When James arrived in Country R, he contacted Donald.
With the power of the Hack family in Country R, James didn’t plan to hold back.
Donald was a little surprised when he heard that James was going to investigate the Abbot family.
Since the Abbot family moved to Country R, they had had contact with the Hack family. The relationship between the two families could now be considered close.
The Abbot family used to be notable. It had its own way of management, which was very conservative and old-fashioned. Outsiders would never be able to know inner affairs.
Through investigation, Donald found two old servants who used to work for the Abbot family. But the two old servants shook their heads when they heard that Donald wanted to ask about the Abbot family.
They refused to reveal anything no matter what James had said. In the end, James lost his temper and decided to make them suffer.
After being taught a lesson, the two finally compromised and said something.
As far as outsiders knew, there were four children in the Abbot family. But in fact, not only that, the head of the Abbot family, Howard Abbot, would bring back one or two children from time to time.
However, for some unknown reason, those children would inexplicably get sick after a period of time. Those who failed to get cured were all sent away.
The last four surviving children were the eldest young master Kason Abbot, the second young miss Vivian, the third young miss Veronica, and the fourth young master Corey.
The most beloved person in the Abbot family was Veronica. She was almost the apple of the Abbots’ eyes. As long as she wanted something, she would definitely get it. The servants were especially attentive when serving her.
Because Vivian was introverted and seldom spoke, she was almost considered invisible in the Abbot family. Therefore the servants did not know much about her.
But she had a good relationship with Veronica. Once, the Alstons had come to the Abbot’s house to choose a daughter-in-law. The Abbots were prepared to let Vivian marry the young master of the Alston family, whom unexpectedly had a crush on Veronica.
Veronica had not reached eighteen at that time and it seemed that she had fallen for someone, she did not agree and escaped overnight with the help of Vivian.
In a fit of anger, the Abbots had beaten Vivian.
Back then, the head wife of the Abbot family disliked Vivian for being useless, so she secretly chased Vivian out of the Abbot family. Vivian was missing from then on. Kason and Corey had been looking for her since then.
A year and a half later, when Corey brought Vivian back, she was riddled with scars.
Under Corey’s special care, Vivian’s body gradually recovered after seven or eight years, and Veronica was also taken back to the Abbot family.
Later, the young master of the Alston family came again, but Veronica still refused and she left the Abbot family with Vivian.
What happened after that, the servants did not know.
But from the servant’s words, Vivian’s life as one of the Abbots was not happy at all. That was why after Quentin saved her, she simply fell in love with Quentin.
James thought back to what the servant had said and frowned.
Thinking of Vivian’s unhappy past, he was very distressed.
But he couldn’t help but wondered why the Abbot family had so many children.
Why did only the four of them survive?
He felt like he had fallen into a strange conspiracy.
And Corey had reminded him that someone wanted Kara.
The more James thought about it, the more he couldn’t fall asleep. Thus he got up and went to Donald.
Since Donald returned from NK City, he had always devoted himself to the investigation. When it came to the dead of the night, he missed Nicole a lot and found it hard to fall asleep.
Hearing the knock on the door, he got up vigilantly and hid at the door with his weapon. He saw the person through the peephole and the corner of his mouth twitched.
“Why do you come to me instead of sleeping in the middle of the night?”
“Have a drink.”
Seeing James raise a bottle of wine in his hand, Donald raised his eyebrows as he shook a finger back at James.
“Mr. James, I don’t want to.”
“Well, there is a reward.”
Donald rolled his eyes and fell speechless.
He did not care about James’ reward at all!
James casually picked up two glasses and poured half a glass of wine. Then he picked one up and took a sip.
“If you want to know whether your girl is dead or alive, just drink it.”
Donald frowned, but he did not hesitate. He raised his wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp.
He choked and blushed.
Donald quickly poured himself a glass of clear water.
“Tell me what you have got.”
James stared at the wine glass in his hand and chuckled. “What do her life and death have to do with me?”
Hearing this, Donald didn’t know what to say.
He only wanted to kill James!
“James, since you’ve mentioned it, you must know something. Tell me, what are your conditions?”
James was a businessman. If he had any news, he definitely wouldn’t give it to Donald so easily.
“Help me find out if Vivian and Veronica are biological sisters.”
The corners of Donald’s mouth twitched. He was puzzled for a long time.
“Why are you checking if they are sisters?”
“This has nothing to do with you. What you have to do is to find out the evidence that they are not related by blood. Then I will tell you the clues of your girl.”
Donald couldn’t help but suspect that James had deliberately come to find him trouble because of failing to fall asleep.
Vivian and Veronica were both dead, and so did the elders of the Abbot family. They couldn’t do the DNA test, and blood, as well as saliva, could not be found now. How could he prove it?
“James, you should at least tell me the purpose of your investigation, right?”
Donald faintly guessed that this matter had something to do with Kara, so he asked on purpose.
James took another sip of wine. He didn’t have a strong reaction to the wine, but the burning sensation in his stomach just caught him uncomfortable.
“Kara’s mother is Veronica, and Vivian is my mother.”
Donald was stunned.
He never expected such a reply.
So James and Kara were cousins?
“I will try my best, but don’t expect too much. To be honest, I have seen the family photos of the Abbots. Your mother and Kara’s mother are quite similar.”
“Oh, really?” James sneered.
When it came to facial features, Vivian and Veronica didn’t look alike, but both of them had one thing in common. Their faces were always pale and they either didn’t have good health.
Donald felt a little sorry. After sitting down, he poured himself a glass of wine and asked tentatively.
“What do you plan to do with Kara?”
“What do you think?”
James asked with a cold stare at Donald.
Donald felt a chill down his spine, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He was just curious.
It could be seen that Kara had feelings for James. If they break up, Kara would definitely be sad.
With James’s protective attitude towards Kara, he would surely not let Kara get sad. Therefore, they had to break up.
It was not an easy thing.
“What if we fail to find any evidence?”
“Even if you fail, you have to give me the evidence!”
James’ voice was as cold as ice. It was obvious that even if he had to fake it, he would create the evidence.
Donald could say nothing but to do his best.
The two finished a bottle of wine. The next day, the sun shone in the living room. Donald was just about to turn over when he wailed in pain.
When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was sleeping on the stairs, where he had rolled down just now.
He was a little drunk last night, but he remembered that he was going upstairs to sleep. How could he be on the stairs?
He got up gloomily and walked to the living room. When he saw the man lying on the sofa, he rubbed his eyebrows.
“James, get up!”
When the man on the sofa heard the annoying noise, he kicked Donald impatiently.
Did not expect him to do that, Donald was kicked back a few steps. He lost in thought angrily, ‘This is my home! How could I let him make a scene?’
“James, I’m not done with you!”
The door was pushed open at this time.
The two girls standing outside the door saw the situation in the living room and widened their eyes in disbelief.