Standing in front of his parents’ graves, Shane couldn’t move his eyes away from the safe.
In spite of being covered in dirt, it was evident the safe was merely buried a few years ago. The surface was of the safe was barely corroded. In fact, it was glistering.
I think the will is in the safe!
Silas crouched and started examining the safe. A short while later, he said, “Mr. Shane, it’s equipped with a padlock, but it doesn’t have any batteries.”
Shane beckoned Silas to bring it back and instructed, “Take it in and get a few batteries to get it running.”
“Alright!” Silas marched in the direction of the villa and brought the safe away from the burial grounds.
Meanwhile, some workers were directed to restore the burial grounds. They were only permitted to leave once they were done.
By the time Shane made his way back to the villa, Sharon and Connor had fallen asleep. Mrs. Wilson made her way out of their room and asked with a gape, “Isn’t that Mr. Thompson’s?”
Shane was about to make his way upstairs, but he brought himself to a halt when he heard Mrs. Wilson. He looked at her and asked, “Are you sure this belongs to Grandpa?”
Mrs. Wilson nodded and answered, “Yes! I have seen it back in the day!”
“When was the last time you saw it?” Shane asked with his eyes narrowed to a slit.
Mrs. Wilson gave it a thought and answered, “It was about seven years ago. He was still alive back then. I saw him bringing the safe out to a certain somewhere. However, the safe was nowhere to be seen when he made his way back. He then committed suicide on the next day.”
The moment Shane heard everything, he was certain the will was the thing that was inside the safe.
“Mr. Shane, where have you found it? Why is it covered in dirt?” Mrs. Wilson started picking on the contaminated portable safe.
“It was buried around my parents’ burial grounds.”
Startled, Mrs. Wilson repeated after Shane, “What? Are you serious?”
“Mmm!”
Mrs. Wilson winked in confusion. She probed further, “Why has Mr. Thompson buried it there? What’s inside the safe?”
“It’s a will.” Shane made his way upstairs once he finished his sentence.
Silas went after Shane without further ado.
On the other hand, Mrs. Wilson murmured to herself, “It’s a will! I can’t believe it’s the will we have been searching for! Great! We can finally avenge your parents!”
Mrs. Wilson was well aware Shane’s parents had passed on due to Sam’s instructions. Therefore, she hoped Shane could get his hands on the will to avenge the dead.
Mr. Thompson, you have hidden it so well to the extent that we almost miss it! Thankfully, we finally found it!
Meanwhile, Shane instructed Silas to place the safe on the table once they entered the study.
Silas hesitated no more and installed the batteries required to get the safe working.
A few seconds later, the LED display of the safe flickered as it was successfully activated.
Silas heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Great, it’s working just fine! Otherwise, it’s going to be a pain in the ass because no ordinary locksmith can get their way around it! In fact, we might have to send it to those from the army to pick the lock!”
People from the business world had always tried to stir clear from those affiliated with the army.
To be precise, they were afraid of being indebted to those from the army as they would have to return the favor in the future.
Nonetheless, Shane couldn’t be bothered. He took over the safe and was about to unlock it.
In the nick of time, Silas stopped Shane and requested, “Hold on a second, Mr. Shane!”
“Why?”
“Do you have the password to unlock the safe? I’m afraid you only have three attempts! Maybe it’s going to launch a self-destruct program and stay locked after three failed attempts! If worse comes to worst, we might have to acquire the help of those from the military to break the safe using bombs.”
Shane stared at the safe in silence as he was clueless about the password. He had never heard of anything of that sort from David as well.
Silas knew Shane had no idea of the right combination of the password. He suggested, “Why don’t you give Mr. Thompson, your father, and your birthday a try?”
Shane took Silas’ suggestion into consideration and proceeded to give David’s date of birth a try. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the right combination.
