Tristan’s life has been chaotic and increasingly uncertain this past week. After knowing the remarkable fact that he was Raphael’s biological son, until this moment, he still didn’t want to admit it until this moment.
Raphael had tried many times to get close. He also tried many times to provide clarification, but still, Tristan didn’t care. Even though they were still standing in the same building, Tristan had closed all access for Raphael to meet him. Busy with his thoughts, suddenly, a knock came on the door.
A few seconds later, Mario’s figure and another figure that Tristan had been waiting for all this time.
“Detective Joseph.” Tristan immediately stood up. He stretched out his hand, inviting Joseph to shake hands. “Please have a seat. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
Joseph sat down quickly. The middle-aged man immediately opened the bag he was carrying to take out a folder, then handed it over to Tristan immediately.
“This is a summary of the reports I’ve collected over the last few weeks,” he said. “What about Uncle Raphael? Did Detective Joseph find a case that led to strange behavior or a secret plan that Uncle Raphael had with my Papa?”
Joseph shook his head. “During the investigation, I did not find a single crime that led to him. It’s just that I have something you need or don’t need to look into.”
Tristan frowned. Putting on a questioning expression, he could see how Joseph returned to handing him a sheet of paper that he didn’t know what it contained.
“This is a list of Raphael’s businesses that he developed outside of Foxtail. All of his assets are written in the names of Tristan Quartararo’s heirs and Aurora Smith. The 70% share will go to you, while the remaining 30% goes to Aurora.”
Not long after, without Tristan interrupting, Joseph took another piece of paper and read it. “In fact, in an inter-company journal that I recently obtained, it was mentioned that Raphael had donated funds several times when Foxtail was in a slump. This is also what was allegedly the main spearhead of why Foxtail was able to change its name from Holding to Corporation.”
Tristan was shocked to hear this one fact. If Raphael had so much service to the company, there was no way he would have ambitions to own a Foxtail, as Alfonso said. But, it’s not wrong if he killed Andrew based on revenge. The woman he loved was taken on purpose. “You must be thinking right now that Raphael might be doing something bad because Andrew took Gracia from his side, right?” guessed Josep when Tristan was silent for a while.
“Yes,” he said, nodding. “I was thinking, what is the most plausible reason for Uncle Raphael to kill Papa.”
“But judging by the number of times Raphael had put himself together when Foxtail was down, it seems impossible that he is the antagonist in this case. I even found out yesterday, the day after tomorrow, that Raphael consciously donated almost all of his assets to help Foxtail get back up again. And that’s what he did when Gracia gave birth and joined Alfonso’s place. If he has a grudge, he should just let Foxtail go bankrupt. After all, apart from Foxtail, he already has other companies to develop.”
Tristan nodded. Agree with Joseph’s thoughts. But this just made him even dizzier. If it wasn’t Raphael who killed Andrew, then who? Or is this all nothing more than a misunderstanding? Andrew lost his life because of an ordinary accident like an average person.
“But …” continued Joseph. “You also need to know this one report.”
This time Joseph grabbed the folder that Tristan had been holding and had not had time to read. I opened it slowly, then pointed to one of the sheets to examine.
“You remember, don’t you? I told you the reason before about Alfonso being fired by Andrew? Which man dared to sell some of the company’s shares without the commissioners knowing.”
“I know this,” Tristan said. “Didn’t you say that a while ago?”
Joseph nodded. “But did you ever know that Alfonso once sent a young woman to flirt and set Andrew up for one of those dinners?”
“Hah?” Tristan was taken aback by this news. “I’ve never heard the slightest bit of this rumor.”
Joseph smiled and then went back to explaining.
“So Alfonso purposely sent a woman named Mariana, who represented his company, to greet Andrew at a dinner. Mariana, who, At that time, was about to go home, made a drama that his car was breaking down and asked for help to be brought home. Andrew, who didn’t suspect the slightest bit, finally agreed. But when she arrived, Mariana deliberately teased her, even forcing a kiss and then acting as if Andrew had sexually assaulted her.”
“Then suddenly there were paparazzi capturing the moment? Then the next day, news of Papa being involved in a scandal immediately resonated throughout the London media?” Tristan guessed as if he knew the storyline that Joseph was about to explain.
“Exactly,” said Joseph, nodding. “Because of this scandal, Foxtail’s stock has dropped significantly. According to news circulating, Raphael even painstakingly directed people to silence the media, then pulled all the news circulating to save Andrew. So far, I have concluded that Raphael is unlikely to have any malicious intent to kill Andrew. What we have to watch out for now is Alfonso.”
Tristan understood. While listening to the explanation, his mind went back to remembering Raphael’s words all this time. The man who turned out to be his real father from the start always warned to be careful with the figure of a man named Alfonso. used to be famous for being ambitious and even very cunning.
“At the beginning of the investigation, I did not find any destructive actions in Alfonso. But from the internal journal I got, there are many irregularities in your in-laws,” said Joseph later. “What kind of oddities?” Tristan asked curiously.
“Do you remember the smart city project initiated by Emaar Properties?”
“Yes.” Tristan nodded. “Alfonso even cheated by bribing one person to get into the ranks of the vendors handling this mega project.
“Did you know? If actually Alfonso’s goal wasn’t to make a lot of money from this project.” Tristan’s twelve eyebrows immediately knit together. Not finished with the previous questions answered, now detective Joseph is back to add to the list of other questions that he must find the truth.
“Then for what purpose?”
“Of course to approach Foxtail,” Joseph answered quickly. “Looking for loopholes and weaknesses, then seizing them. That also seems to be the reason why he agreed to marry your daughter off to you. There must be some ulterior motive.”
Tristan took a deep breath. Dizziness itself unraveled the tangled threads that he was currently facing. “But isn’t there any clear evidence that points to Alfonso’s crime? Honestly, I feel really annoyed with his actions,” Tristan complained to detective Joseph.
“If he didn’t kill my Papa, at least we still have to prove his crimes for repeatedly making Foxtail’s position unsafe.”
Joseph nodded in agreement. While tidying up his bag, he again responded to Tristan’s words. “I’ve looked into it. In the next few days, I’ll be back with a report.”
Joseph prepared to leave. Before actually leaving the room, the middle-aged man handed something to Tristan.
“This is Raphael’s deposit. Just before entering your room, he asked me to give it directly. He gave a message for you to check it as soon as possible.”
Tristan accepted another folder Joseph had handed him, then put it on the table. After the senior detective left, he seemed to sit still. While continuing to think about one by one the series of events that occurred in his life, Tristan suddenly remembered something.
This morning, before leaving for work, he, looking for a pen, accidentally found Sophia’s jewelry box. He saw a paper in it. Curious, Tristan deliberately brought the object to the office and currently intends to re-examine it.
Slowly but surely, Tristan opened the box. Reaching for the white paper inside, seconds later read carefully what is written there. . When I leave this time, I can’t say anything but thank you for making me the luckiest woman in this world. I know you never thought I existed. But that’s okay. Let me keep this love for myself. I am also aware that there are many reasons why we can never be together forever.
As a farewell gift, I entrust one small black object for you to hear. What’s wrong is still wrong, Tristan. Either way, I can’t selfishly cover up the truth for whatever reason. That’s why just take what I’m giving you as my apology. Even though I realize this is not enough to make up for all the past mistakes, Sophia Walters Adelaide Tristan crumpled the paper she was reading, quickly searching for the black object Sophia had written in the letter. After finding what he was looking for, Tristan opened his laptop. Insert the micro memory into the adapter and then try to see what’s there.
The first time it was played, Tristan could view the footage containing the figure of Alfonso Adelaide. The man seemed to be in a serious conversation with someone, one of which made Tristan’s blood boil right away.
“Even looking to the ends of the world, no one can prove that I caused the accident, Adrian. I have lost the only eye witness. There is also no authentic evidence that points to sabotage. Everything has been designed in such a way. Except for you. deliberately recorded our conversation, then reported it to the police.”