Chapter 253 The Ashford Family Tragedy
"After I was discharged from the hospital, my injured leg was severely deformed. I couldn't run too far, couldn't do strenuous work, and even walking was a difficult task for me.
"I should have immediately avenged Annabel and sought justice for myself, but Fiona had already entered the Ashford family as Mrs. Ashford.
"She had the protection of Beckett and the help of the butler and Hailey. As Mrs. Ashford, she was very powerful, and I couldn't fight her on my own.
"I couldn't outpower them, so I could only outsmart them. I chose to stay in the small town, donated my life savings to an orphanage, and became the director of the orphanage.
"People who respect me called me director. Those who looked down on me, some called me a cripple, some called me legless.
"With the identity of the director of the orphanage, I made an appointment to meet with Beckett on the grounds of requesting sponsorship and planned to take the opportunity to tell him that Fiona was the fake Mrs. Ashford.
"I never expected that when I made an appointment to meet with Beckett, he had just passed away.
"I asked people how he died. Some people said that he had a strange disease and passed away suddenly. Some people said that he offended someone and was poisoned to death.
"At that time, I concluded that it must be because Beckett discovered Fiona's true identity, so he was silenced.
"I was worried about the safety of Annabel's descendants, so I continued to ask for sponsorship as an excuse to meet with Annabel's eldest son, Jaxon.
"Jaxon refused to see me but donated a sum of money to the orphanage in his own name.
"I also made an appointment to meet Annabel's youngest son, Evander. He did the exact same thing as his elder brother. He refused to meet and donated a sum of money to the orphanage.
"However, he wrote me a letter, saying that his father had died and he was not in the mood to participate in these activities. Plus, his mother was in charge of the finances in the Ashford family, if I felt the donation was too little, I should go look for his mother, Annabel.
"Neither of these two children knew that their current mother was not Annabel at all.
"I was very anxious, I wanted to see him but couldn't, and I wanted to reply but dared not.
"Because the butler of that family was Fiona's man, besides, there was Hailey who watched over everything too.
"Even if I send the letter, it won't reach Evander's hands, instead, it will alarm them and hurt Evander.
"But I couldn't rest easy not telling him the truth. I was worried that both of them would be killed by Fiona just like Beckett.
"In order to tell Evander the truth, I sent someone to bring a basket of pomegranates as a thank-you gift for sponsoring.
"The basket was made from a beech tree, representing mother, and pomegranates representing death. In this way, I hinted to him that the real Annabel had passed away.
"Sadly, Evander didn't know the meaning of the basket of fruit I gave him, because he just took one look at it and rejected it.
"I felt I didn't express it clearly enough. Hence, the next day, I packed another basket of things. This time, I made the hint even more obvious by putting in more symbolic things. I also hinted to him that Beckett's death was not an accident.
"However, although I thought my hint was obvious, Evander still couldn't understand it. Not only did he not accept it, but he also thought I was playing a prank and smashed the whole basket.
"Evander couldn't understand it, so I had no choice but to hint at Jaxon. After all, he also donated money to the orphanage. So I continued to give him fruits with special meanings in the name of thank-you gifts.
"Jaxon accepted the same basket of things.
"Not long after, Jaxon took the initiative to call me and asked to meet me.
"We made an appointment to meet at a café on North Street, and the time was set at two o'clock in the afternoon.
"That afternoon, I waited at the café on time, but I waited till dark and still did not see Jaxon.
"Just as I was about to go back, some people in the café started talking.
"Have you heard? There has been a tragedy in the Ashford family, six people were killed in a car accident, it was so unfortunate..."
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