“He was the first one to change sides the moment he saw Braden’s signature on the report.”
As it stood, she no longer trusted anyone in the Simmons family.
She recalled how Melody had kicked up a fuss during the launching ceremony of the movie. Before she had been taken away, she had screamed about someone in sheep’s clothing.
“He has been pretending to be a saint in front of you for so long! I can’t wait for the day when you finally see his true face! I want to see you suffer the pain of betrayal in the hands of someone you love deeply! Mark my words, Lucinda! I will wait for the day when the truth destroys your very soul!”
At the time, Lucinda thought that Melody was talking about Nathan.
But after all that had happened, it was clear that the woman was referring to one of her brothers.
And the more Lucinda thought about it, the more disappointed she felt.
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Beside her, Nathan was lost in his own thoughts.
He had only heard accounts of what had occurred from Lucinda, but from what he knew of her brothers, he would have thought that they were clever enough to see the questionable points of the dubious claim.
Especially Hilliard.
He was the quiet one, after all, which made him the most devious and scheming of the three. He rarely revealed what he was thinking, unless it was absolutely necessary.
Despite that, he adored Lucinda just as much as Graham and Cyrus did.
If Hilliard truly didn’t care about Lucinda at all, he wouldn’t even bother to make things difficult for Nathan. But no. Hilliard had even made Nathan go through the childbirth simulation just so he would know how much pain his beloved sister would be when she gave birth.
And the test for Nathan from the Simmons brothers, they were prepared by Hilliard and Cyrus in person.
How could a simple piece of paper cancel out all the love they had showered over Lucinda all these years?
“Perhaps the news was so sudden that they were overwhelmed with shock.
I’m sure they will come to you once they figured things out.”
Nathan had the same thought as Violeta.
But Lucinda was done talking about her brothers. She changed the topic, saying, “I have no idea how Dad fell down the stairs. Valerie gave a pretty straightforward explanation, but I can’t shake the feeling that something is not right. Even if he was furious upon learning the paternity test results, he wouldn’t be so brash and careless that he would leave his wheelchair and fall down a flight of stairs. And it just so happened that Florrie and Gilbert were not around? It’s suspicious.”
Nathan considered it for a moment.
“Well, it won’t be easy to look into this matter. It happened inside the Simmons residence, after all.
If I invoke the authority of the National Security Bureau to interrogate the household members, it will only alert our enemy.”
“You’re right. We can conduct the investigation later.”
Lucinda then thought of Valerie.