Love beyond the mask (Whitney) novel Chapter 1096

Keegan stared at Whitney, utterly baffled, his face a canvas of confusion. “Your mom's back? What are you talking about, Whitney?”

Whitney's mind was a tangled mess, her thoughts stretched to the breaking point.

She couldn't even begin to explain to her uncle what she'd heard from Ludwik. Her eyes darted around her grandfather's grave, each glance reinforcing her suspicion. “Grandpa, Ludwik told me my mom might not be dead. He said Florence might have fled to Germinia to pretend to be me, just to meet her.”

“How can your sister not be dead? I saw it happen, the car crash. I saw our father…” Keegan's eyes widened, disbelief etched on his features.

Whitney frowned. “But can you be absolutely sure there was a body? You only saw her clothes. The car exploded again, and you had to escape, right?”

Years of muddled memories, painful and fragmented, swirled in Keegan's mind, as if in black and white. He clutched his head, overwhelmed.

He snapped back to the present, questioning Whitney, “But why would your mom go to Germinia? Is Ludwik just making this up?”

“He's not making it up. This new tombstone is proof enough.”

Whitney's gaze was icy and determined as she stared at the headstone. “Look at this, Uncle. There's a bouquet. Besides you and me, who else would visit Grandpa’s grave? The Tennyson family is long gone.

Unless it’s Mom. Why would she think you’re dead? Maybe someone deceived her… brought her here to pay respects.

Ludwik told me Florence might be trying to provoke Mom against him, and me. To pit us against each other.

Such a sinister plot, maybe she used your ‘death’ to fuel Mom’s anger.”

Keegan shook his head, murmuring, “That’s impossible. Your mom was a force in business back in the day. Grandpa groomed her to be so smart!”