Chapter 515 Veronica’s Discovery of Her True Identity
As soon as Veronica’s words hit, the caller on the other end descended into a prolonged silence. Crayson was hesitant and he went through an inner turmoil for quite some time. Ultimately, he realized that he could noy keep the matter a secret forever.
“Your life is way more precious than anyone else. If Matthew ends up dead, then I can only say that he’s a foolhardy person but lacks the influence.” Veronica was stunned in place by Crayson’s words.
My life is much more precious than anyone else’s?!
“Is that so?” She snorted derisively and asked, “I’m quite keen to find out what sort of family background I hail from to actually be worth Matthew sacrificing his life for?” Although Veronica’s tone of voice was calm, her heart pounded frantically.
All this while, she had a niggling sense that there was something wrong with Crayson, but she had never thought to link things to herself. Right now, the truth was right in front of her, but she somehow felt uneasy.
“You’re not Tony’s daughter, but neither are you Floch’s daughter.” Crayson heaved a sigh and planned to reveal the truth to Veronica while still hesitant.
Finally, he exhaled a deep sigh and revealed the truth, “Have you heard of the hidden clan? You’re a descendant of them and because of various reasons, you were sent to live in Bloomstead after you were born. Matthew broke up with you in order to build up an influence for you in secret; the reason for that was so that once you rejoined the hidden clan in the future, he would be able to secretly help you.”
“H-Hidden clan?” Veronica reeled from the information.
She had considered various possibilities in her mind, but never would she have expected that she was a descendant of a hidden clan.
Suddenly, she frowned. “If I’m a descendant of the hidden clan, then Tiffany should be the same too. Why am I the only one under your protection and why didn’t you protect her?” She was practically identical to Tiffany as they were twins.
The strange thing was that Crayson seemed to despise Tiffany very much.
“She’s not a descendant of the hidden clan! She’s not even your twin.”
“How can that be possible? We’re identical!”
“She’s just a decoy. After you were born, your DNA sample was taken and she was cloned from you.”
Since Crayson had decided to tell Veronica the truth, he did not have any intention to hide anything from her as he revealed Tiffany’s identity to Veronica as well. Veronica leaned against the tree trunk and felt weak all over that she nearly slumped to the ground. Clone?! She had heard of that before, but she had always felt that it was something too far-fetched and unrelated to her. Unexpectedly, Tiffany was actually a clone!
Veronica lifted her hand and massaged the spot in between her brows as she tried to deal with her emotions. After quite some time, she finally recollected herself.
On the other end of the line, Crayson continued, “It looks like you’ve encountered Tiffany in Castron. You’ve got to be mindful of this and stay away from Floch and Rachel. Where are you right now? I’ll send someone over to pick you up.”
Look at how influential he is. Even if Crayson’s currently back home in a rural area, he’s able to allocate people in Castron to protect me.
“Does Floch and the rest know everything?” Veronica tried hard to maintain her composure as she asked calmly.
“Yes.”
“How about Hendrey? What sort of role does he play in all this?”
“There has always been a mysterious guy in Castron trying to find out your identity by running investigations secretly. Hendrey came because he wanted to probe about your true identity. However, he didn’t betray you back then, so I spared his life. It looks like I was too wishy-washy and I left us a ticking time bomb there.”
He sighed. “Child, there are some things that I can’t explain in just a few sentences. Hurry up and send me your location. I’ll send someone over for you and take the earliest flight to Castron tomorrow morning.”
This was his worst nightmare and yet it happened. Previously, when Veronica mentioned that she would be going to Castron, Crayson had been worried that she would encounter those people. However, he ended up convincing himself that nothing had happened back then when she visited Castron with Ruka. He thought that this trip would be a smooth one similarly, but the truth was ultimately revealed.
“Send me the contact details of your people and I’ll contact them myself.” Veronica recollected herself and continued to head toward the dense forest.
“Okay, sure,” he responded solemnly and reminded her as well, “Remember my words and make sure to stay away from the Larsons.”
“I got it.” Veronica did not bother to ask further and hung up the phone on Crayson.
The Larsons clearly knew Tiffany’s identity and yet they stood on her side, which was an indication that they were fully aware of everything. If Tiffany was just supposed to be a decoy, then the Larson Family should not have left Bloomstead without a word to head to Castron upon her supposed ‘death’; that was proof enough that the Larsons had the intention to double-cross. The worst thing that could happen would be that they intended to support the decoy they created in the past and snatch the leader’s position with the clone.
Veronica finally found out the truth and she could not help but mock herself, Everyone knows the truth except me. I’m the only idiotic one who was kept in the dark. This is absurd!
Shortly after that, Crayson sent a string of numbers to her.
She looked at the numbers and dialed them immediately. Ring— Ring— Ring—
Even though it was the middle of the night, the phone merely rang thrice before the other party answered it.
“Hi there, who am I speaking to?” a woman asked from the other end of the line.
“I’m Veronica Murphy,” she revealed her identity.
As soon as her words hit, the person on the other end was momentarily stunned before finally asking, “How can I help?”
“Crayson wanted me to contact you and he said that you would be able to resolve any issue I have.”
“Are you currently in Castron?”
“I am.”
“I’ll come and get you.”
“Sure.”
Veronica contacted the other person on WhatsApp and shared her current location so that they could reach her as soon as possible.
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Meanwhile on the other end of Castron, Thomas’ detailed plan was a success and he managed to capture Antheena and brought her with him. After capturing her, they instantly texted Veronica, who was already in Destiny’s car.
Destiny was the owner of the number that Crayson gave Veronica. She was tall with a voluptuous figure and her hair was bright-red in color. Her skin was porcelain-white and she had a blue orchid tattooed on her clavicle, which enhanced her sexiness. Undeniably, she was indeed a stunner.
Even though she was nearly in her forties, her well-sculpted features and large eyes were very captivating.
She was dressed in a slinky black top paired with leather pants and jacket. She also had a pair of high heels on and she resembled the Marvel character, Black Widow.
“Is Crayson your superior?” Veronica asked out of curiosity.
Destiny lifted her brows and nodded solemnly. “I guess so.”
“Okay. Then arrange for some skilled men and if necessary, I’ll lead them to rescue Matthew.” Veronica did not intend to hide her plans.
After all, she was aware that her tracks were spied upon ever since she came to Castron, so Matthew’s matter should not be news to them either.
Meanwhile, Destiny was exceptionally calm upon hearing her words.
After some time, Destiny put both palms in the air and shrugged. “Are you sure about that? They did everything they could just to keep you safe, so aren’t you afraid of danger if you turn up now?”
“Since they’ve found out about my identity, even if I don’t turn up, I wouldn’t be any safer in the future.” Veronica rolled down the car window and tilted her head to look out. There was a sudden rush of cold air hitting her before she heaved a sigh.
“Anything that is meant to happen will happen eventually and I won’t be able to avoid it. As for Matthew, there is no way that he and his closest aides should lose their lives because of me.”
