As Travis finished, Sarah’s thoughts spun in her head.
“How high is the probability that Robert Simpson is alive, in your opinion?”
“Over fifty percent, I’d say. And Robert’s always been a careful planner. When he got injured and disappeared for a year, that was because Georgia had been kidnapped, and he could only allow himself to get hurt to save her. With his level of planning, normal people can’t plot against him. And something as basic as orchestrating a car accident can’t be outside of his considerations and preparations. Of course, it looks like an accident right now, but I don’t believe it was that simple.”
Sarah lingered on the notion that Robert wasn’t dead.
In that case, all the help she’d given Travis was for nothing.
“Never mind, forget it. That’s that for me and Georgia, Sarah. I won’t ask on about what role you played in all this. I hope you won’t destroy the trust I’ve put in you. Please stay out of what’s between me and Georgia from now on. Didn’t you find that Jayson might have come to the city recently? How’s the investigation going?”
“I’ve got some bait on my end that could lure him out. I’ve also been cooperating with Uncle Ellis. In this period, Jayson will definitely fall for it. That’s a good chance to take them all down at once.”
Sarah, of course, didn’t tell him that she had confirmed the person behind Sierra was Jayson.
She still hadn’t fully considered if she was supposed to keep helping Travis with his wish.
“I’ve solicited the help of plenty of beggars in the city. Jayson should be here. But his traces are all over town, and I can’t be sure if the information is real or fake.”
After discussing Jayson’s presence some more, Travis stood and left.
Sarah watched him walk out the door and continued to watch on until he drove away. Then she sat quietly down on the sofa and considered the possibility that Robert was alive.
She was helping Travis because Robert was dead, of course, but if there was a chance Robert was alive, there was also a chance all her help would come to nothing.
But what if Robert really was dead?
Then Georgia would never be able to be with Robert in this life. That was an ill thought.
But that insane idea lingered in Sarah’s mind. She felt like she was going mad, but the idea stayed there, taking root, growing more and more insane.
As for Sierra, she threw a deranged tantrum for a several hours.
After she’d almost smashed every bit of ceramic inside the mansion, Sierra shut herself inside her bedroom and went straight into the bathroom, turning the tap on.
She submerged herself for almost a quarter hour, until her body was soaked through and freezing. Then she laughed darkly.
“Fine, Robert, if you’re going to be like that, I don’t have to leave any paths open, either!”
As Sierra was thinking her chilling thoughts, her phone rang.
Picking up, Jayson’s voice rang out.
“I’ve already had people staking out Georgia’s mansion. There have been no traces of Maisie or Wesley. Where did Georgia take those two? Do you have any news?”
After the afternoon passed, Sierra had told Jayson everything that had happened on her end, and the two of them were losing their minds.
But they couldn’t admit defeat like that. Since the will was useless now and the marriage certificate was fake, they were at the end of their rope.
If they’d just started out with the plan, they could have taken a step back, laid low for a while, then made a new plan from scratch.
But they’d sunk too much time into this already, and Jayson didn’t have too much money left to support his legion, and Sierra wouldn’t have another shot at the inheritance. This was her only chance.
Only by taking a gamble could the two succeed.
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