“Eldest Young Master Joseph.” Butler Milo waited for them in the main hall ever since he received Joseph’s phone call.
He immediately greeted the young master when he saw him.
“Elena, why are you with Eldest Young Master Joseph?”
“We met on the way home.” Joseph glanced around the main hall and saw a few servants around the main hall.
The peaceful and quiet household felt as if it had eyes and ears everywhere, and there were dangers at all corners.
He whispered, “Milo, I need to have a word with you.”
Butler Milo immediately led them to the old master’s study room.
Old Master Garcia only allowed Butler Milo to go into his study room. Even the servants were not allowed to be there by themselves. Butler Milo would have to supervise them if they had to go in to clean the room.
That was how important the room was to Old Master Garcia.
“Eldest Young Master Joseph, what’s going on?” Butler Milo asked soon as he shut the door to the study room.
“Did something happen?”
The old man could feel Joseph’s anxiousness even though the young man remained silent.
“Milo, do you have news of Grandfather?”
“I don’t know where the old man went. I’ve sent some men to look for him, but there’s no news yet.
“What about my aunt?” The headlines that morning were focused on the Garcia family, and Sasha was the only person with Old Master Garcia since then.
“We couldn’t find Second Madam, either. Apparently, she’s with the Old Man.”
Where did they go? Why could none of them get in touch with those two?
“We could not get through to either of their cell phones.” Butler Milo was already worried. “Eldest Young Master Joseph, if you have anything to say, just say it.”
No one had told him anything. As an old man, he was easily worried about things like that. He feared that something terrible was about to happen.
Joseph was a little hesitant, but Butler Milo might be able to help them out if they told him the truth.
“Milo…”
“Eldest Young Master Joseph, please do not ask if you can trust me, or some other crap like that.”
Butler Milo’s heart ached when he saw the young man’s distress.
“I have accompanied that old man for so many years now, and I have been a part of your life ever since you were just a child. You know me, and you know what kind of person I am.”
Joseph tried to appease him. “It’s just a little complicated. So many things have happened to the family recently.”
“Milo, please don’t blame Brother Joseph. He is also unsure of the next step.” Elena, who had remained silent before that, tried to reassure him as well.
Butler Milo sighed. “Why would I blame him? I’m just very worried.”
He stared at both of them with helplessness. “The less you tell me, the more worried I’ll be.”
Joseph decided to tell him the truth. ” Ava is not Grandfather’s biological granddaughter, Elena is.”
“What?” Butler Milo was so shocked that it felt like he almost had a heart attack.
“I’m… not too sure about that.” Elena did not want to lie to any of them. “I had also done a genetic test, but the results showed that I am not Grandfather Garcia’s granddaughter.”
“I believe that someone had tampered with that result. We might get the real answer if we did it again.”
Joseph’s hand fell onto her shoulder and squeezed lightly.
“I believe that you are my cousin, and I trust my instinct.”
“However, this is not something that instinct can help,” Butler Milo spoke inarticulately; he was also baffled.
They had told him that Ava was not the old man’s biological granddaughter, but Elena could be the one instead?
“But we personally brought Ava to hospital for the test with Old Master Garcia. You were there too.”
“Yes, but someone had tampered with that result too. Ava admitted that she had used Elena’s blood sample in her test with Grandfather.”
Butler Milo was stunned when he heard that. What?!
The old man frowned and said, ” Ava admitted that to you personally?”
Butler Milo would be overjoyed if that were true. Ava had only been at their household for a month, and she had turned everything upside down.
He did not like Ava at all.
Except for Old Master Garcia, who was remorseful of his actions toward Harley, no one else liked Ava. Especially those who had insider information about the situation.
How many accidents had Ava conjured in her mind to create chaos in the family?
Was it not strange that she would admit her wrongdoings to Joseph?
“I took her hair sample to test against Grandfather’s DNA. She discovered it and then admitted what she had done.”
“Then she…”
“Milo, you might not have paid any attention to the entertainment news. Grandfather had announced my supposed engagement with Elena to the public this morning.”
Butler Milo immediately understood why the young master was troubled.
If Elena were the Garcia family’s granddaughter, then the gossip about her and Joseph would destroy the family.
Ava had banked on that point, which was why she could not be bothered to hide her actions any longer.
“Eldest Young Master Joseph, what should we do now?”
It would be difficult to clean up the mess at that point!
“We must first find Grandfather and settle this Ava matter. As for the gossip about our engagement, we’ll let the matter rest before we deal with it.”
“But what is this news?”
Butler Milo inadvertently flipped to the other disastrous news, and his gaze involuntarily fell onto Elena’s belly.
“Elena, you…”
Elena felt guilty. He might have misunderstood the situation, but her pregnancy was real!
“It’s fake news!” Joseph immediately said without any hesitation.
Even if they discovered that he had covered the news, it was his fault, and it had nothing to do with Elena.
“But, last night…”
“Both of us were drugged!”
Joseph glanced at the door subconsciously. “The food that Kira brought us had something extra in them.”
“Kira?” Damn it! Such a terrible thing had happened right under his nose!
“She might not have anything to do with that. In any case, I did not notice anything unusual with her when she entered the room.”
Perhaps Kira did not even know that the food had been drugged.
“Then the two of you…”
Butler Milo was distraught. If they were drugged, then…did they…
“No.” Joseph sighed in relief. “Everyone got to my room before anything could happen.”
It was obvious that the person who prepared the drug had used it before that. They had applied a precise dosage; it was just enough to keep them compliant until everyone else arrived at Joseph’s room.
It was a terrible situation, but their heads were clear enough to explain themselves.
The key point was that Joseph did not know Elena was his biological cousin at the time.
If he had known, he would have kicked up a big fuss and interrogated everyone there that night. He would not have let the situation progress to that point!
Joseph’s cell phone suddenly rang, and he immediately answered it while Elena and Butler Milo stared at him anxiously.
Even a slight movement from the wind would cause them to jump.
Where had Old Master Garcia gone?
After he hung up the phone, Joseph pursed his lips and said, “Grandfather had gone out to sea, but we don’t know where yet.”
He paused for a moment before continued, “And our men had lost track of Eldest Young Master Williams and Ava!”