Chapter 538: Chapter 538 Why?

Amos frowned. “It doesn’t matter what you think. My father was the one who gave them to you. I’m only responsible for passing it to you!”

Bethany sneered, “Stop pretending. You’re just like your mother. You’re both wicked people. Your mother was just a mistress, but she had taken everything that belonged to me. You, the illegitimate child, even took away everything that belonged to my son, the true heir. My entire life has been ruined by you and your mother!”

Bethany was heartbroken as she shouted with all her might.

All of a sudden, she kicked the lit candles from the table. As the chapel was built with wood, the entire room was engulfed in flames within seconds.

Clint felt a chill in his heart and he shouted hurriedly, “President Granger.”

“Don’t come over!” Amos said calmly.

He stood there calmly and fearlessly. The police officers around him were all stunned. Even Kaylene was looking at Amos in a daze.

She finally understood why Old Master Granger had chosen Amos as the heir of the Granger family.

Steven was no match for such a man, who was able to stay calm amid such danger.

Amos said, “I don’t know about the grievances between the last generation. However, pray tell, why were you so sure that my father had never loved you? I still remember when he told me that day that you have sacrificed a lot for this family. He did express his wish to live a good life with you many times.”

Bethany gritted her teeth. “You’re lying.”

“It’s up to you whether to believe it or not. I’ve said everything that I needed to say.”

The flames around him were growing rapidly, and Old Master Granger’s tablet started to burn too. Amos instinctively tried to put out the fire around the tablets.

When Bethany noticed his actions, she pushed him away all of a sudden to avoid the table that was falling onto Amos. “I’ve saved you. Could you promise me one thing? Could you please tell the police officers outside to let me go to the bank and take a look at the things that he had left for me?”

She couldn’t think of the password back then, so she didn’t check the safe. After hearing what Amos had said, she suddenly wanted to have a look at it.

Amos, however, did not know about this matter. He began to judge the authenticity of Bethany’s words.

The next second, a pillar behind him collapsed. Bethany shouted, “Be careful.”

Amos turned his head hurriedly, wanting to kick the pillar away. However, it was already too late. He watched helplessly as the pillar landed on Bethany.

With the pillar giving way, the building was on the verge of collapsing. Clint rushed into the building to drag Amos out.

At the same time, the butler brought along others to rescue them.

Bethany was rescued from the shambles shortly after, but she was already on the verge of death.

Amos didn’t know why she had done that. “Why?” Didn’t she hate him very much? Why did she suddenly save him then?

There was a trace of blood at the corner of Bethany’s lips. “Like what I’ve said earlier, I want to see what’s in the bank.”

Amos nodded and said, “I’ll ask them to send you to the hospital first.”

Bethany shook her head again. “No, I want to go to the bank first.”

…

A moment later, a police car arrived at the entrance of the bank.

Amos helped Bethany get off the car. “I’ll take her inside. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely bring her back!”

The police officers had faith in Amos because of his relationship with Harley, as well as the fact that they had cooperated with Amos more than once.

They nodded and said, “We’ll wait for you in the car.”

Amos and Bethany then entered the bank together. Although it had only been six months, it felt as though half a lifetime had passed.

Bethany looked at the tightly-shut safe with a complicated expression on her face.

Clint thought her expression was rather strange, but he gave her the benefit of the doubt seeing that she had saved Amos earlier. He then asked her. “What is the password? I will help you type it…”

Bethany seemed to have suddenly come to her senses as she began to stutter.

“The password… Right! What is the password?”

She tried her birth date, Old Master Granger’s birth date, and their wedding anniversary the last time she came here. However, they were all wrong.

Clint was a little speechless. “Didn’t you come all the way because you wanted to check this? Why don’t you even know what your safe’s code is?”

Bethany smiled wryly. “Eudora told me. She said that I would know the code. Do I really?”

Amos’ expression softened a little upon hearing Eudora’s name.

“Think about it carefully…”

Bethany was suddenly taken aback as she stared at the code lock on the safe in a daze. “Is that it? How could it be? Why would he remember that day?”

Clint looked at her in confusion. “Why don’t you give it a try?”

It was only then that Bethany stepped forward and tapped on the code lock with her trembling hands.

She had been hit in the stomach when the pillar fell on her. Even though she said that she was fine, her hands were still shaking violently.

She pressed on the keys slowly. The month, the date…

Then, with a beep, the box opened. It turned out that Eudora was right. Bethany really did know the code.

It turned out that the password that Old Master Granger left for her was the date that they had gotten together officially.

As the bank staff had said, there were only a few pieces of jewelry and a letter inside the safe. However, it was not any ordinary jewelry. She had once told him that she liked it.

At that time, she had just been married into the Granger family. At that time, she didn’t know that Old Master Granger didn’t like her, so she didn’t know how to restrain her emotions.

Just like a newlywed wife, she had mentioned it to Old Master Granger several times when she liked the jewelry.

She thought that he would get the hint, but it seemed that he didn’t.

In the end, Old Master Granger did not even look at her and even treated her as though she was invisible.

Later, she understood that she couldn’t force things that did not belong to her.

It had been so many years, and she had already forgotten all about it. However, she didn’t expect that he would still remember it and even got the jewelry for her. Each of them was kept inside the safe securely. It was as though the true feelings that had been hidden for many years suddenly burst out before her.

Bethany pushed the jewelry aside and took a letter from inside.

There wasn’t much. The letter consisted of just a single piece of paper. After opening it, she saw that it was a letter written by Old Master Granger himself.

His penmanship had always been good, but this one was particularly messy. However, it could be seen that when Old Master Granger was very nervous when he wrote this letter.

To Bethany, When you get the chance to read this letter, it is likely that I have already passed on from this world. Honestly, I should have told you these words myself, but I hesitated for a long time, and in the end, I still didn’t have the courage to do so.

People become weak and timid as they get older. I’m afraid to see the disappointment in your eyes, and I’m afraid that you would not believe me.

So, in the end, I chose to tell you all these through my words.

I’m sorry, Bethany.

I know that I have failed you the most throughout my life.

You have been silently sacrificing yourself and stayed by my side for so many years, but I only realized the good in you when I’m on my deathbed.

I’ve failed both you and Hank, and I’m truly sorry. I am not a good father nor a good husband.