Chapter 236
Alex’s POV
Alex’s Office
I received another message from my legal team.
I tapped on the message and read it:
Jonathan refuses to fall to the pressure of the old houses. He states he will not open the River vault until every old house claimant does not prove their legitimacy of the belongings.
I read the message a couple of times.
It was inconvenient, especially for my plan, but not unexpected.
I was irritated by his behavior, but not frustrated.
Frustration means he’s gotten on my nerves…that I won’t give him.
“Okay, then I’ll just wait for you to break p>
“Maybe I should slow down a bit,” I said to myself.
“Maybe pressuring him may make him suspicious of me p>
“And if I pressure him too much, he may hide the Blue Heart deeper than where it is now p>
I picked up my phone and called my legal team’s spokesman.
“Hello p>
“Keep the old house representatives demands active p>
“The more impatient they are, the more he’ll be required to open the vault p>
“Okay p>
As the line got disconnected, I felt an impatient pressure on me. One that made me realize being patient could make it easy for me.
I knew no matter what or how I do…in the end the decision is entirely a choice he has to make, and I presume he fears danger for his family.
I recalled the letter and what my father wrote about the Blue Heart in it.
He said the Blue Heart is a rare gemstone cause it’s a unique heart shaped gemstone, once in a lifetime possibility, and its value is priceless cause of the shape.
He treated the gemstone as something that could change his life forever. He believed possessing it would make him rich and give me a rich carefree life forever.
I still remember the line from his letter:
I hoped you would never have to work ever in your life.
My father is a man I admire and resent at the same time.
I admire him for his determination, and resent him for going to such an extent for it as well.
For my father the Blue Heart was worth risking his life for.
“Wait a minute,” I said as a thought came to my mind.
“If he was after the Blue Heart for so many years, he must have known where it was p>
I quickly removed his diary and read it.
“Bingo!” I said as I noticed he tried several times to get the Blue Heart.
I realized he had his men spread out to find the Blue Heart and every tip he got, he would go.
But these failures came with their price as he became depressed after that.
But his obsession only grew by the days.
I realized my father believed only the Blue Heart can give him and me a new life.
But the final attempt changed everything for us.
Everyone thinks my father was responsible for the massacre.
In reality, he wasn’t.
The day my father attacked, he only intended to steal the vault with the Blue Heart. But a fire broke out and one of his men found out the Blue Heart was in the ring on Jonathan’s mother’s hand.
He stole the ring and ran off.
But to save his men, my father got caught by the police and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
No one survived in the River family, only adding to my father’s sentence.
The River family ceased to exist overnight, and the Blue Heart disappeared along with them.
My father lost his freedom, and eventually his life, but still couldn’t get the Blue Heart.
He may have been a robber, but he was a man of honor. He never robbed the poor, only the rich who ample even if they were robbed.
He never harmed anyone.
Yet…because of the River family massacre, he was accused of it and lost his freedom and reputation.
Even though I had a father, I grew up as an orpah and my father never let me visit him in jail either.
His reason:
He didn’t want me to be affected because of this.
To others he was wrong, I can’t deny that, they say his greed destroyed an innocent family. But what no one knew is he wasn’t the cause of their outcome. He may have been the cause of the man who hurt Jonathan’s mother, but not his family.
“I won’t let my father’s sacrifice go in vain p>
“If the Blue Heart is true p>
“I will find it and I will get it p>
I opened the folder I had on Jonathan on my laptop.
I knew Jonathan had moved the Blue Heart to a safe place after I sent someone to his apartment to find it.
And now he was refusing to bring the Blue Heart in front to prove his legitimacy.
The reason p>
Also I understand.
He’s afraid of the past recurring again.
I exhaled as I realized I have to step up if I want to find the Blue Heart.
“Family p>
The next sub folder was labeled: Family
His wife Veronica, his daughter Janet, his son Joshua.
People important to him were Vance, John, Daniel, Isabella, Adrian and Jenny.
“Now from these people, whom would he protect first p>
“But with Veronica and Janet p>
“He left them for seven years to keep them safe p>
“They both are out p>
I leaned back as I decided to let the old houses pressure him first. Maybe I won’t have to do anything.
My gaze fell on the photo of my father. It was a younger looking one, he might not have even had me at the time.
He looked so ambitious, confident and had a certain fire in his eye.
I knew he was certain he would get the Blue Heart one day.
I recalled the sacrifice he gave over the Blue Heart for my better future.
I grabbed the photo frame.
“I know I said this before p>
“But this time I promise you p>
My heart was feeling heavy as the desire to get the Blue Heat became inseparable from the grief and loyalty I had in my heart for my father.
“You gave your life to give me a better future p>
“I will get the Blue Heart before I die and gift it to you p>