Kendall's Sacrifice novel Chapter 257

Chapter 256

Eastfort was the neighboring city to Orapolis, and it was another city as lively and profitable as Orapolis.

The Ford Family was known as the top family among Eastfort as they had about the same wealth as the Coleman Family. However, the number of Fords wasn't as many as the Colemans from the aspect of the number of family members.

Among the Colemans, a daughter was the most precious family member of all. However, the situation was different in the Ford Family.

Not only did the Ford Corporation expand their business into various fields, the Ford Family also had a dependable network of contacts, encompassing the country's major cities. Many were attracted by the family's strength and became interested in making acquaintance with the Fords.

The generations before the current family head had been following the tradition of separating into the main house and the branch house. There was always one son and his sisters in each house of every generation, no matter the number of children being born.

The Ford Family had prepared early for the current family head and his cousin into an alliance marriage with the daughters from other wealthy families in Eastport.

Even though their relationship began with an alliance marriage, the head of the Ford Family had been treating his wife with care and patience ever since. They slowly bonded with each other over time and she ended up pregnant after a year of their marriage.

However, their happiness took an abrupt turn the day when the mistress of the Ford Family was getting a checkup as she was expecting the child soon. She was involved in a car accident on the trip to the hospital, but had been protecting her belly with her hands all the time out of motherly instinct.

She was rushed to the hospital for medical care after the accident. The doctors did an emergency cesarean section on her to deliver the baby. The boy was doing fine as his mother protected him with all her might on instinct as soon as she was aware of the danger.

However, the mother had been comatose and had never woken up ever since. The head of the Ford Family was a loyal man, who had been staying by his wife's side and looking after their son with care.

As if the Ford Family was plagued by misfortune, one of his rivals had bribed the family nanny to steal his only son away. The nanny was tempted by the rewards and sought an opportunity to slip away from the Ford Residence with the three-year-old boy in her arms.

It didn't take long for the Fords to discover their young master's disappearance. The head of the family was raging with her deed as he called upon his men to hunt down the woman throughout the city. However, the nanny had fled Eastport successfully with the rival's aid in his private jet. Even so, she couldn't make it far as planned as the Fords were an influential family with high authority in many places and had eyes everywhere.

Never would one know the reason why the nanny would eventually show up at Orapolis with the boy. Knowing she had no other options other than being taken back to the Fords and facing the consequence, the nanny chose to murder the boy out of despair. She dropped the three-year-old boy named Scott into the river, and let him drown before she drowned herself in the same river.

The tragedies of his only son's death and his wife's comatose state were hitting the head of the Ford Family hard. He was driven mad by unappeasable grief and anger, so he sought revenge on his rivals. Most of his rivals had their family torn apart by his vengeance while those who survived would rather be imprisoned to avoid his anger.

The high society circles in Orapolis' neighboring cities were shaken to the core by his vengeance.

Kendall once heard Jackson mention that the family head had taken his rage out on the businessmen in Orapolis due to his son drowning in the river of the city, which ended up rocking the stability of its business world.

Even Dylan and Frank, the pair of well-known arch nemesis, abandoned their prejudices for a moment and joined forces to fight back as the Ford Family was shaking up the balance of the business world in Orapolis. Besides, they had a talk with the man. Their conversation was not known by others, but the Ford Family eventually retreated from Orapolis.

Kendall had been keeping the incident in mind as she was pregnant around that time, so she was sensitive to anything related to a child that could bring to her attention.

She searched through her memories and recalled that the young master of the Ford Family, Scott, would be drowned in the river this afternoon. The notorious river was located in the countryside, which was the same river where she and Leonel went fishing.

Kendall took a glance at the time and made the decision right away to save Scott before his nanny could have the chance to drown him in the river.

As long as he survived, Kendall could prevent the same crisis from happening to the business world in this life. Besides, she could also make an acquaintance of the Ford Family and depend on their contact network in the future.

Kendall had decided not to depend on Dylan every time, and she was determined to build up her own network of people.

Pretending to pick up a call, she spoke loudly to a non-existent caller. "Fishing? But I'm working! What? Alright, alright. I'm in. I'll be there as soon as possible, okay? No need to be mad."

Then, Kendall pulled away the phone from her ear as she turned to Jessie. "Miss Holmes, please tell my father that I'll take a day off."

"Alas, Kendall, why are you going on leave again?"

She's even taking leave to fish! A workaholic like Jessie could never tolerate Kendall's bad habit of taking leave on usual days. She's the daughter of President Parker, so she should take her work more seriously and make an example out of it instead of slacking off and taking leaves as she likes.

Kendall didn't pay attention to Jessie's worries as the former grabbed the phone and left the office. The afterthought of informing Henry came to her belatedly when she was waiting at the entrance.

Thinking Ronnie would escort her at noon, she had allowed Henry to take a half day off and needed only to pick her up later from work in the evening.

She might not make it in time if she was only about to inform him right now. It would take several minutes from the city to go to her destination in the countryside. In the end, Kendall hailed a cab at the entrance of the company and set off to the suburban area.

The nanny had deliberately picked a spot that was a relatively remote area by the riverside to throw Scott into the river. The area consisted of only a riverbank, which was usually quiet, but passers-by would occasionally take a walk on them.

Scott wasn't rescued in time due to him being dropped into the river at a secluded place by the river.

Kendall was relieved as she was given an opportunity to reincarnate and had paid attention to the matter in her previous life, so she wouldn't be clueless in search of the scene in this life.

A few minutes later, she arrived at her destination.

In order to avoid people suspecting her motives, she rented a bicycle and fishing kits from a farming family nearby. After that, she took off on the bicycle with the fishing kits in tow and headed toward the river.

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Meanwhile, a middle-aged woman with a panicked expression and haggard face was pacing back and forth on the riverbank with a three-year-old boy in her arms. Two men dressed in black were protecting her at the sides.

"Miss, when are we going home? I miss Dad." The boy was none other than Scott Ford, who was the young master of the Ford Family and Kendall's rescue target.

The boy was a beautiful child with an adorable face and milky white skin. His round eyes looked like twinkling stars at night.

Even though he was known for his quick wits, he was only three years old, after all.

Moreover, Scott would never suspect the nanny, who was always taking care of him, would throw him into the river.

"Young Master…" The woman lowered her gaze to observe the boy. She had been looking after him for more than a year and the two had bonded over time, which was the reason why she was suffering the consequences.

The nanny regretted listening to her daughter's slander and giving in to the temptation of wealth. Given the situation, there was no way she could escape once she allowed greed to blind her reasons.

The Ford Family had built up a broad contact network over the years, which could track her whereabouts with ease. She was doomed.

Suddenly, one of the men's cell phones rang and broke the silence. He picked up the call without hesitation.

The nanny held the boy in her arms tighter as she watched the man answer the call in anticipation.

After he ended the call, the man whispered something to his companion. The two began to walk toward the woman as they reached out their hands for the boy in her arms.

"What are you doing?" The nanny was aware of their effort as she held on tighter to the child and took a few steps back to avoid their outstretched hands.

"We can't make it out in one piece, and the kid won't live either. Let's throw him into the water. Do you want to do it by yourself, or do you need us to help you?"