Chapter 68

Clara was keen to finally hear James’ story and followed him into the study. She sat down on the leather couch whilst James retrieved a very thick folder from his desk and placed it down on the table in front of her.

She wondered if the information in the folder was on the same level as the information Arthur gave her when he investigated her targets.

“It’s taken years of investigative work to compile this information,” James said and sat down next to her. “I only knew about your mother’s side of the story and finding out everything else that happened later on was difficult.”

He opened the folder and pulled out a photo. Clara recognised that the man in the photo was a much younger James next to his wife and the child in the middle had to be Clarissa’s mother. She could see the resemblance in the eyes.

“As you know, your mother was called Fiona St. Clair. She was a very normal child until she was 16. My wife died then and Fiona went a little off the rails and made some unsuitable