Clara smiled awkwardly, “I’m just a girl, grandpa. I’m not really confident to deliver your hope.”
Old Mr. Henderson hurriedly replied, “Stop being so foolish. A girl can also make this family stronger.
Look at those four sisters of the Haverfords. They are managing the family well. Conversely, Kyle is the
shameful one in that family.”
Clara didn’t comment on Kyle.
She really didn’t like Kyle before and thought that how can the Haverfords raise him to be so
shameless.
But now, she was in no place to judge other families’ businesses.
The Hendersons always deemed that they had great family education, but Jakub committed suicide
because of that.
Old Mr. Henderson then soothed Clara, “Don’t think too much, Clara. Take care of yourself. I will tell
you what to do next. Rest assured, everything you want would be yours in the end.”
Clara didn’t say anything and she actually thought that old Mr. Henderson was in much worse shape
than elder Mr. Henderson.
The latter was physically ill and the former was mentally sick.
Old Mr. Henderson stood for a while and then asked the maid over.
Clara hurriedly said to the maid, “Hold my grandpa to take a walk outside. It’s a great day. Have some
exercises.”
Old Mr. Henderson thought for a while and agreed and then went to the back garden.
After they left, Clara turned around and then went upstairs and tried to open her grandpa’s wardrobe
again.
She tried three times last time and all failed, but she wanted to try more.
Clara thought all the combinations in her head and then attempted the first set of passwords.
She failed the first time and was slightly annoyed.
She didn’t dare to try three times today for the siren was really loud.
She thought for a while and tried the second set of passwords.
The safe suddenly opened after she inputted the number.
It took Clara a long time to come to herself.
She waited for a while and then opened the safe which was housing a lot of files.
Clara was taken aback.
She took out her phone and took photos of several papers.
She didn’t get the time to read what the paper was about, but she took as many pictures as possible
and put the papers back in the original order.
Though old Mr. Henderson was pretty old now, he was meticulous.
If she didn’t put the things back in the exact order, he would know something was wrong immediately.
Clara finally organized the wardrobe and then left the room after taking some deep breathes.
She hurriedly went back to her room and started examining those papers after locking the door.
From the surface of it, these papers recorded some accounts, but it obviously wasn’t made by
professionals and looked like it was done by internal staff. What’s more, these accounts looked
abnormal as the numbers were too large.
There were also some sale details included.
Clara can’t really tell what the sale was about.
She felt that the items sold were replaced with codes.
These papers looked really odd.
Clara thought for a while and then texted Marshall as she can’t really think of anyone to turn to.
Marshall didn’t really immediately text her back as he was probably busy.
Clara hesitated for a while and then went to her father’s room.
Elder Mr. Henderson looked outside from the window and still looked defeated, but was much better
than before.
Clara walked in and stood by his side, “Dad, did you have anything? Let me fix you some.”
Elder Mr. Henderson shook his head, “No, I don’t want to eat anything.”
Clara pondered for a long time and said, “You are the rock of this family, dad. You got to be strong.”
Elder Mr. Henderson turned to Clara, “Clara, dad is really old now. You got to be shape up. You are all
we got in this family.”
Hearing her father’s words, Clara seemed to recall some of the scenes before.
He used to say these words to Jakub a lot.
Jakub was always quiet, but he obviously looked upset every time.
Clara felt that her father was shifting all those expectations he had towards Jakub to her now.
Though he was sad for what happened to Jakub, he was doing the same thing to Clara uncontrollably.
Clara was speechless.
She can get her father’s words but found it hard to agree with him.
She accompanied elder Mr. Henderson for a while and then suddenly heard her mother’s cry.
She rushed out and went to elder Mrs. Henderson’s bedroom.
Elder Mr. Henderson acted like he didn’t hear a thing and remained motionless by the door.
Elder Mrs. Henderson was sitting on the bed and crying her eyes out.
The maid obviously didn’t know what to do.
Clara asked the maid to leave for now and gazed at elder Mrs. Henderson.
Elder Mrs. Henderson looked terrible.
She used to be in high and vigorous spirits before and would look down upon anyone, but now she was
shrinking up and didn’t dare to look at anyone.
Clara let out a sigh and said, “Mom, I know you are sad, but you got to toughen it out. If something
happens to you, our family would be ruined.”
Covering her face, elder Mrs. Henderson cried at the top of her lungs.
She had been crying a lot recently, after all, she lost the biggest part of her life.
Clara held her hands and pinched at them, “Mom, grandpa and dad said I got to protect this family from
now on. If something happens to you, how could I be strong?”
Elder Mrs. Henderson paused and stopped crying. She stared at Clara for a while and suddenly turned
around.
Her face completely changed and she still got tears on her face, “They are doing the same thing to you,
aren’t they? Did they realize what they did to my Jakub? Now that Jakub is gone, they are shifting their
pressure to you? Are they insane?”
Clara smiled with resignation, “I told my grandpa that I wouldn’t be able to protect this family. I’ve been
under a lot of pressure and don’t want to do those things, but my father and grandfather really don’t
have other options.”
Elder Mrs. Henderson grinded her teeth with anger, “Why are they still thinking about money? Didn’t
they make enough money all these years? What more do they want?”
She organized her hair and wiped away her tears, “Clara, you can’t be like your brother, okay? You are
the only one mom got. Don’t listen to their words. You got to live for yourself. You are what you are.”
Then she sobbed, “Mom knows that you were tired and unhappy like your brother before. I wouldn’t
force you anymore. I just want you to be happy.”
Elder Mrs. Henderson seemed to have let go of many grudges after what happened.
She said to Clara seriously, “If you like Marshall, you got to fight for him. You only got one lifetime and
you got to strive for what you like. Don’t mind other people’s opinions.”
Clara hurriedly answered, “No, no, no. I have no feelings for Marshall now. He has a baby on the way.
If I marry him, I would be distressed afterwards. I think I deserve someone who loves me completely.”
Elder Mrs. Henderson was taken aback by Clara’s words and was merry inside.
“It’s a good thing that you would think of this. I honestly felt that he isn’t good enough for you.”
Clara beamed, “Yeah, I deserve better.”
Clara hurriedly answered, “No, no, no. | have no feelings for Marshall now. He has a baby on the way.
If | marry him, | would be distressed afterwards. | think | deserve someone who loves me completely.”
Elder Mrs. Henderson was taken aback by Clara’s words and was merry inside.
“It's a good thing that you would think of this. | honestly felt that he isn’t good enough for you.”
Clara beamed, “Yeah, | deserve better.”
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