I left the hospital carrying my daughter’s ashes when my husband finally called from wherever he was with his mistress and coldly said, “The bill has been taken care of. Stop bothering me.” I didn’t argue with him. I didn’t allow him to hear my voice break.

But before our meeting ended, the old man revealed something I had not expected to hear.

My father had apparently contacted Gideon shortly before his death.

And whatever the two men had discussed during that final meeting had been specifically about Chloe.

Suddenly, I needed to know what my father had discovered about the Fairchild family before I ever made that desperate phone call to Raymond.

Part 4 – The Legacy Left Behind

Gideon Fairchild remained completely silent for several seconds after telling me my father had contacted him before his death.