Cecelia immediately drove over when she heard something had happened.
Arriving at the place where Esmee Nelson used to live, Cecelia saw Remington waiting outside the door. âWhat happened?â she asked. âEsmee Nelson has gone missing!â he replied.
Upon hearing this, Cecelia didnât say anything and walked directly into the yard.
Fredric Ingerwood was inspecting the scene with his team, and he came out and said, âMr. Nelson, the surveillance cameras have been tampered with and cannot be repaired. We canât see what happened before.â
âIs there any sign of a struggle inside?â Remington asked.
âNo, everything seems intact. Thereâs even halfâeaten food on the table.â
Cecelia and Remington went inside the house to take a look. âDo you think she ran away on her own?â
Cecelia wondered.
âItâs possible,â he replied.
âIf she managed to escape from here, it means sheâs clever.â
As Cecelia said this, she casually glanced at the table and unexpectedly noticed several scratch marks.
Looking at the table legs, there were also traces of movement. Cecelia boldly speculated, âMaybe she didnât run away; perhaps she was kidnapped!â
âHow do you know she was kidnapped?â Remington turned to ask.
âLook here. Under what circumstances would such deep scratch marks be left on the table, so deep that it moved the heavy table itself? Itâs likely that she was taken against her will from here. So, itâs highly possiblé that an outsider was here!â
Ceceliaâs first thought was, âCould it be that Maggie Taylorâs people kidnapped Esmee?â After all, Esmee was in Ceceliaâs custody, which was one of the reasons Maggie Taylor couldnât sleep at night.
âI wonât rule out that possibility,â Remington replied.
Remington immediately ordered his men to leave, and he instructed Fredric Ingerwood, âFredric, youâre in charge of preserving the scene and collecting fingerprints and footprints from this room Letâs find out who else has been here besides us.â
âUnderstood, Mr. Nelson!â
Fredric and his team began their collection work right away.
Remington took Cecelia away from the scene. He also assigned personnel to secretly investigate the Taylor Group to see if Esmee had been kidnapped by Maggie Taylorâs people.
On the way back to the city, Cecelia received a call from Universal Entertainment. She glanced at the caller ID and said to Remington, âItâs from Universal Entertainment, probably about Jimmy Bloomâs contract.â
Afterward, she answered the call. âHello?â
âMiss Linsey, have you seen the recent news?â
âWhat news? Are you talking about the Christieâs news or the news about Jimmy Bloom joining Universal Entertainment?â
âNo, neither of those. Itâs about your exposé.â
âSend it to me!â
Soon, Cecelia received a news link, and when she clicked it, she was shocked to see that it was an exposé about her true identity.
The news claimed that Cecelia Linsey was not the biological daughter of Gary, Linsey, but rather the result of an extramarital affair with her mother, Leila Done. It also accused Cecelia of wrongfully taking over the Linsey Group.
Who would have thought that Cecelia, who wasnât even a celebrity, would suddenly be trending due to this exposé, alongside Jimmy Bloom?
Online discussions were rampant, all focused on Ceceliaâs background, whether she was truly a Linsey family member, and various speculations about her mother.
[So, sheâs the result of her motherâs affair, not really from the Linsey family!]
[Sheâs just a complete fake heiress!]
[Who did Leila Done have an affair with to give birth to Cecelia? Gary, Linsey must be feeling betrayed.
One cheats, and the other. marries a mistress. Theyâre not good people.]
[Like mother, like daughter. Leila Done was known as a seductress. back then, and now her daughter is no different!]
After reading the news and the comments, Cecelia felt a surge of anger.
She could tolerate people questioning her, but couldnât stand them slandering her mother!
âWhatâs wrong, Cecelia? Whatâs the news about?â Remington asked, noticing her troubled expression.
He pulled over the car. âTake a look for yourself!â
Cecelia handed him her phone, and after he read it, his face also darkened.
âThese people have nothing better to do!â
He returned the phone to Cecelia and reassured her, âDonât worry, Iâll take care of it.â
Remington made a call to have all the negative news about Cecelia removed from the internet, and the trending topics canceled.
He also instructed, âFind out whoâs behind this exposé and shut down the media responsible!â
With the crisis resolved, Remington held Ceceliaâs hand and said, âItâs all taken care of, donât worry.â
âThank you.â
Cecelia thanked him, but her emotions were still low. Remington asked again, âIs this exposé true?
Your biological fatherâ¦â
âYes, itâs true. Gary Linsey is not my biological father. As for who my real father is, I still donât know. All I know is that my mother referred to him as âL.ââ
âL isnât an abbreviation for Linsey?â
âIâve read her diary, and it doesnât seem to be Linsey.â
âCould it be âLâ as in Lyn?â
Cecelia shook her head. She couldnât be sure, but no matter what, her biological father hadnât tried to find her and her mother in all these years, which indicated that he was either dead or a terrible person.
In the city, in a rented apartment.
Ophelia Linsey and Heather Done, mother and daughter, observed the situation on the internet.
They had seen Ceceliaâs exposé news climb to the top three trending topics and were secretly pleased that Cecelia was receiving backlash.
But why did it suddenly disappear within half an hour?
âMom, where did it go? Even the original news links are gone!â
Ophelia clicked on the links she had saved, but none of them. opened.
Heather, after checking, angrily slammed the table. âThat wretch must have used some means to delete all the news.â
If it was Ceceliaâs doing, it meant that she had seen the news and taken steps to remove it.
Thinking of Ceceliaâs vengeful nature, Ophelia was somewhat worried. âMom, do you think sheâll trace it back to us?â
âHow could she? The news was sent to the underground media anonymously. Even if she investigates, she can only trace it back to the underground media, not us.
Considering the current situation, Ophelia was quite concerned. âMom, what do we do now? She has taken over the Linsey Group, and her influence is so significant. How can we successfully retaliate?â
âDonât worry, revenge is best served cold! Once your face and body are fully healed, you can reappear with a new identity. By then, we can change our profession and start over!â
âOkay!â Ophelia felt hopeful about the future.
Remington had just finished dealing with Ceceliaâs scandal when he received a call from Captain Shawn. âHello? Captain Shawn?â
âMr. Nelson, please come over as soon as possible. Weâve discovered a murder case here, and the victim might be Esmee Nelson.â
âWhat?â
After ending the call, Remington told Cecelia about it, and she was shocked.
Had Esmee Nelson been murdered?
âQuick, letâs go and see!â Remington immediately drove to the crime scene.
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