Chapter 138. His Intentions

“That can’t be!” I screamed as I got up from my seat.

“Unfortunately, it’s true…I had the same reaction when I found out,” Lucien responded softly as he heaved a heavy sigh.

“I studied so many news articles covering my mother’s death. It was very big news at the time…nothing about a murder was mentioned at all. It can’t be,” I said.

I remember cutting up newspapers to collect all articles about my mother’s accident so that I would learn more details about her death since no one would tell me anything. None of those articles mentioned anything about suspected foul play. Everyone was sure that it was an accident.

Just as when Lucien and my mother got married, her unfortunate death in an accident less than one year after the wedding caused a huge uproar. Everyone seemed to have something to say about their wedding and those people had a lot to say about my mother’s death as well. People who expressed genuine sympathy and grief were rarer than diamonds. Most peo