Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 246

Carla was amused to discover Nicholas pretend not to understand what she just said.

She hadn't expected that he would still be so good at it, even at his age now.

"Hey, Grandpa Nicholas, did you know this news came from NF? A lot of people are talking, giving their own opinions, and saying that Terence's death was not that simple. I didn't know what was true and I was getting nervous. So I decided to come here and ask Marcus what exactly happened,"

Carla explained and deliberately showed that she believed Marcus was connected to Terence's death.

"Marcus, was it really an accident? Why are people saying it's not as simple as an accident?" Nicholas turned to Marcus and asked him directly.

Edmund had heard the same thing but he didn't know what to say. He just turned to Marcus, a surprised look all over his face.

Panic spread all over Marcus' face for a second but his look changed to a calmer one immediately.

"Grandpa. Father. It's just a rumor. A lot of people die in plane crashes. What are the chances the lifesaving tools in planes are still whole? Besides, it all went by fast. And if the plane went down quickly, there'd be little time to remember to use those tools," Marcus explained.

He cleared his throat while he sneaked Carla a glare from the corner of his eye. He continued, "I know the plane crashed under my territory but that was pure coincidence. Terence purposely went to that place for a project, so, of course, the accident happened there."

Edmund was still puzzled, even though he thought Marcus' explanation sounded reasonable. Without knowing what to say, he simply nodded.

Nicholas stood up on his feet with his crutch holding him up. He snorted at Marcus, "If that's the case, then why didn't you tell us about Terence's accident until a month later? Why didn't you bother telling us that information before?"

"Uh, it, uh, I, uh - I was afraid you would blame me and punish me. You and Father. I have been praying every day that my brother was still alive. I've sent almost all of my men to look for him, day and night. I never expected that he-"

Marcus stopped when his voice broke. His face displayed a look of remorse for his family. He lifted his hands to slap the sides of his head.

Carla didn't believe a word Marcus just said. Her lips curled up into a sneer. She grabbed Marcus' arm to stop him and asked, "Marcus, what were you going to say? Are you saying you found Terence?"

Tears welled up in Carla's eyes and her sobs threatened to choke her. But she kept her eyes on Marcus and waited to hear something good.

She already knew

Marcus didn't bring back "Terence's body". She didn't understand how but the people who did the autopsy didn't realize they had the wrong Terence.

Terence told her Marcus wouldn't bring back the corpse to their family because the body had gunshot wounds.

In fact, she suspected Marcus might have even cremated Terence's body without anyone knowing.

The fake corpse was just a decoy to deceive everyone.

Marcus freed himself from Carla's grip. He had no idea how to answer Carla's question without giving away what happened to Nicholas and Edmund. He wasn't lying anyway. Terence disappeared and they hadn't found any trace of him at all. It was safe for him to assume then that Terence was dead.

And he couldn't bring his body back anyway, or else they would find out about his plans.

"No, Carla, I haven't found Terence. But he's been missing for more than a month now. Ever since the plane crash. I've already sent my men to look for him everywhere. Every day. But they haven't found anything. We had to face that fact. Terence - he...he's no longer alive," Marcus recounted.

Marcus approached Edmund, took his hand and said, "If you don't believe me, Father, send someone to investigate. But we searched for him for so long; otherwise how can I even think of jumping to any conclusions? I'm not reckless and impulsive!"

Marcus made a good point. Edmund turned to Nicholas and asked, "Father. It's done. What happened has happened. Should we still blame Marcus and investigate what happened?

Could Terence even still be alive?

Blood is more important than anything else. They are both my sons, Terence and Marcus. And I don't want anything bad to happen to two of them. But Terence is gone now. What else can we do?"

Edmund kept his eyes on Nicholas and waited for answers.