Standing in front of his parents’ graves, Shane couldn’t move his eyes away from the safe.
In spite of being covered in dirt, it was evident the safe was merely buried a few years ago. The surface was of the safe was barely corroded. In fact, it was glistering.
I think the will is in the safe!
Silas crouched and started examining the safe. A short while later, he said, “Mr. Shane, it’s equipped with a padlock, but it doesn’t have any batteries.”
“Alright!” Silas marched in the direction of the villa and brought the safe away from the burial grounds.
Meanwhile, some workers were directed to restore the burial grounds. They were only permitted to leave once they were done.
By the time Shane made his way back to the villa, Sharon and Connor had fallen asleep. Mrs. Wilson made her way out of their room and asked with a gape, “Isn’t that Mr. Thompson’s?”
Shane was about to make his way upstairs, but he brought himself to a halt when he heard Mrs. Wilson. He looked at her and asked, “Are you sure this belongs to Grandpa?”
Mrs. Wilson nodded and answered, “Yes! I have seen it back in the day!”
“When was the last time you saw it?” Shane asked with his eyes narrowed to a slit.
Mrs. Wilson gave it a thought and answered, “It was about seven years ago. He was still alive back then. I saw him bringing the safe out to a certain somewhere. However, the safe was nowhere to be seen when he made his way back. He then committed suicide on the next day.”
The moment Shane heard everything, he was certain the will was the thing that was inside the safe.
“Mr. Shane, where have you found it? Why is it covered in dirt?” Mrs. Wilson started picking on the contaminated portable safe.
“It was buried around my parents’ burial grounds.”
Startled, Mrs. Wilson repeated after Shane, “What? Are you serious?”
“Mmm!”
Mrs. Wilson winked in confusion. She probed further, “Why has Mr. Thompson buried it there? What’s inside the safe?”
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