Unfortunately, Sophia didn’t seem to notice that Michael was worried. Amidst her endless expectations, the receptionist smiled as she walked out and said, “Mrs. Fletcher, your documents have been verified. Please come with us to open the safe.”
Hearing this, Sophia eagerly went over to open the safe while Michael followed behind with heavy steps. With great excitement, Sophia opened the safe that had been sealed for twenty years with the key. As soon as the safe was opened, Sophia saw a small box that looked like it was made many years ago. She took out the box and realized it was pretty light. However, it seemed to have some weight as she held it in her hands, as if it was weighted with time.
“Let me.” Michael took over the box from her hands. Then, Sophia happily held onto Michael’s big palm before they held hands and left. After they walked out of the bank, Sophia couldn’t wait another minute and was eager to see what was inside Annabel’s box. She and Michael entered a cafe nearby and sat at a relatively quiet table. Before the coffee was served, Sophia happily opened Annabel’s box.
After she opened the box, she saw there weren’t many things kept in it. There was only an old passbook, a red jewelry box and a photo album.
It’s impossible for Annabel to have such a large sum of money. If she had this amount of money at the beginning, why would she be a nanny for the Edwards family? Can this be the bargaining chip Coop’s family gave her to get her to leave him? It’s possible.
Meanwhile, Michael’s attention was on the tacky red jewelry box, which he eagerly opened to find a black obsidian Goddess amulet. He quickly turned to look at the amulet that belonged to Cooper that was on Sophia’s chest. Traditionally, men wore a token of God while women wore a token of Goddess. This black obsidian Goddess amulet was the other half of the amulet that Cooper mentioned.
It was a pair of amulets that Woody obtained to protect his two children but his daughter died in childhood. The two amulets were then passed onto Cooper, and Cooper gave one of them to his daughter, Sophia and the other to his lover, Annabel.
At that moment, the tokens and password they needed for Cooper’s fortune in Kuwait were complete and ready to be withdrawn.
When Sophia saw the Goddess amulet, she quickly glanced at the amulet on her chest and gasped, “These two amulets look alike!”
She accepted her mother’s relics as she should and now the Goddess amulet belonged to her too.
The only thing left of Annabel’s remains was the photo album. Sophia reached out to grab the photo album and realized that it was covered in dust, so she lightly wiped away the layer of dust with a tissue. All of a sudden, she noticed Michael’s gaze was focused on the photo album, as if he was fascinated by it.
“Hubby, what’s the matter?” she asked curiously as she flipped through the photo album. Michael kept his glazed eyes glued to the photo album. He seemed to have guessed what was inside and his soul seemed to have been sucked out by a small photo album.
“Let’s open the album and take a look.”
Michael’s voice sounded a little heavy. Even though he knew that Sophia would find out about the truth sooner or later, he wasn’t sure whether it was right to let her know about it at such an early stage… Sophia didn’t know why Michael was so solemn. She already opened the photo album and when she saw the first photo, her body stiffened and she seemed to be frozen.
Her hands that opened the photo album hung in the air. She seemed to have seen something that she couldn’t believe and her eyes widened in shock. She pulled out that photo with trembling hands and eagerly turned it to the other side. The photo was protected with a plastic shell so the marks by a ballpoint pen on the back was as new as ever even though twenty years had passed.
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