attention.

This is all I want to tell you, you will know the truth when we meet I will tell you everything.

But all you have to trust now is David.

Love lots,

Grace

My world almost stopped, I drank water even though my hand was shaking.

I read it a few more times as if Grace's words didn't cross my mind.

On the day at David's mansion, she probably thought I had read her email.

But maybe that's why she didn't continue what she was going to say because I didn't reply to her in the email.

I was depressed, I felt my body weaken.

And my tears started to flow.