Grief, Betrayals, and a Core of Blaze
Baron knew Jonas. The man would not speak without credible evidence. Now that he had produced a file, it was clear there was more to the story than they knew. Jonas nodded. He pushed the file forward and began to speak. "Candice did indeed try to seduce Mr. Stone. When he didn't reciprocate, she felt it was hopeless, turned around, and found Hayes, becoming his mistress. At that point, Candice's connection to the Stone family should have ended. But, by sheer coincidence, during one of her major confrontations with Baron's mother, Candice was in a car accident. The driver who caused that accident was your Stone family's driver. Mrs. Stone, he was your driver at the time." At this, Ruby froze. "That's impossible. I've never been in an accident!" "That's right, I can vouch for that. My wife rarely went out, and that driver was an honest man. He'd worked for our family for many years," Waylon quickly chimed in. Jonas opened the file, flipped to a specific page, and handed it over. "This driver did hit Candice. And it was because of that accident that Candice lost the ability to have children. At the time, she assumed Baron's mother had arranged the 'accident.' She used the Gunn family's resources to investigate and discovered that this driver was a relative of the butler from Baron's maternal grandfather's family. With that, Candice was convinced it was a hit job arranged by Baron's mother." "This should have remained a matter between the Gunn family and Candice. However, after Mrs. Gunn gave birth to Baron, when Candice and Hayes came to steal the baby, they were stopped by Mrs. Stone. And Mrs. Stone even helped Baron's mother. Candice then concluded that Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Gunn knew each other all along. She even suspected Mrs. Stone might have been in on the 'planned' car accident. Added to her failure to seduce Mr. Stone, she redirected all her hatred onto you, Mrs. Stone." Hearing this explanation, Ruby was ready to explode."That was the first time I had ever seen Mrs. Gunn! I didn't know her at all!" Natalie, however, was quickly flipping through the file. She saw the proof: the driver's connection to Baron's grandparents' butler. "Mom, we know you wouldn't lie. You saved my mother-in-law out of kindness. But... this driver really is suspicious." She passed the file to her mother. When Ruby saw the driver's information, her eyes reddened. "He... he was always so honest and quiet. I rarely used the car back then. I remember he said he had a family emergency and needed to borrow the car. I didn't think twice about it. Thinking back... I do remember he came back once without the car, saying it was in the shop for maintenance. It was gone for several days. I didn't pay it any mind, since I didn't need it. Now... it seems that must have been when the accident happened. But he... he would never have hit someone on purpose." Though angry at the driver's actions, Ruby still spoke to his character. Jonas nodded. "That's correct. The driver hitting Candice was a genuine accident. I investigated. The root cause was that Candice was arguing with someone and wasn't watching for traffic. The driver, he... he was a bit drowsy and wasn't paying full attention. When Candice suddenly appeared, he was startled and, in his panic, slammed on the gas instead of the brake. That's why he hit her so hard. But in Candice's eyes, he had deliberately accelerated to kill her. And with his connection to Baron's grandparents, well... you understand." The story left everyone speechless. "How did it come to this? It had nothing to do with our family, and Candice stole my sister just because of that?" Flynn found the woman's logic insane. Yulia nodded. "Yes. Candice lost the ability to be a mother. Seeing both Baron's mother and Mrs. Stone able to have children was a bitter irony for her. She couldn't touch Baron at the time, so she focused on Mrs. Stone, vowing to make her feel the same pain of losing a child. She arranged for someone to steal Ms. Stone. But that wasn't enough. To make Mrs. Stone suffer, she replaced her with a dead baby, making Mrs. Stone believe she had caused her own daughter's death.""She's evil! That monster! Where is this Candice now? I'll kill her!" Ruby was shaking, her chest heaving with rage. Waylon and Flynn's expressions were just as dark. "Yes, where is Candice now?" Jonas looked at them and sighed. "I know you're angry. I know you want to tear her limb from limb. But you won't get the chance."
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