Natalie narrowed her eyes. “Perhaps, Mom did not have a conflict with David nine years ago. The root cause might be that something unknown happened on the 9th of October, which was when Jared turned three years old. Furthermore, this incident might have involved the Thompson family.”
“That’s quite likely.” Joyce widened her eyes.
Massaging her temples, Natalie continued, “Now, we need to figure out what happened on the 9th of October, when Jared turned three. Once that is done, the problem between Shane and I would be resolved.”
Joyce and Jared nodded.
After thinking about it, Joyce suggested, “Why don’t I search for some clues online? There might be some articles if something major happened to a wealthy family like the Thompsons.”
“That’s a good idea. Thank you, Joyce.” Natalie patted her shoulder.
“You’re welcome!” Smiling, Joyce sat in front of the computer.
Meanwhile, Natalie and Jared started chatting about the latter’s life overseas.
After talking for a few minutes, Joyce announced that she had found something.
“I found it, Nat!” However, her expression seemed quite grim.
Natalie’s heart skipped a beat. She hung up the call and walked over. “What’s the matter?”
“See it for yourself.” Joyce turned the laptop around to her.
Natalie lowered her head and gaped. “It’s the day Shane’s parents died!”
“Yeah. Jared turned three years old eighteen years ago, so I searched what happened on the 9th of October that year. It was the day when Mr. Shane’s parents passed away. It’s also when David died,” said Joyce as she looked at her.
However, David died on the 9th of October a few years ago.
Natalie bit her lip, finding it too ridiculous. “How is that possible? How can my mom possibly be related to Shane’s parents’ deaths?”
Unable to figure it out, she thought that it was simply impossible.
Noticing that she was starting to become agitated, Joyce held her hand. “Calm down, Nat.”
“How can I calm down?” exclaimed Natalie in anguish as she covered her face.
No wonder Shane treated me like that. Perhaps, he really thinks that his parents’ death has something got to do with my mom. However, since my mom’s dead, he can’t seek clarification from her. That’s why he’s treating me like that.
“Nat, I know what you’re thinking about. However, this is a very grave matter. We must be clear about the facts.” Joyce gazed at Natalie seriously.
With much difficulty, Natalie took a deep breath and calmed herself down. “I know. Even if you didn’t tell me that, I’ll still investigate and give Shane a reasonable explanation. I will never believe that my mom’s involved in his parents’ death.”
“Good. Let’s hire a private detective to investigate this. However, since it’s been more than ten years since the incident, it might take a long while to find out what happened,” said Joyce.
Natalie clenched her fists. “It’s alright! I can wait no matter how long it takes. I’ll go look for a detective now!”
With that, she grabbed her bag and left the office.
Joyce stretched out her hand, wanting to call her back.
However, Natalie was already gone by then.
She had no choice but to place her hand down and smile bitterly at the blueprints on the desk.
“Before going, you should still tell me which blueprints are good and which need to be edited! I still need to register them.”
After Natalie left the company, she drove to the largest detective agency in J City. She paid a deposit of five hundred thousand to them to investigate this matter.
Natalie felt a little more at ease after handing the situation over to the agency.
All she had to do now was to wait for the truth to unfold.
However, there was one more thing left for her to do—conduct a DNA test for Shane and the two kids.
She would never believe that they were not Shane’s.
Natalie left the detective agency, raised her head and looked at the sky. It was slightly gloomy, as if it was going to rain soon.
Wrapping her coat around her body, Natalie was about to go to the parking lot to fetch her children when someone suddenly sprinted past her.
