Chapter 235
Alex’s POV
Alex’s Office – a few moments later
I was busy checking some drafts when my phone buzzed.
A message popped up:
Jonathan refuses to open the vault.
“Damn!” I said as I banged my hand on the table.
The old house representatives pressured him…yet he is not breaking.
I ran my hand through my hair in frustration.
A slow smile crept on my lips.
“You’re more stubborn than I thought p>
“No problem, I’ll just wait p>
I realized if I push him too much, I may cause a problem for myself.
And the more pressure I put on him the more eager he’ll be in keeping the Blue Heart closer to him.
That’s exactly what I need…as now…I don’t know where the Blue Heart is.
“Patience Alex,” I said to myself. “Patience is what you need p>
I glanced on a photo of my father on my desk and recalled his obsession for the Blue Heart.
After my father’s arrest, I was sent to an orphanage.
I had a few things left to me…one was a letter from my father for me.
I removed the letter from the drawer and read it again:
Alex, by the time you read this letter you should be a healthy young boy. You may hate me as I’m in jail, but I do not regret my life. The River family was supposed to be my last. Once I got the Blue Heart, I was to sell it and give you the rich life you deserve. The Blue Heart is a rare unique heart shaped blue gemstone. Its value is priceless. If it is a fortune everyone wishes to possess…only the River family owns it. I tried multiple times…but failed every time. The last time…the fire ended up killing the River family, and I…in jail. The Blue Heart is a thorn in my heart I can never remove. It is what took me away from you. I hope you live a happy life.
Every time I read this letter, I realize how badly my father wanted the Blue Heart so he could give me a better life.
I also knew how my father suffered to get the gemstone.
I even had a small diary in which he had recorded every attempt.
His guilt for the River family’s death even though he didn’t cause the fire.
He was still sentenced to alleged murder.
My father was sentenced as his obsession turned into a bloodshed.
He stored the treasures which I later on found out from the map he left for me.
It was this treasure that I used to live on, and became who I am today.
“All he wanted was to steal the Blue Heart for me p>
“Any father would do anything to give his child a better life p>
“My father did just that p>
“Yet he was sentenced for life p>
“And not having the gemstone made my father’s sacrifice baseless p>
Overnight my father’s life was destroyed.
Overnight even having a father, I became an orphan.
I tried to recall the days my father was a free man.
I couldn’t as I never saw him as a free man.
And it was all because of the Blue Heart.
“I must have the Blue Heart as it is what my father sacrificed his freedom for p>
“I won’t let your efforts go to waste p>
“I will finish what you started p>
“And I’ll have their son hand it over with his own hands p>
Suddenly a thought came to my mind.
“Could it be possible Jonathan really doesn’t know where the Blue Heart is p>
“I did send my men to retrieve it from the apartment p>
“Then it disappeared p>
“Maybe someone stole it from there p>
“Or maybe he’s deliberately making me believe he doesn’t have the gemstone p>
“After all, he knows whoever has the gemstone, will be in danger p>
“But if Jonathan suspects I’m Vale’s son, then my strength can be his strength as well p>
“As long as no one knows who I am, no one can question me p>
“What else can I do to pressure him p>
I thought of Veronica, her children, Vance, John and Daniel.
As far as I knew him, he may not be bothered about his own life, but he won’t play with theirs.
But the deeper I dug into his history, I realized if his family is in danger, he can cut them off from him.
Doing so would mean I can’t use them to threaten him.
If so…it’s no use of targeting them for now.
I leaned back into my chair.
“So he believes keeping the gemstone hidden will keep his family safe p>
“Then I’ll just have to make him think keeping it safe will put his family’s life in danger p>
“And the old house’s pressure is just what I need p>
“They will make him remove the Blue Heart out to keep his family safe p>
My gaze fell on my father’s photo again.
I gazed at the man who spent years in jail because of the Blue Heart.
The man who’s one more attempt became his last.
The man who only wanted to give his son a better life.
I slowly ran my fingers across the photo.
I never got to meet him as he never allowed him to visit him even after I found out he was my father.
The only time I heard his voice was when I was sixteen and went to jail to meet him.
He didn’t come front and only said p>
“I’m sorry I couldn’t give you the life you deserved. If you are my son, you will never come back p>
I never did.
To others, my obsession over the Blue Heart may be greed.
I personally met every house representative whom I knew would agree with me and go to Jonathan’s house and demand him to open the vault.
Today…I lost.
But I am different from my father. He didn’t have trustworthy people around him.
The reason I never kept any pawns around me.
I am the only one on whom I depend.
“You gave your freedom for the Blue Heart p>
“I, as your son, will get it p>