Chapter 406
According to what Xavier had told her, his ring was found on Arabella’s body. Only someone who was able to get his hands on Xavier’s ring would be able to frame him. And that person could be Mr. Wallace.
“I didn’t want to tell anyone because I was too scared to say anything. If I’m right, Mr Wallace would come after me once I open my mouth and spill anything. I know that what I did was wrong. I witnessed a murder and kept quiet about it. It’s a crime but I only did it to save myself. I only wanted to live a normal life p>
“That’s why you traveled out of the country so you wouldn’t be questioned,” Tracie finished but Fiona shook her head.
“My family has interacted with the Wallace family before, and he’s a dangerous man. If he was the one that got Arabella murdered, what more about me? Forget that I’m from an influential family, he could easily annihilate me and make it look like an accident if I spewed anything,” Fiona explained as she tried to wipe her tears from her cheeks.
Tracie was well aware of where Fiona was coming from. She was only a teenager back then who’d just started to live. Witnessing a murder at that age was too much, and she feared for her life.
“I see…thanks,” Tracie said and left the room.
“Fiona is enough evidence so we can have Mr. Wallace arrested after her confession,” Anastasia quickly said after hearing all Tracie narrated.
Tracie shook her head.
“We can’t do that. She didn’t see his face, and she was unsure. She only said it was him because of his voice and body stature, people have similar body structures p>
“Yes, I realize that, but we still have to do something. At least we know Mr. Wallace must have a hand in what happened to her. He’s a suspect, we can bring him in for questioning if we have to, and inform Xavier about this,” Anastasia tried to explain.
Tracie kept quiet for a few seconds without saying anything.
At first, it was Xander who came out of nowhere and ruined everything Xavier once had, including having Anastasia kidnapped. And now, there was the possibility that his father was the one who’d orchestrated the separation between the two brothers for his own selfish goals. It was like everyone was out to ruin him for something that wasn’t his fault to begin with.
Tracie couldn’t help but feel pity for him.
And so did Anastasia.
Tracie’s silence didn’t need any words to explain what she was thinking about, and as much as it hurt, he needed to know the truth so they had somewhere to start from. They’d already gotten a lead on who murdered Arabella that night, and they weren’t going to rest until they found tangible evidence against Mr. Wallace and had him arrested as soon as possible.
Although it was too soon, the man had given them enough reason to suspect them. Especially since he tried getting Xavier married as soon as Anastasia was dead.
Two days later,
Tracie had informed Xavier of what Fiona had told her. Thankfully, she had their conversation recorded in case it would be useful in the future.
Xavier was pissed after hearing everything. He couldn’t understand what was happening, and he was starting to get tired of what was going on around him.
He hasn’t confronted the old man in the picture; his people have been able to capture him with Bruce.
“What are the chances that he might be paying visits to Xander?” Tracie suddenly asked, and Ezekiel and Xavier turned their heads to look at him.
Since they couldn’t have their conversations anymore at the hideout because of the informant roaming about, they were in Ezekiel’s home.
“What makes you say that?” Ezekiel asked.
“Just think about it, Mr. Wallace kicked Xander out of the house because he deemed him as a useless child, but Xander is making millions with his illegal trades and sex trafficking. Although it’s not something to be proud of, what if Mr. Wallace is meeting him from time to time?” Then she turned to Xavier. “Aunty did mention that he’s not always at home, remember? He’s always hanging out with his friends at some club p>
Mrs. Wallace had once complained about her husband coming back home drunk before which was something that had rarely happened before.
“From the picture, it’s obvious he’s still close friends with Bruce, the same man who adopted Xander. So it makes sense if Mr. Wallace and Xander had met behind closed doors while all these had been going on,” she finished as she took a sip of her coffee to keep herself awake.
Xavier made sense of what Tracie was trying to say and he couldn’t help but think that could be the truth.
Ezekiel hummed before saying, “Now I can’t help but wonder if Mr. Wallace is manipulating Xander into directing all of his anger towards you. What could be his reason for wanting to separate his two sons and have them fight against each other p>
“To think that Xander is fighting me, thinking I was his main enemy while the real enemy could be our father is laughable,” Xavier couldn’t help but comment with a scoff. “If only he would let us talk things through and hold our father accountable for everything. Unfortunately, his mind is filled with nothing but revenge.” Xavier could only sigh helplessly, his mind swiftly drifting back to Anastasia for a split second. “He got her involved in this too p>
Ezekiel frowned. “Father and Mr. Wallace were not on good terms in the past. Do you think he let go of his rage and forgot everything p>
Tracie looked at him in confusion. “What do you mean p>
It dawned on Xavier and he clenched his fist in anger.
“What if Ezekiel drawled, looking carefully at Xavier.
“What if Father and Xander plotted to have Anastasia taken away from me?” Xavier completed.