Chapter 274

The Clues Are Confusing I was utterly floored, unsure how to answer her because I couldn’t possibly make that decision.

Ava looked at me with hopeful eyes as if my response held her greatest wish.

I had no choice but to say, “I will try my best!”

She smiled through her tears and said, “Ava will work hard with you, Mommy! Uncle Atlas would be the best Daddy!”

Seeing her smile again as she ran into the classroom, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I turned and headed back to the car, making my way to the office. I arrived early today. Some people hadn’t even shown up yet.

I sat back in my chair, unable to stop picking up that pen and clutching it tightly. What results could!

possibly achieve by my efforts?

However, I knew that Atlas was working hard, too, and I had to trust him.

On Tuesday, Eleanor called. She told me she had made up her mind to leave.

I instantly got excited. “That’s great! When will you start?”

She hesitated, saying it would take a few more days. I didn’t quite understand, but I figured she must have some loose ends to tie up. I didn’t want to press her too much.

In any case, her agreement to come was good news I quickly went to see Ryan. I told him about this, and when Grayson found me in Ryan’s office, I told him about it, too. Naturally, he was delighted I looked at him and asked, “What do you need me for?”

“It’s about Annalise immediately told him, “Let’s talk in my office!”

Grayson said. Based on the information we’ve gathered, Annalise is a very peculiar person. It took so long to investigate because we couldn’t find a clear connection. Her death occurred in a secret orphanage, and strangely enough Steffa was also there, but she wasn’t called Stellar”

de? I suddenly became interested “What was she called then?

Grayson she is head only finding an end photo He took a worn photo with missing comers from the folder he had just handed me and showed it to me.

Here… This is it! Take a look!”

I picked up the photo and examined it very carefully. There were about twenty or thirty children in the picture, which was quite clear. I finally spotted Stella. At that time, she looked very young and inexperienced, far from the refined Stella of today.

Grayson then showed me another one. I was taken aback. The girl in that picture had the same face as mine and was standing in the back row.

+ that time.

She must have been quite tall. I stared blankly at the girl in the photo, feeling incredulous. At that these children were about 14 or 15 years old.

o one claimed “We spent a lot of time trying to find this photo. We asked everyone in that orphanage, but no to know these two people. We investigated each person in the photo one by one. It’s strange as if they vanished into thin air. Moreover, they were orphans, and we couldn’t find any other related information.”

Grayson’s words sent shivers down my spine. I looked at him in astonishment. ‘How is this possible?”

Grayson nodded solemnly. “This is an odd situation. I have investigated many cases, but none like this.

The orphanage’s records from all years do not mention Stella.”

“As for the records of the Pierce family’s adoption, Stella was adopted when she was 6 or 7. But the people in these photos are around 14 or 15. In short, nothing adds up! It’s perplexing, to say the least.”

Grayson scratched his head, and his handsome face contorted in confusion.

“I can’t make sense of it. The clues are all jumbled up, and it’s just not coming together.”

My eyes were still fixed on the photo. How could these two people have a connection?

In my interactions with Stella, she always implied that Anastasia, who appeared only during the six years Allas was missing, was a recent addition.

But how could the adopted daughter of the Pierce family, who had been with them since childhood, appear in the same photo?

This was inexplicable. In theory, Stella couldn’t have been in a welfare institution.

Suddenly, I remembered something.