Chapter 193
Veronica’s POV
Suite Apartment – The next day
Because of the chaos, the kids were sent to Lona’s place.
I bought some coffee as Jonathan, Daniel, Vance and John were seated quietly.
“Are you all still thinking about what he said p>
“Huh?” Vance said.
“About Jonathan’s mother not claiming the inheritance and giving him a better life p>
I saw Jonathan was studying the document Alex’s lawyer gave.
As much as I or anyone wanted to deny, it did not make any sense.
She was the only surviving River member.
Her son was the only future heir.
She could have inherited the wealth, and given Jonathan a luxurious life.
Yet p>
She deliberately hit the knowledge.
“John,” I said looking towards him.
“Can you find out why p>
“Maybe she really couldn’t p>
“Like because she was a female,” I suggested.
John began and within minutes, he had results.
“Well,” he said, exhaling.
“Even as a female, she was the legal and only heir to the River legacy p>
“There is no such document, no competing heir, no legal barrier, or rule stopping her from doing so p>
“She just…did not inherit it p>
“So, she didn’t leave the inheritance p>
“She just refused to accept it before the world.” I said as I understood.
“According to these records,” John said.
“She deliberately avoided claiming the River inheritance p>
“She could have, but she didn’t contact the Council p>
“Instead she left it open, enough that when the time came, it could be inherited p>
“She never requested family assets, she never used the River name p>
I sighed as I realized this wasn’t an accident,
It was her decision.
A decision that a woman made who knew exactly what claiming the name would mean.
“So she knew something?” Jonathan asked, concerned.
I noticed John was still tracing the Blue Heart.
The current known fact was the gemstone was sold to the black market, then to a small shop, then to Daniel before reaching Jonathan.
But no one knew from the day the Blue Heart was found, it was given to Jonathan’s mother.
And it was never just a gemstone.
The gemstone was set in a ring and given to his mother.
“Any record as to how it disappeared?” I asked.
“I think we’ll have to reconstruct the massacre then,” John said.
He did it on his laptop using ai.
“Now, this is Jonathan’s mother escaping with the maid p>
“Johnathan, you said your mother’s ring finger was cut p>
He nodded.
“I think the robber cut her finger and stole the Blue Heart and sold it to the black market p>
“The robber gang was searching for wealth, and they robbed the people as well p>
“They all knew the Blue Heart gemstone was the most valuable p>
“Her finger was cut, the ring was lost p>
“Jonathan mentioned the Blue Heart p>
“Fredrick, and Sanders took use of this p>
“Eventually, years later the Blue Heart appeared in the small market from where Daniel purchased it p>
I exhaled as I realized his mother didn’t escape with nothing.
She did have the Blue Heart,
Even after losing it, she made sure Jonathan knew about it.
So she didn’t deliberately refuse the inheritance,
She only kept it a secret until Jonathan was able to take care of it.
“Now the questions asked,” John said.
“If she was alive, why not claim it p>
“Why did she not report the attack p>
“Why didn’t she take her revenge p>
“Why didn’t she look for the Blue Heart p>
“That, the maid’s notes cleared p>
“His mother knew the attackers were still after them.
“They never stopped p>
“She wasn’t afraid of what happened p>
“She was afraid of what would happen p>
“She knew someone was still looking for her p>
“So she chose to hide what they were looking for p>
“It could be that person is still looking for Jonathan, even today?” I said, shocked.
I went quiet as I could see the love his mother had for him. She spent a decade saving her son from a legacy that she was afraid of giving to her only son.
I noticed Jonathan’s face became pale.
“She was protecting me from someone even after the attack p>
I nodded as Daniel reconstructed a timeline chart so we could follow the tracks.
“She was protecting me from someone who could still be alive?” Jonathan asked, shocked.
“Jonathan,” Daniel said.
“I don’t want to say, but you are correct p>
Everyone looked towards him shocked.
“I remember the notes your aunt wrote,” he said.
“She clearly wrote they were protecting you even after the massacre p>
“That means someone was still after you p>
“They moved not weeks, months, but years p>
“Finally, when your aunt knew she won’t live long p>
“She left you at the orphanage p>
“The threat continued even after the attack p>
“And now that you’ve come forward, he…it…they might attack again p>
“Bring the kids from Ms. Lona’s place back here,” John said on the phone.
“And deploy high security around here, Rollings Designs, Rollings Arts, Vance’s office and Harmon Designs p>
“I’ll stay at the Federal office, this way no matter where Jonathan is, he’ll be safe p>
“And Veronica and the kids p>
“We are certain, it was Alex’s father who led the robbery,” Jonathan said.
“But how did he or someone know my mother, and I survived p>
“If he was in jail p>
“And Alex was same age as me p>
“Someone had to be following my mother and aunt p>
“That someone must have known the Blue Heart was with her p>
“Only he didn’t know she lost the ring at the massacre p>
“This means she wasn’t hiding from the man in the jail, but from the one who was outside,” Jonathan said in an emotional voice.
“Yes,” John said.
“Alex’s father may be the leader, but I think he had a partner or a right-hand man p>
“And that man is still out there somewhere p>
“Alex?” I asked.
“Do you think Alex knows about him p>
“Maybe, maybe not,” Vance said.
“Look at this,” John said as he displayed a document on the screen.
“It seems over the decades tons of fake crests appeared to claim the River inheritance p>
“Alex’s fake crest just entered the list p>
“There’s also a list of those who had regular contact with Alex’s father p>
“Maybe one of them p>
John cross examined the names.
“Odd, but he’s the only one alive.” John said, pointing to one name.
“He’s not from his gang, but a small businessman who used to pay safety tax to him p>
“I think we just found the one your mother and aunt were protecting you from.” John said, leaning back.