Even After Death by Lilting Champ

Olivia stayed before the grave for quite some time before leaving. She did not have time to wallow in sorrow for too long. She had an investigation to carry out now that she had the photo.

Most of the women her dad was in touch with worked in his company, so it was natural that Olivia started from there. But just as she started to search for a way to contact them, her phone started ringing.

It was one of the children from the countryside whose education her father had sponsored back then. His voice was rather anxious.

“Ms. Fordham, I just returned from overseas and heard that Mr. Fordham is gravely ill. Is he alright?”

“Thanks for your concern. My father’s still getting treatment at the hospital.”

“Gosh! How could someone as kind as him get into such a situation? If it wasn’t for him sponsoring our studies years back, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”

A thought flashed across Olivia’s mind. In the past, her father had helped children in the countryside to move to the city for their studies, so Leia could have known him since she was abducted and taken to the countryside.

“Ryan, do you know those who were sponsored by my father?”

“I’ve been helping Mr. Fordham contact them all along. I know most of them, but I’ve lost contact with them after going abroad for the past few years. Is there anything I can help you with, Ms. Fordham? I’ll do everything in my power to help you.”

Olivia felt as though she just found herself a sliver of hope. Immediately, she told him, “I have a picture with me. Can you see if she’s one of the students my father sponsored before?”

“Sure thing, Ms. Fordham.”

In just half an hour after sending him the picture, Ryan had sent Olivia the information she wanted. The girl in the picture he sent had bright eyes that were similar to Leia and Ethan.

years ago. She had been a brilliant student from a young age and managed to get a spot in many of the top universities in the nation,

was the person Olivia was looking for. In a hurry, she asked Ryan to

time. This was the first time in ten years that Olivia met him in person. Back then, he was still a bashful boy, very unlike the smart-looking man in a suit who was the president of his own

Fordhams had fallen into bankruptcy, he still addressed her courteously. “Sorry to

arrived. I won’t beat around the

to be. I seldom contacted my friends in the country when I stayed overseas. We haven’t

know how

returned a few days ago. I wouldn’t have known about your family’s situation if it weren’t for my friends. Jodie and

cup of coffee and cleared his throat. “But since you requested it, I tried asking around in her circle. Sadly, she’s dead. What a shame. Her grades were excellent, and she would’ve had a bright future ahead of her if

“How did she die?”

death, but I heard that she was fished out of the

her forehead wrinkling. Not only did she not find the answers she was looking for, but

was kidnapped when she was almost six years old, so she should have remembered what had

father had sponsored her studies, why

did she not return to the Millers when she

father have

kind to her?”

her way into the city all alone. Mr. Fordham was very kind to her. I heard that

cup down and asked, “Why are you

find out the cause of her death so that she wouldn’t die in

had planned to leave this world peacefully after getting ten million from her divorce to settle her funeral. Now, she had something else in mind. She wanted to clear her father’s name and

her the

recalled something. He took out a name card from his wallet and passed it to Olivia. “One of my friends is a renowned private detective. He could be of help if you wish to find out about

“Thank you, Ryan.”

her to go peacefully too. I’ll be staying in the country for some