LOGINAmelia turned toward the ticket counter.
A tall man stood near the entrance, holding a newspaper. He appeared to be watching the passengers, but Charlotte was certain he was watching them.
“Who is he?” Amelia whispered.
“I don't know his name,” Charlotte answered. “But I've seen him outside my apartment and near the library. He's been following me for weeks.”
Isabella stepped closer.
“We need to leave calmly. Don't draw attention.”
Amelia looked toward the exit.
“I'll call Alexander.”
Charlotte immediately stopped her.
“Please don't. I don't know who I can trust yet.”
Amelia hesitated.
“He's been helping me.”
“I understand, but I need you to listen. Someone has been using the Blackwood family's connections to follow me. I don't want to put you in danger.”
Isabella checked the station entrance.
“Let's go through the side exit.”
The three women walked toward the corridor. Charlotte kept her eyes forward, trying not to look back.
Outside, Alexander was waiting beside his car. When he saw Amelia, he stepped forward.
“Are you okay?”
Amelia nodded.
“This is Charlotte.”
Alexander looked at the young woman standing beside her.
For a moment, he seemed unable to find the right words.
“I'm Alexander.”
Charlotte gave him a cautious nod.
“I know who you are.”
Alexander looked at Amelia.
“Did everything go well?”
“Not exactly,” Amelia answered. “Someone was following Charlotte.”
Alexander immediately contacted his security team.
“Don't approach the man unless there's a safety concern. Just keep track of where he goes.”
Charlotte watched him carefully.
“You really didn't know about the arrangement?”
Alexander met her eyes.
“No. I discovered the documents only after Amelia and I started investigating.”
Charlotte didn't respond.
Amelia stepped between them.
“Can we please focus on finding Daniel? We can argue about the Blackwoods later.”
They returned to the mansion, where Richard and Margaret were waiting.
When Charlotte entered the room, Richard stood up.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Then Richard whispered, “Charlotte.”
Charlotte looked at him.
“You knew about us?”
“I knew you existed, but I didn't know where you were. I searched for you for years.”
Charlotte's expression remained guarded.
“Then why did you leave?”
Richard looked down.
“Because I was threatened. I believed staying away was the only way to keep you and your mother safe.”
Charlotte shook her head.
“Everyone says they were protecting us. But nobody thought about what it would feel like to grow up without knowing your family.”
Richard accepted her words without arguing.
“You have every right to be angry.”
Amelia sat beside Charlotte.
“We don't have to solve everything today. We can start with finding Daniel.”
Margaret placed the hospital photograph on the table.
Charlotte studied it.
“I've seen this before.”
Everyone turned toward her.
“Where?” Amelia asked.
“In a box that belonged to my foster mother. There was another photograph behind it.”
Charlotte searched through her bag and removed a small picture.
It showed a young man standing beside a woman outside a university building.
The young man wore a Blackwood family ring.
Richard stared at the photograph.
“That's Daniel.”
Amelia leaned closer.
“Are you sure?”
Richard nodded.
“I would recognize him anywhere.”
Charlotte turned the photograph over.
A handwritten name appeared on the back.
Daniel Blackwood.
Below it was an address.
Alexander picked up the picture.
“That's not a university address. It's the location of one of our family's private properties.”
Richard looked at him sharply.
“Your family still owns it?”
Alexander nodded.
Amelia stared at the photograph.
After years of searching, they finally had a possible location for Daniel.
But before anyone could make a plan, Alexander received a message from his security team.
The man who followed Charlotte has been identified.
A second message appeared.
His name is Martin Hale. He is the brother of Thomas Hale, the family attorney.
Alexander looked at Amelia.
The investigation had just become more complicated.
Because the person following Charlotte might be connected to the same attorney who had hidden the original inheritance documents.
The Fourth ChildThe room fell into complete silence.Richard Blackwood stood frozen in front of the television, staring at the screen where Isabella's face had appeared only moments earlier."That's impossible," he whispered.Amelia looked at him, still trying to understand what they had just heard."Richard, she said you're her father."Richard shook his head."I have never had another daughter. I would remember something like that."Charlotte crossed her arms."Unless someone made sure you never knew."Alexander picked up the phone and tried calling Isabella again. The call went straight to voicemail."She's not answering.""Then we need to find her," Amelia said.Victoria slowly sat on the sofa. Her expression suggested that she recognized something in the photograph they had discovered."Victoria?" Richard asked. "Do you know anything about this?"She looked at him."I knew Isabelle had a daughter before the triplets. I didn't know the child's name was Isabella."Richard's face c
Chapter 40 — The Truth Beneath the NameThe Blackwood mansion had never felt so silent.Alexander stood in the main sitting room, holding the payment record Thomas had given them. Amelia sat beside Charlotte, while Daniel paced near the fireplace.Richard had returned earlier with news that Thomas had disappeared again. Martin's car had been found abandoned, and neither man was answering their phones.Victoria entered the room."What's happened?"Alexander placed the document in front of her."Explain this."Victoria looked at the signature and slowly sat down."I was afraid you would find that."Amelia leaned forward."Why did you pay Daniel's guardian?"Victoria looked at Daniel."I wanted to make sure he was safe. Your father told me that if I didn't cooperate, he would send Daniel somewhere no one could find him."
Chapter 39: The Secret Behind the Silver KeyThe following morning, the Blackwood mansion was unusually quiet.Alexander had barely slept. Victoria's strange reaction to the previous night's conversation remained in his mind. She clearly knew something about Eleanor's second key, but she still wasn't ready to explain it.He entered the main sitting room, where Amelia, Charlotte, Daniel, and Richard were already waiting."Did you find anything?" Amelia asked.Alexander placed a folder on the table."The security team confirmed that Clara left the building downtown shortly after my father. They also discovered that the company is connected to an old Laurent family account."Richard opened the folder."Edward's company?""Yes. It was never officially closed. Someone has continued using it."Charlotte looked at the documents."Could Clara h
Chapter 38: Someone Inside the MansionThe revelation changed the atmosphere of the Blackwood mansion.Someone inside the house had been sharing information with Alexander's father. It explained how Martin Hale had known about their visits, how important documents had disappeared, and how their private conversations seemed to reach the wrong people.Alexander had always considered the mansion a secure place. Every entrance was monitored, every visitor was recorded, and the staff had worked for the family for years. But now he understood that security meant very little if the person betraying them was already inside.He gathered everyone in the main sitting room.Richard stood near the fireplace, his arms crossed. Victoria sat quietly beside Charlotte, while Daniel remained close to Amelia. The atmosphere was tense, and nobody seemed certain whom they could trust."We need to know who has been sen
Chapter 37 — Victoria's ConfessionVictoria Blackwood was waiting in the mansion's private sitting room when Alexander and Amelia arrived.She looked different from the woman who usually welcomed them with confidence. Her hands were clasped tightly, and a small photograph rested on the table.Alexander entered first."Mother, what did Father mean when he said you knew about the agreement?"Victoria looked at him."I knew about the triplets. I knew Edward wanted them separated. And I knew your father helped him."Amelia sat down slowly."Why didn't you tell us?""Because I was afraid.""Afraid of what?" Alexander asked.Victoria looked toward the photograph."Of losing my family."She picked it up and handed it to Amelia.The photograph showed Isabelle holding three newborn babies. Victoria stood beside her,
CHAPTER 36 — ALEXANDER'S FATHERAlexander barely spoke during the drive back to the mansion.Daniel's photograph had confirmed what he had feared for days. His father had not simply known about the separation of the triplets. He had been directly involved in keeping them apart.Alexander kept his eyes on the road, gripping the steering wheel tightly. Every memory of his childhood seemed different now. He remembered the family dinners, the conversations about business, and the way his father always insisted that the Blackwood name came before everything else.He had once admired that confidence. Now he wondered how many lies had been hidden behind it.When they arrived, Alexander went straight to his father's private office.Amelia followed him."Alexander, wait."He turned."I need to hear the truth from him.""Then let me come with you."Alexander hesitated before nodding.His father's office was at the far end of the mansion. The older man was seated behind his desk, reading a docum







