Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 246 Two Excellent Actors

Carla was amused to discover Nicholas pretend not to understand what she just said.

She hadn't expected that he would still be so good at it, even at his age now.

"Hey, Grandpa Nicholas, did you know this news came from NF? A lot of people are talking, giving their

own opinions, and saying that Terence's death was not that simple. I didn't know what was true and I

was getting nervous. So I decided to come here and ask Marcus what exactly happened,"

Carla explained and deliberately showed that she believed Marcus was connected to Terence's death.

"Marcus, was it really an accident? Why are people saying it's not as simple as an accident?" Nicholas

turned to Marcus and asked him directly.

Edmund had heard the same thing but he didn't know what to say. He just turned to Marcus, a

surprised look all over his face.

Panic spread all over Marcus' face for a second but his look changed to a calmer one immediately.

"Grandpa. Father. It's just a rumor. A lot of people die in plane crashes. What are the chances the

lifesaving tools in planes are still whole? Besides, it all went by fast. And if the plane went down quickly,

there'd be little time to remember to use those tools," Marcus explained.

He cleared his throat while he sneaked Carla a glare from the corner of his eye. He continued, "I know

the plane crashed under my territory but that was pure coincidence. Terence purposely went to that

place for a project, so, of course, the accident happened there."

Edmund was still puzzled, even though he thought Marcus' explanation sounded reasonable. Without

knowing what to say, he simply nodded.

Nicholas stood up on his feet with his crutch holding him up. He snorted at Marcus, "If that's the case,

then why didn't you tell us about Terence's accident until a month later? Why didn't you bother telling us

that information before?"

"Uh, it, uh, I, uh - I was afraid you would blame me and punish me. You and Father. I have been

praying every day that my brother was still alive. I've sent almost all of my men to look for him, day and

night. I never expected that he-"

Marcus stopped when his voice broke. His face displayed a look of remorse for his family. He lifted his

hands to slap the sides of his head.

Carla didn't believe a word Marcus just said. Her lips curled up into a sneer. She grabbed Marcus' arm

to stop him and asked, "Marcus, what were you going to say? Are you saying you found Terence?"

Tears welled up in Carla's eyes and her sobs threatened to choke her. But she kept her eyes on

Marcus and waited to hear something good.

She already knew

Marcus didn't bring back "Terence's body". She didn't understand how but the people who did the

autopsy didn't realize they had the wrong Terence.

Terence told her Marcus wouldn't bring back the corpse to their family because the body had gunshot

wounds.

In fact, she suspected Marcus might have even cremated Terence's body without anyone knowing.

The fake corpse was just a decoy to deceive everyone.

Marcus freed himself from Carla's grip. He had no idea how to answer Carla's question without giving

away what happened to Nicholas and Edmund. He wasn't lying anyway. Terence disappeared and they

hadn't found any trace of him at all. It was safe for him to assume then that Terence was dead.

And he couldn't bring his body back anyway, or else they would find out about his plans.

"No, Carla, I haven't found Terence. But he's been missing for more than a month now. Ever since the

plane crash. I've already sent my men to look for him everywhere. Every day. But they haven't found

anything. We had to face that fact. Terence - he...he's no longer alive," Marcus recounted.

Marcus approached Edmund, took his hand and said, "If you don't believe me, Father, send someone

to investigate. But we searched for him for so long; otherwise how can I even think of jumping to any

conclusions? I'm not reckless and impulsive!"

Marcus made a good point. Edmund turned to Nicholas and asked, "Father. It's done. What happened

has happened. Should we still blame Marcus and investigate what happened?

Could Terence even still be alive?

Blood is more important than anything else. They are both my sons, Terence and Marcus. And I don't

want anything bad to happen to two of them. But Terence is gone now. What else can we do?"

Edmund kept his eyes on Nicholas and waited for answers.

Nicholas threw his crutch on the ground. "Edmund, are you saying it doesn't matter that the heir of the

An Clan is missing? Are you saying we should stop investigating this?

If we do, I will be damned when I die. And I will not be able to live in peace, especially when I

commemorate our ancestors.

Yes, this time, Terence had an accident. But what about next time? Next time, it might be you or me."

Nicholas forced himself to control his anger and his nostrils flared whenever he breathed.

Marcus glared at Nicholas, who had his eyes on Edmund. His breaths became hot and heavy as he

cursed his grandfather in his mind, 'This damn old fool! Why doesn't he just get a heart attack?

This is serious news for him, isn't it? His favorite grandchild is dead. He should have already died of

grief, right? Why is he still alive?'

Edmund nodded, resigned to his father's wishes. "You're right, Father. It's absolutely necessary to

continue this investigation.

I'll send two of my men to NF to look into the accident. I'll make sure they conduct a thorough

investigation of what happened. Are you good with that?"

Nicholas exhaled the breath he held in and patted Edmund on the shoulder. "Yes. And I'll also send two

of my men to go with them. The truth will come out eventually!"

Edmund just kept nodding at Nicholas' every word, "Of course, Father. You have the final say."

Marcus's face changed from anger to bewilderment. He could not believe that his father and

grandfather did not trust him.

Carla stepped forward to Nicholas and said, "Grandpa Nicholas, you need to know something. I have

this document," Carla said and lifted the papers in her hands. "But I'm not sure if you can use it.

Terence sent me this email more than a month ago. At first, I didn't read it because I thought it was just

about his work. I didn't think anything of it. I had forgotten all about it until the accident happened. I was

going through his emails to me and I saw this again. So I read it and printed it out."

Carla handed the papers in her hand to Nicholas.

"I've read them but I don't understand them. That's why I decided to bring them to you. Maybe you can

discover something here that could help to find Terence," Carla explained.

Marcus fumed and glared at Carla as she handed the papers to Nicholas.

He didn't know what Terence wrote in that email.

And the more he didn't know, the more upset and afraid he got.

Nicholas looked over the papers Carla just gave her. Curious to know what Terence wrote, Edmund

joined his father to read the papers with him.

"Grandpa Nicholas, does it say where Terence might be? Could he still be alive?" Carla turned to

Nicholas, hope filled her innocent eyes.

Nicholas read the papers and a melancholy look covered his face in the middle of reading it.

He handed the papers to Edmund when he finished. "You are right, Edmund, my son. Terence and

Marcus are both your sons and we shouldn't favor one over the other. I'll ask my men to get ready for

NF tomorrow. They'll join your men's investigation," Nicholas gave his final say to Edmund.

He held out his hand to Carla, who took it, and said, "Come, Carla, let's go together."

Carla felt relieved to have given the papers to Nicholas. She took his arm and led him out of the living

room.

"Goodbye, Uncle Edmund. I'll come by again to see you another time,"

Carla told Edmund. She may not be in the mood to talk to him but she felt she still needed to give

respect as her elder.

After bidding Edmund goodbye, Carla stole a glance at Marcus, who was staring at her gloomily with

razor sharp eyes.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

If she hadn't dropped by the An's Manor today, Terence's accident would probably still go

uninvestigated and left for dead.

Marcus, after all, called the shots now. And most of the others believed what he said.

But since Carla arrived, things were going to be different. She had interfered with the investigation on

Terence's death. And the papers she gave Nicholas clearly included evidence of Marcus' crime. It was

impossible for Marcus to step away from the investigation now, and even more impossible to become,

without question, the heir of the An Clan.