Delphine nodded, glancing at her son’s weary face, feeling a deep pang of sympathy. Her son, always spirited and handsome, had always been the one closest to her heart.
“Barry, that woman, Elizabeth, is definitely not simple. She came from a rural background, but she managed to marry Mr. Reed. She did that by using your uncle’s mother’s influence. Your uncle’s mother also came from a rural family, not born into wealth, but she was beautiful, an excellent cook, and deeply loved by your grandfather. When she married him, she was still young, but not long after, she disappeared. They couldn’t even find her body. The word I got was that another woman, a friend of hers, killed her—most likely for money. At the time, they even found that all the money in her bank account was withdrawn.”
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