A Replacement Bride

Chapter 198

Rosemary directly took the man to a bank not far from the Cornell Residence. Seeing the displeased expression on his face, she tried to explain, "I stored it in the safe of the bank because it is an important item."

The man didn't say anything even after hearing the words. He only pushed her so that she would walk faster.

As soon as the two entered the bank together, someone approached them to ask what business they had there.

Rosemary stole a quick glance at the man before she handed over the VIP bank card she brought along. "I want to pick something up. Please arrange it."

The clerk took the card and looked at it. "Please head over here to the VIP lounge to rest for a while. I will immediately notify our manager to come and help you with it." After leading the duo into a room, she turned around and left to get the manager.

Rosemary's forehead was now covered in cold sweat from the nerves.

The clerk soon returned to them, this time followed by a gentleman wearing glasses with a gold chain.

As Alto Riverdale smilingly entered the room, his eyes looked at the man beside Rosemary from head to toe before he turned to ask Rosemary, "Good day. Miss Cornell, I presume? I am your exclusive manager, Alto Riverdale. What can I help you with today?"

"I opened a safe at your bank before. I would like to take out the contents," she replied after smiling back at him.

After Alto further inquired about her request and he confirmed that she indeed had kept something stored in their bank, he ordered the clerk to get it while he sat there chatting with Rosemary.

However, the man beside Rosemary was beginning to get impatient as he frowningly looked at Alto with cold eyes. Alto could feel the overwhelming hostility from the man, but he still acted as if nothing had happened.

The clerk soon came over. "Miss Cornell, we have confirmed that you have opened a safe in our bank. Do you need to retrieve your item now? We will need you to collect it in person. Please come with me."

She gestured for Rosemary to follow her after she said those words.

As Rosemary stood up, the man behind her hugged her by the waist and threw her a warning look.

There was only a flash drive in the safe. After Rosemary read out the password, the clerk proceeded to open the safe.

Rosemary then took the item and passed it to the man. "This is the thing you wanted."

Right when the man took the flash drive, Rosemary abruptly ran away from him and hid behind the clerk and shrieked, "Help! He is a kidnapper! He is going to kill me!" Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

The clerk's expression swiftly fell when she heard the words, and she cursed Rosemary inwardly, but still she quickly reached out and sounded the alarm.

The moment the alarm rang, the man didn't even have time to get angry as he dashed out of the bank with the flash drive in his hand.

It was only until he had disappeared that Rosemary's legs lost their strength, and she plopped onto the floor. The back of her torso was now drenched in cold sweat.

Her expression, on the other hand, was unusually excited and deranged.

The content of the flash drive was real, but it only contained the first half of the evidence. As long as the man sent it to Katherine, she would definitely be fooled when she saw it, and she would definitely die then. Rosemary couldn't help chortling at the thought of Katherine dying a tragic death.

The bank clerk was slightly worried when she approached Rosemary to help her up. "Miss? Are you alright?"

Rosemary only swatted her hand away, and after lifting her chin, she strutted out of the bank proudly.

…

At Soulin International, when the second package appeared in front of Katherine's house, it had been two hours since Jennifer received the last package.

In it was another one of Jorge's fingers, a flash drive the kidnapper sent along with it, and a note with two sentences written in messy handwriting.

"Kathy, surely they didn't put a video of that b*stard Jorge getting his finger chopped off in this?" Jennifer asked worriedly as she stared at the baby pink flash drive.

Katherine didn't answer as she inserted the flash drive into the computer. Clicking into it, there was only a video that displayed the time it was taken, which was eight years ago.

Katherine felt her forehead throb when she saw the time.

Elsie had been killed eight years ago. Not only that, the date on the video was the same as the date the incident happened.

Katherine had a rough guess of what the video was about, and she quietly watched it after clicking into it.

Elsie and Jorge didn't exactly have feelings for each other when they got married. Eight years ago, Jorge had already gone public with Lisa, but Elsie wasn't bothered by it at all as she only calmly filed for divorce.

At that time, Jorge only managed to climb up the social ladder with the support of the Olsen Family. Even if he didn't care about Elsie, he couldn't really separate from her. After all, he would be nothing with the Olsens.

Katherine could clearly see from the video that Elsie was gravely injured, and was barely alive as she lay on the ground. However, Lisa still stalked over arrogantly and squatted down in front of her. After she said a few words to Elsie, the latter's eyes suddenly went dim, as if she had completely lost the courage to live.

The video was obviously edited as it had no beginning nor end, and only had the middle part.

Katherine's fists were balled up by the time she finished watching the video. As she glared at the image on her screen, she started typing away on her keyboard.

However, she spent the next 30 minutes on a fruitless endeavor.

She couldn't recover the parts of the video that were edited out because this wasn't the original file.

Jennifer had been watching from the side as well. She felt her heart tear when she saw the image of her daughter being so weak and helpless. "Kathy! That barbarian!" she howled.

Katherine glanced at Jennifer as she reached out to grab her hand. "Grandma, I will avenge my mother. I will also take back everything that has been taken away from the Olsens."

Despite her reassurance, Jennifer still looked worried. "Can we win against them, Kathy? They keep themselves hidden in the dark, and they—"

"There is no need to be afraid, Grandma. I will protect Kathy. No one can hurt her." Joaquin suddenly reached out and placed his hand on the back of Kathy's hand as he brought Jennifer's hand together as well.

Katherine turned to look at him then, only for him to flash her a gentle smile, a determined look in his eyes.

Uncomfortable with his gaze, Katherine quickly looked away. She was still not used to having him standing behind her to protect her. As someone who was used to being alone over the years, she was comfortable with doing things herself. It felt weird to her that there was someone who would protect her now.

He didn't force her to accept him as he calmly began to break things down. "The reason they got this video and sent it to you must be to trick you into going to the Ewing Factory in Ewing. I am guessing that they have an ambush ready there. You can't go."

"No, I am going," she replied firmly. Her face was frigid as she took her hand out of his palm and stood up. "I have to get to the bottom of my mother's death myself. Jorge definitely knows something. I still don't know where some of the things that belonged to the Olsens disappeared to. I need him to give me an answer."