Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 534

Lundy started to speak, “About this whole thing, it’s been bugging me for years. To be honest, I’ve never even met this Julia person. But back then, my greed got the better of me and I made a terrible mistake. I wanted that huge sum of money. The deal was for me to handle a large amount of funds discretely, through bank procedures. To put it bluntly, it was money laundering. I secretly went through with it, never imagining that I was digging my own grave.”

“So, you’re saying you’ve never met my mother, who gave you the money then?”

“All the operations were managed by my secretary at the time. But after the shit hit the fan, he vanished without a trace. He’s still missing, which only makes me think this was a trap, expertly laid out for me. But I have no idea if the target was me or Julia.”

Agnes had already guessed as much, she figured this was all Alyssa’s doing..

Even Tim knew, only the Whitfield family had the clout to get away with it. Despite maný suspicions, no one dared to dig in,

Agnes had found

knew Laura and her father were also involved.

was involved, things

hear about a woman named

“Doesn’t ring a

into deep thought.

for my past actions. Now that I’m outta jail, I just wanna live–a–quiet life for what’s left of it. Whoever you are, I’ve said all I’ve got to say. I

his dog, was about to leave.

set you up, making you serve fifteen years in prison, can you really just accept it? Don’t you want to know who it was? He might be living the high life now, without having to pay for any price. Even though you made a mistake,

a chord with Lundy. He turned around and said, “If you want to uncover the truth, I won’t stand in your way. I still have the old deposit receipts. The money was transferred to a Swiss bank account and was later frozen. But there was also a half a million that was never accounted for. If no one claims this money, according to Swiss law, anyone can claim it after twenty years, as long as they have the original deposit receipt. The sum will be adjusted -according to the exchange rate and interest. But this money must be claimed