Chapter 454: The Truth

Chapter 454: The Truth

"Get the car, Torn, and let the hospital know we are coming; Harry called out in panic as he immediately tried to carry his father, not minding his weight.

Lucy who was still crying, rushed ahead of them to the door and held it open while Tom hurried past her to take the private elevator in his office to the private parking lot, and Harry did the same carrying his father.

As soon as Tom ran into his office, Jamal who was still seated on his seat and swiveling around, sat up and looked at Tom with alarmed eyes as he watched him run past him to take the elevator.

He was still trying to understand what was happening when Lucy and Harry, who was carrying Aaron hurried into the office, and Lucy quickly tapped the elevator button while Harry's secretary watched them with a concerned frown wondering what was going on. "Lucy? Jamal called when Lucy started getting into the elevator, and she looked back to see him standing by Tom's desk and watching them with fearful eyes.

"Come. Hurry," Lucy said, beckoning to him since there was no need to leave him in the office when they were all going to the hospital.

Immediately, Jamal joined them in the elevator, and they went down to the parking lot where Tom had already parked the car beside by the door waiting for them.

Tom helped Harry get Aaron into the backseat and both Harry and Jamal sat in the backseat, while Lucy took the passenger seat and Tom drove the car.

Jamal had a worried frown on his face as he looked down at Aaron who was now unconscious, while Harry was too worried about his father to take note of the kid who was with them in the car.

Neither of them said a word through the short drive to the hospital, but Tom kept glancing at Harry and Aaron through the rearview mirror while Lucy turned in her seat and held Aaron's hand as though she feared that something would happen to him if she left his hand.

By the time they arrived at the company's hospital, a doctor, two nurses, and two orderlies were standing outside with a stretcher waiting for them.

Immediately, Aaron was transfered onto the stretcher, and they all rushed in as the stretcher was rolled into the emergency ward, but before either of them could go in with them, the nurses shut the door.

"I'm sorry, but you will all have to stop here. I will let you know what's wrong with him as soon as I can," the doctor said apologetically, and even though Harry wanted to be with his father, he gave him a nod and stepped away from the door.

"Just make sure he is alright. Whatever you do, make sure he is fine," Harry pleaded, and the doctor gave him a nod before walking into the emergency room.

Tom walked over to where Harry stood and placed his hand on his shoulder, "He will be fine, Harry. Try not to..."

"I believe you already looked into it?" Harry cut in without letting him finish.

They had been friends long enough for him to know that Tom wouldn't have just stayed still after hearing the conversation between Lucy and Sara. He knew without a doubt that Tom must have looked into it already to confirm what Lucy had said.

Tom on the other hand didn't need to ask Harry what he was talking. He knew, so he gave him a nod.

"I will give you the details after we know how Aaron..."

He couldn't wait for that. He needed to know if his father was going to be waking up to a pleasant news or an unpleasant news. He needed to be able to do something about it whichever the answer is.

"Is she still alive? Harry cut in once again. He didn't need to spell out the 'she' he was referring to. Tom knew he was asking about his twin sister. Tom frowned when he realized that Harry wasn't sounding very worried about his father in that moment. He sounded more like he had something else on his mind. "She is," Tom said as his gaze shifted from Harry to look at Lucy who was sitting on a waiting chair with Jamal while looking at them curiously. "Do you know who is she? Have you been able to find out where is she?" Harry asked quietly and Torn looked at him for a moment, before taking a deep breath. "It's Candace." Harry blinked at Tom in confusion, "Candace? Who is Candace?" He asked with a confused frown, but Tom just gave him a pointed look without saying another word. "Candace." Harry munnured the name.

It took a moment for the name to sink in and for Tom's sentence to make sense to Harry. Immediately it did, Harry's eyes widened as the reality of what Tom said hit him, and he staggered back like he had just been sucker punched.

"Candace? The lady with Jade?" He asked again, looking at Tom like he was waiting for Tom to say he was mistaken, but Tom gave him a nod.

"Jade just put the pieces together, but I already took the DNA samples of your dad and Candace to the lab before coming to the office. We should get the result by tomorrow," Tom explained, and Harry's brow furrowed when he figured that was the reason Tom had run late that morning. Even Jade knew about this? He wasn't sure whether to be grateful or to feel offended at the point that everyone else knew about his family business but him.

"I need to be alone. Can you stay here and ensure everything is okay? Harry asked, and Tom gave him a nod.

"Sure." "The car key," Harry asked as he held out his hand for the keys, but Tom shook his head. "I can't let you drive in this state. Maybe you should go with a cab," Tom suggested, and without arguing with him Harry turned around to leave. Just as he turned, his gaze met with Jamal's curious gaze, and his heart skipped a beat as he looked back at the kid. He didn't need anyone to tell him who the kid was. He knew that was Candace's son.

They both looked at each other for a moment, until Jamal smiled at Harry and rose from his seat beside Lucy to go to Harry, making all three adults look at him curiously.

Once Jamal stood in front of Harry, he took Harry's hand and just held on to it without saying a word.

Harry's gaze moved to Lucy and he looked at her, wondering if she had asked Jamal to go to him, but the expression on her face showed that she was also surprised by Jamal's behavior.

Unable to bring himself to pull his hand away from Jamal, he let Jamal lead him to the waiting seats and he sat down there, and Jamal sat next to him still holding his hand.

Lucy who was seated beside them stood from there and went to join Tom who was watching the scene before him with interest.

"What did Jade say?" Lucy asked in a quiet voice.

"Candace is Sara's missing daughter," Tom said, and Lucy sighed.

From the moment she realized that Sonia knew Candace, she had always wondered if Candace's presence in Tom's house was coincidence, but once again she had come to see that there were no coincidences in life.

They had all been fated to meet one way or the other. It was funny how through her relationship with Tom she had met everyone else and discovered family relations she had no idea existed.

Away from there, in the hotel suite, Jade and Candace had pored over every detail in all the articles and pictures together, and by the time they were done Candace had drawn a Venn diagram showing the connection between Sara, herself, Jade's boss, and her adoptive parents, while Jade on the other hand had drawn some sort of family tree showing Harry's relationship with Candace. "I told you, there is something fishy about this woman, didn't I?" Candace said as she looked down at an intemet photograph of Sara and her adoptive father on her phone.

She had been trying to find a connection between Sara and any of the people involved in her adoption since it didn't make sense that the lawyer who was helping Sara just happened to be one of Gregory Peterson's attorney.

Thankfully, there was a picture of Sara and Gregory Peterson on the intemet, and the caption hinted that Gregory was Sara's major sponsor. More like her godfather.

Candace looked at Jade when she noticed that she looked sort of distracted with a distant look in her eyes, "What is wrong? You seem distracted," Candace asked as she waved a hand in front of Jade.

Jade couldn't say that everything was okay. She was very upset and it was taking all her willpower to stop herself from picking up her car keys and barging into her boss' office to demand an explanation for the crap he had tried to pull on her had she not been smart, but she knew she couldn't do that. At least not just yet. Doing it now would expose everything and she didn't want that.

All she wanted right now was to go into her office and move all her stuff. She wanted to conclude every single business she had with that law firm and not ever have to cross path with her boss again. Jade sighed as she looked at her, "Would you be mad if I handover the case to someone else? Candace frowned, "What case?" Candace asked, wondering whether she was referring to the Cartel's case, or the case to find her.

"The Cartel's case. Jero is gone now and I don't think any one will come after either of us once we leave here. I can assign someone capable to handle..."

"Why would you do that? You are done with the hardest part of it already and all you need to do is make sure justice is served. Why would you let someone else take credit for your hardwork? Besides, I can't trust anyone else to make sure the case is handled properly," Candace said, and Jade sighed.

"I don't think I would be able to stay here much longer. I need to go home. I need to take you home," Jade said, and Candace frowned.

"Home? Take me home? What do you mean? Candace asked, and Jade sighed once again.

"I need to go to Harry. He is going through a lot right now and I need to be with him. I'm not sure I can stay here much longer," Jade said, and Candace frowned. "What about Sara? What are you going to tell your boss? "What do you want me to tell them?" Jade asked, and Candace sighed.

Although she had wanted to use Sara's resources to find Andy, but she couldn't bring herself to trust Sara. She didn't want to take the risk and expose Andy to any problems, "You don't have to tell them anything. Just tell them you didn't find anything. I don't trust her. I don't want to know her..."

"I know the truth," Jade blurted out, and Candace raised a brow. "You know what truth?" "About you. Sara. Your father and your twin brother," Jade said, and Candace frowned. "How? "You are right about her. She is not a good person.."