Early morning the next day, Alex secretly made an appointment with Naomi and Erica. After they had all arrived in the private room of the appointed restaurant, he began to tell them in detail about the plan Hayley had told him last night. Erica was fairly startled as she listened to his words, bu: Naomi was surprisingly calm as she sat there.
âAlex, do you have the confidence to do this?
âOf course, the two of you will have to lend a hand in this.â He didnât want to be the only one who was responsible for it.
Erica, however, was still too timid to do something that would harm her father.
She muttered in a small voice, âMom...
Dad-â
Naomi immediately cut her off as she threw a glance at her daughter, âYou call him your Dad, but has he ever thought of you as his daughter?
Alex chimed in too. âErica, your mother is right. President Tillman only has eyes for Anastasia. The will shall take effect immediately if you donât act now. It is still not too late to alter the will. You wonât be getting anything otherwise.â
Upon hearing that, Erica was instantly filled with resentment for Francis. She clenched her jaw before she finally said, âOkay. |
agree with your plan.â
Naomi and Alex continued chatting into the afternoon before he finally left. They decided to first have Francis killed, then secretly change his will. They would be bribing lawyers along the way and have the company divided into three equal parts, Naomi and Erica would each hold one part of it, whereas Anastasia would have the other one. This would make the mother and daughter own more than 60% of the companyâs equity, which meant that they would have absolute right of execution over the company.
Naomi and Erica continued to stay at the restaurant after Alex left. Ericaâs hands were shaking ever-so-slightly, as she felt uneasy about the plan.
Naomi suddenly took her daughterâs hand and stared at her calmly. âErica, are you afraid?â
âMom, does Dad really have to die!â There was fear written all over Ericaâs face at that point.
Naomi felt that it was time to tell her something, or else her daughter would not be able to carry on with the plan calmly.
âErica, Mom has something to tell you. You won't be scared anymore after this, Naomi reassured her.
âWhat is it?â
âIt is about your birth. Francis is not your biological father. You are the child born to me and another man.â Naomi felt no need to continue hiding her secret. Ericaâs head immediately went blank as she heard the shocking news. âWhat?! Mom, how can | not be Dadâs daughter? Didnât Dad have a DNA test when you brought me to the house? Did he not doubt me at all?â
âOf course Francis did. | drew blood from you in front of him to do the DNA test, but | exchanged a container of Anastasiaâs blood with yours. That is why Francis has had no doubts for so many years.â
Erica clutched her chest after hearing her motherâs confession. This secret was too shocking even to her..
âWho is my biological father then she couldnât help but ask.
âYou donât have to care about who he is. Heâs just a piece of trash who is still rolling in poverty!â Naomi spat contemptuously. âWe must do this if we want to live a good life for the rest of our lives.â
As Naomi had expected. Anastasia started feeling a lot better after that. It turned out that the man she had called âDadâ for over 20 years was not her biological father.
âYou canât just call him Dad for so many years for nothing. We must get the share we deserve.â Naomiâs eyes were filled with determination to win.
Erica was also afraid of losing status and wealth during the remainder of her life. She was just like her mother at this very moment-she wanted a share of Francis property. Francis might very well chase her out of the Tillmansâ if he were to find out her identity one day.
Instead of letting something like that happen, Erica would rather Alex join hands with her mother and make Francis leave the world unknowingly.
Francis was currently playing card games with a few of his good friends during the festive season. He had no idea that his wife and daughter had come together with his most trusted man in a plot to harm him.
It was finally New Yearâs Eve after the people spent weeks anticipating it.
Elliot and Anastasia had already arrived at the Presgrave Residence around 10 AM.
Elliot was naturally not keen on telling the truth behind Jaredâs injury when Harriet noticed Jaredâs injured leg. He even made up a reason, which didnât go unnoticed by the older womanâs hawk like eyes. However, she didnât press on to know the truth. All that was important to her was that her grandson was safe.
Immediately afterward, she got good news from Jared that Elliot and Anastasia were getting engaged.
The news made Harriet so worked up that her eyes were wet with tears. This truly was something that made her happy. It was also something she had been looking forward to for so many years!