The old man ordered everyone to remain silent and erased all traces of Betty’s existence. From then on, Betty became forbidden topic between the two families!
After Cecy finished speaking, she looked at Winson and said seriously: “Winson, Auntie Three has told you everything she knows. Now, can your doubts be cleared up?”
Winson pondered for a moment before turning to me.
“Auntie Three, my father said that you only learned about Betty’s whereabouts after she died. I think my father lied. Why did Betty die? And how did she die?”
Cecy shook her head and said, “I really don’t know about that.”
Winson expressed his doubts, “How can you not know? With my grandpa’s protective nature towards his children, even if she made a mistake, he wouldn’t just let her go and wander off on her own until she died, and then you found out.”
“Betty left secretly in the middle of the night, all by herself.”
Cecy explained clearly. When Betty left, she didn’t tell anyone. After she left, the old man wanted to send someone to find her. However, Carrison and Cecy persuaded him to let it go. After all, she was not happy. The old man also knew Amanda’s personality, and because of Betty’s mistake, there were so many problems. If Betty stayed, she wouldn’t have a good life in the future. So they tacitly agreed to let it go.
“As for what happened later, I really don’t know. One day, your father told me that Betty had died. I was shocked at the time. Your grandpa and your father were going to pay their respects to her, and I wanted to go with them, but your grandpa didn’t allow it. So… I don’t know what happened after that. I don’t know how she died. I also wanted to know everything at the time, but when your grandpa came back, he ordered everyone to keep silent about it.”
Cecy thought for a moment and asked worriedly, “Winson, you mentioned Eric earlier. Are you suspecting that Eric is related to what happened between the two families?”
Winson calmly replied, “It’s not suspicion, it’s certain. Eric used Natale’s death to persuade Andrew to join forces with him to deal with Murphy Group. At first, I couldn’t understand why Eric would do this, but now I understand.”
Cecy focused her gaze, “Do you think Eric is seeking revenge for Betty?”
Winson shook his head, “I don’t know if he’s seeking revenge for Betty, but I don’t really think Eric is so noble. That’s why I want to know what happened after Betty left.”
At this moment, Cecy felt extremely suppressed and her mind was in chaos. “He loved her, but he couldn’t have her. He must hold a grudge in his heart. After all, the person he loves loves Uncle Murphy instead. Eric is just a supporting role. With his personality, why would he be willing to just be a supporting role?”
When Cecy heard Winson’s words, she felt mixed emotions. “I don’t know much about Natale’s situation, but your second uncle’s death… is indeed a bit suspicious.”
All eyes turned to Cecy’s face as she couldn’t explain the specifics, but she remembered it very clearly at the time.
When Natale first left, Nelson was in agony, displaying his grief on his face every day. To comfort him, Carrison spent the entire night drinking with him and calming him down.
Later, the brothers emerged from their conversation and Nelson announced to his family that he had made a significant decision and hoped for their support.
Nelson decided to go to Andrew’s house and bring the child who was raised by Natale to live with him and be raised by him.
At first, Amanda and Phiona strongly opposed this decision, but Carrison and Cecy were on Nelson’s side. They both knew how much pain Nelson was in at the time.
If they didn’t give him a reason to live, he might die. The child could perhaps be his lifesaver.
In the end, Betty voted in favor of Nelson’s decision, and the patriarch, because of this vote, decided to follow the majority and not oppose it any further.
In fact, he even hoped that Betty would accompany Nelson in raising the child since they were both people who had suffered due to misunderstandings. Betty agreed to this.
During that time, Carrison and Nelson negotiated with Andrew many times. However, just as Nelson was about to bring the child home, he unexpectedly got into a car accident and passed away.
Recalling the past, Cecy couldn’t help but become sad, her eyes misting over with tears.
“It was like a bolt from the blue,” she said, looking up at Winson. “Although it was called a car accident at the time, I later found out that your father had conducted a post-mortem examination on your uncle. The examination showed that there was a large amount of sleeping pills in his blood. We all suspected that your uncle was murdered, but later the police discovered that your uncle had purchased these sleeping pills himself. Thus, your uncle was ruled to have committed suicide, but his death was publicly announced as a car accident…”
“Why would a man who had made the decision to start anew and raise a child for a beloved woman choose to commit suicide?”
Cecy nodded. “That’s right. That’s also what I suspected at the time. My second brother had already decided to get back on his feet, so why would he choose to commit suicide on the first day of his new life? It just didn’t make sense.”
Winson clenched his fists. “Uncle bought sleeping pills, so he must have had suicidal thoughts. However, after my father talked to him, he may have given up on that idea and wanted to start again. As for how he was given those pills, only the killer from back then knows.”
Cecy looked at him. “But the key point is that there was no beneficiary in this matter, so the killer couldn’t be found,” she said.
“What do you mean there was no beneficiary?”
Winson looked at her. “The woman Eric liked was being pushed by my grandfather to be with my uncle and help raise someone else’s child. As long as my uncle died, then Betty… would be single again.”
Cecy’s heart skipped a beat. “But for a matter like this, to find the killer, we need evidence.”
Winson nodded. “I know. That’s why we have to find the evidence!”