Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 387

The necklace had been found in the mountains.

So much time had passed without finding a body that the search and rescue teams were still scouring the area, inch by inch. Mrs. Grayson had been on the verge of giving up hope.

Matthew's helicopter had fallen from a high altitude over the vast, sprawling expanse of the Ironvale Mountains.

His body could have been carried anywhere by the high-altitude winds. It was entirely possible that he had been devoured by wild animals, not even a trace of bone left behind.

The refusal to call off the search without a body was less about logic and more about clinging to a desperate hope, a refusal to face the cruel reality.

That hope was shattered when Linton gathered enough evidence to send the Nightfall brothers to prison. Under interrogation, they confessed, revealing the precise location where Matthew had fallen.

Liam carefully guided Liliana to the sofa, his eyes filled with a pained, complex sympathy.

He took a deep breath, his brow furrowed, and chose his words carefully, his tone serious and low. "Isabella lied from the very beginning. My brother wasn't going skydiving over the Ironvale Mountains with her. They were headed in the complete opposite direction, to the distant Southwind Peaks."

Liliana froze, looking up at him in disbelief. Her face turned grim.

No wonder...

No wonder the Grayson family had poured so much time and resources, sending out so many search parties, only to find nothing. Not a single trace of Matthew.

It was because...

"The area where my brother fell is at the top of a powerful waterfall. The river has been rushing for so long that any trace would have been washed away. There's no telling where the body might have ended up."

"Our people and Linton's team worked together, searching for a long time. Finally, they found this necklace in an underwater cave at the bottom of the rapids."

The necklace had probably been swept into the cave right at the beginning and had remained there, undisturbed, in a spot near the opening that caught the sun. Over time, the wind and sun had dried the blood, causing it to congeal on the jade pendant.

The location was so well-hidden that the search team had almost missed it.

When Mrs. Grayson learned that they had found something belonging to Matthew, she became hysterical.