"Colby!"


    Harold immediately interrupted what Colby was about to say, frowning and speaking to Sophie, "The kidnapping case back then involved me. If anything, I should be the one to tell you." "Alright, then you tell me, what exactly happened with the kidnapping case back then?"


    Sophie had tried her best to calm her emotions. She had too many nightmares before, and the scenes in those nightmares were so real, as if she had truly experienced them.


    "Back then, the Aldridge family had offended quite a few people, and it could be said that they provoked The Silent Shadows, which you might understand as a kidnapping orchestrated by Joseph."


    "I know all this. You were kidnapped, and the heads of the Aldridge family at the time... your parents went to rescue you and had a car ident on the way, both perishing. Mr. Gordon also lost his legs in that kidnapping. But what I want to know is, what does this have to do with me? Why was I also kidnapped?"


    And all her life, her parents had never mentioned this incident to her.Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    She also had no recollection of the kidnapping.


    "I was young then, and I didn''t know much. Perhaps at that time, Joseph wanted to target the four major families, kidnapping me and incidentally involving you. As a result, both the Russell family and the Aldridge family suffered a great deal, nearly facing ruin."


    Harold looked up at Sophie and said, "At that time, my parents'' ident caused a dy in my rescue, but the Russell family still managed to rescue you from those kidnappers. Colby and I didn''t tell you about this because we felt these memories weren''t important to you. Colby was also afraid of you suffering again, remembering the painful experiences of being kidnapped, that''s all."


    "That''s all?"


    "Yes."


    Harold continued, "As for that newspaper, Colby didn''t show it to you because it not only recorded the details of your kidnapping but mine as well. My brother destroyed those newspapers because he didn''t want me to be hurt. I think his feelings were the same as your parents''; we weren''t intentionally hiding it from you, just feeling those memories could hurt you."


    "I see."


    Sophie gently shook her head.


    She was no longer the naive girl she once was. After going through so much, it was just an old kidnapping case. Even if she remembered it, it wouldn''t cause her much harm.


    But she knew, Colby must not bear to let her remember those unpleasant things, including her own parents.


    "If it was just because of this, you should have told me earlier. Let alone whether I can remember the past events, even if I do, those are already in the past. I can''t just copse because of some bad memories from the past, can I?" Harold was silent for a moment and then said, "I know you''re strong, but we just felt those things really weren''t important anymore."


    After saying this, Harold unconsciously nced at Colby.


    Seeing that Colby had no intention


    of exposing him, he then said, "Let''s talk about what you found on the second floor. I didn''t find any secret passages or hear any unusual noises when I was observing the first floor. Jenna probably wouldn''t be on the first floor of the Tredgold family''s house."


    "There was nothing on the second floor, but a servant of the Tredgold family told me that Wesley hade back that night and had an argument with May. The content of the argument was probably about the kidnapping case that year. I think May must have learned something, which is why she''s often confused and can''t tell who is who."