Chapter 87
“Last time I asked you, who lives in the lonely house at the back of your family’s garden? Do you remember what you told me?”
“You said it was a mad servant, but today, out of curiosity, I went to check it out. Guess what I found?”
“What?”
Sebastian’s heart clenched tightly, anxious to know what she was about to say.
“A woman. She was chained up!”
“I talked to her. She isn’t insane.”
“She even told me her name is Octavia!”
“Impossible!”
Sebastian couldn’t believe it. “Octavia isn’t supposed to be here. But then, who sent those postcards…”
“I didn’t believe it either, but she showed me the birthmark on the back of her neck, and it matched exactly with what you described. She begged me to
save her!”
Hearing this, Sebastian was in shock, his hands tightly clenched.
“Octavia, in the Vanderbilt family house? Who locked her up there?”
“I don’t know, but I saw Marcus going in and out, ‘taking care‘ of her.”
“Marcus must know something. He’s part of the old lady’s people.”
“Could this have been planned by the old lady? It doesn’t seem likely…”
Caitlin continued with her speculations.
“I’m going to find Octavia!”
Sebastian could no longer remain calm and stood up immediately.
Caitlin quickly stopped him, “I suggest you wait. It’s better not to act rashly and alert them. You can save her after your eyes heal.”
Sebastian looked crushed, thinking of Octavia. She had always taken care of him, just like his mother, Eliza. He never imagined Octavia would end up like
this.
There must be a huge conspiracy behind it!
Marcus was just a butler; what power did he have to cover up such a thing?
Sebastian closed his eyes, still hearing the sounds of Octavia and his father arguing. She had demanded his father pay for his mother’s death. The sound of her anguished cries still haunted him.
“Do you remember the last time you saw Octavia?”
“After my mother went missing, Octavia took care of me. One day, when I came home from school, she was gone. Marcus told me she had gone abroad
and left a letter for me.”
“I went to my father, and he told me she had met a European man and went traveling with him.”
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Chapter 87
“Those were probably all excuses. You lost your mother, and Octavia cared for you so much, How could she bear to leave you behind?”
Caitlin speculated, “If I’m right, finding Octavia could help you find your mother. This might be an important clue.”
“Yes, you’re right.”
Sebastian nodded, realizing Caitlin’s reasoning made sense.
“Also, I’m still curious about what happened, ago, regarding your mother. After she went missing, why didn’t your father search for her? Why did
he marry Grace instead?”
Talking about what happened 18 years ago was like reopening an old wound. It was the most painful memory for Sebastian.
His mother had disappeared, and his father remarried. He had a stepmother now…
Thinking of it alt made his heart ache. His hand trembled with anger, and veins popped on his hand and arm.
Caitlin, seeing his distress, sighed deeply and said, “You must know my father, Jonathan? He remarried soon after my mother passed away.”
“So, I understand your pain.”
“I can’t forgive my father either!”
After Caitlin spoke these words, there was a long silence between them.
Sebastian probably hadn’t expected her to open up about her own feelings. He hadn’t thought deeply about how similar their situations were.
Perhaps her sincerity had helped to suppress the anger in his heart, and he finally opened up about the things he had kept locked inside.
It turned out that when Sebastian was eight, he had witnessed his father getting close with another woman and getting into a car with her.
His mother, Eliza, chased after them in her car. After that day, she never returned.
The police searched all over New York, but couldn’t find her.
with tears, and his chest felt tight with grief.
“He had an alibi. When the police investigated, they only found my mother’s car abandoned on the road, but no sign of her, and no solid evidence.”
But even after all this time, there was still no sign of her.
His mother’s disappearance case had long passed the statute of limitations, and the police had destroyed the records.
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