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"But what keeps weighing on my mind, sir, his your mother," Patrick said... "Do you think she might have known about what was going on but had decided to keep quiet?" Alex pointed out his speculations, and Patrick nodded... from what he had found out from the officers who were in charge of the case, Michelle had wanted the case to be closed as soon as possible... like she was hiding something... or like she didn't want the truth to be found out but that was all just speculations, she could have wanted that because she was grieving or simply because of the type of attention it was bringing towards the family, one could never really say... all they could was speculate because they had no actual evidence to prove their speculations, but they couldn't rule out that idea... Michelle was a crucial person in everything... "So what you saying is that my mother might be hiding something from me," Alex asked, and Patrick nodded... he wasn't sure at first, but after digging a bit further, he was certain of it now... "Who else knows about this?" He asked, and Patrick shook his head... "No one knows about this, only me... I came here as soon as I found out..." Patrick informed, and Alex nodded... he sighed deeply and ran his hand through his hair... "I've spent so many years trying to find out what happened and I can't believe an information like this is hiding from me in plain sight" Alex stood up and started to pace around the room as he tried to put the piece together in his head... so his nanny used a fake identity to work at the house. Why? did his father ask her, too. what relationship did the both of them have... what happened back then... was his father's death, just an accident... he had so many questions that he needed to find the answers to.. questions that kept bugging... he stopped pacing and turned to look at Patrick. "I think someone murdered her to hide the truth," Alex said. That was the only thing he could think of... from.the findings he had made... Nothing seemed out of the ordinary the day she was murdered... nothing was stolen... the house wasn't broken into, and if he hadn't gone into that room that day, it would have taken quite a while for them to find her because everyone was preoccupied with his father's accident... thinking about it made his head hurt... did she find out something she wasn't supposed to....was that why she was killed... because it happened so many years ago that everything wasn't clear anymore... "Do you want me to find out more about her, sir?" Patrick asked, and Alex nodded... "I have tried to over the year, but I couldn't find anything about her or her family, it's like she came out of nowhere, but now that we have her real name maybe we can find something" "If you need anything or if I could help in any way, let me know," Alex said, and Patrick nodded... "You don't have to worry, sir. I will make sure we get to the bottom of everything... I will make sure you find out the truth about what really happened. " "Thank you, Patrick. you have been more than a great help to me....I'm not sure if I would have gotten this far without your help, " Alex said, and Patrick nodded... he was glad and honoured to help a person like Alex, and he wanted Alex to get the closure he needed... he wanted Alex to heal from his past traumas, and he was happy with juliet without anything hindering it... Having to see Alex go through his panic attacks was a sight Patrick loathed... he knew how much Alex struggled but still tried his best to act okay, and he was strong... Patrick was unsure if he could do the same if he was in the same shoes as Alex... the Graham family was too complicated for someone like him... Patrick left about an hour later, and Alex went upstairs to check on juliet... she was seated on her bed and was working on something on her laptop when Alex knocked on the door... "Come in," She said, and he did... "Are you busy?" he asked, and she shook her head and gestured for him to come and take a seat beside her... Alex did as she asked and sat beside her.. he rested his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes... "Are you alright?" She asked, and he shook his head... "What would you do if you found out that someone dear to you has been living a lie and whatever you believed about them may all have been a lie" He asked and juliet tilted her head to look at him... she was curious to know who he was talking about but didn't ask... "What would I do?" she muttered as she thought about his question... " I would probably try to find out why that person lied to me and if their intentions were pure or not... what if they lied for my own good and not just for their selfish gain. you never know, " She said, and Alex thought about her words for a moment... "For my own good," He muttered, and juliet nodded... "Are you alright?" She asked, and Alex nodded... "I'm fine. You should get back to work." He said, and juliet nodded even though she wished he would tell her what always troubled him. Who knows, she might be able to help. or maybe she couldn't. but wouldn't he be a bit relieved if he shared his worries with her... Juliet continued with her work, half of her attention on Alex, who had completely zoned out beside her and the other half of attention on her work... What was going on in his mind... juliet stopped typing and turned to look at him... her eyes was filled with worry as she stared him... it made her heart ache... she wanted him to be okay...