«Maybe connection earlier.» «Surfaced late.» «Came from mom, girl heavy pregnant.»
«Walks proud, like achieved feat…» «You wanted take child?» Christina looked probing. «At first nothing…» mother-in-law shook head. «When saw Alex, mind gone, loved first second like own.»
«Elena saw manipulated me skillfully.» «Lived then she felt house mistress, I fussed child understood one second could street…» «How managed twist?» Christina surprised. «I just waited.»
«Gerald business problems time.» «Convinced Elena leaks competitors, he threw out.» «Don’t know who how paid, documents I became Alex’s birth mom.»
«Sure story won’t surface.» «Even moved, son three then.» «Elena just left, no justify, take child.»
Christina looked mother-in-law disbelieving. «Why? Ambushed me walk once,» Veronica Davis sighed. «Seems bear disappeared then.»
«Son didn’t remember her, cried, clung me.» «How live this years?» Christina didn’t understand. «Not afraid Alex learns?» «Now not important.»
Mother-in-law waved. «Bear surely she sent.» «Means find son easy if wants.»
«All secrets out.» Christina left mother-in-law’s heavy heart. Understood Veronica Davis revealed far not all secrets.
But no alternatives. Mother-in-law hardly dreamed such situation. Eventually Christina went sleep, former cheer gone trace.
Understood bear just start something unpleasant. Veronica Davis went not office, detective. Determined.
Nicholas Parker there. Looked bad, pale, didn’t rise meet. «Want quit your services, seek license revocation, know,» Veronica Davis declared.
«No right disclose my case info.» «You deceived, involved criminal story,» detective cold. «Show true face, not benign hairdresser owner, bandit’s wife.»
«Remembered your husband.» «So what?» Veronica Davis’s face distorted anger grimace. «Not involved his affairs.»
«Depends how look,» Nicholas Parker smirked. «God judge.» «We’re even, find another detective.»
«All reports your folder.» «Take go.» Veronica Davis grabbed papers, then thoughtfully strolled nearby park.
Already found another detective through acquaintances, now respectable, once like husband held power city. New detective arrive half hour. «Andrew,» tall young man approached.
«We agreed.» «Freed earlier.» «Yes, listen, need find woman sent thing.»
Veronica Davis briefly outlined case, handed folder. «Money transfer hour.» «No problem.»
«Give couple days,» detective smirked. «No case can’t solve.» «Your predecessor failed,» mother-in-law cold.
«Ah, old guard,» he laughed, scanning folder papers. «No wonder.» «But nothing, I have modern methods.»
«So sender known soon.» Veronica Davis went salon. New detective looked confident, no doubt succeed.
Andrew called four days. Said sender found. But not from abroad, local, female.
Woman worker same postal service handled package. Easy relabel, fake from elsewhere. But go meeting alone Veronica Davis didn’t want.
So suggested Christina go together. «You want solve mystery too?» persuaded daughter-in-law. «Go together.»
«Seems scared,» Christina guessed. «Of course,» Veronica Davis nodded. «Would you calm my place.»
«Yes, argument,» Christina nodded thoughtfully. «Can’t figure what say her.» «Learn now,» Veronica Davis sighed opened gate old house city outskirts.
Dog barked. Door opened, female figure appeared. «To me?» Looked girl about twenty-three, couldn’t be Elena.
«If sent package with bear, yes,» Christina replied. «About that?» girl embarrassed. «Mom’s last wish.»..
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