Under the Heiress' Facade

During lunchtime, Bernard left after taking a phone call. Hera could finally avoid him.

After lunch, she got a call from Nathan.

"Ms. Youngworth, Queenie is out on bail."

Hera squinted slightly. "Who bailed her?"

They finally took action.

"Terence came here this morning with Frederick, Roman, and Michelle. They just released her on bail," Nathan elaborated.

Frederick was Rhett's son, Roman was Aurora's adopted son, and Michelle was Chad's daughter.

Chad and Rhett appeared to be Queenie's backers in the Killian family.

"Why did Shaun do nothing?" Hera thought of Shaun.

He was the one who helped her hold down the Gaskells. She wondered if he let Queenie go for someone.

"Have you not seen the news yet? Something happened to Mr. Thompson." Nathan was surprised.

Hera instantly browsed the news. That was when she saw the headline, which stated that Shaun had suffered terrible injuries because of a love affair. She clicked in and read the article thoroughly.

The incident happened when Shaun harassed an inte celebrity. He got into trouble because she was the beloved wife of the head of the Hubbard family.

The Hubbards wielded significant power in the South. Alex, who had his principles, beat Shaun up after knowing it. He couldn't tolerate his grandson harassing a married woman.

According to the news, Shaun was beaten so badly that he couldn't even protect himself, so he didn't have time to help Hera.

Hera was at a loss for words.

"Got it. Thank you for your efforts," Hera said.

"It's not a big deal. I didn't help much. I'll let you know if there's any progress in the case."

"Okay, thank you."

Just as Hera hung up the call, an unknown email arrived in her mailbox. The email title was "Deskmate, You Must Read It."

Deskmate? Was it Isabella? Wasn't she already dead?

Hera immediately clicked on the email.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Isabella: "I didn't mean not to contact you. Someone imprisoned me and my mother. We just escaped and are about to flee. Sorry, but I can't explain anything about my father to you.

"If something happens to me after you receive this email, please dig out a box under the fourth oak tree in Lensvale, Southburrow. Hand it over to the police."

After reading the email, Hera searched for Isabella's information in the class group chat, proving that the sender's email address was Isabella's.

She then forwarded Isabella's email address to Leon.

Raven: "Help me check the login address of this username from September to now."

Piglet: "Got it. But are you in a hurry? I'm on a date."

Hera was rendered speechless.

Raven: "You can go on your date first."

"Hera, do you want to go to the hot spring?" Right then, Lilith came over.

"No, I have something else to do. Enjoy your time." Hera put away her phone and headed to reception to borrow a laptop.

Through the code, she discovered

from the web version of the mailbox

that Isabella's email had been scheduled over a month earlier. The IP address was from Lensvale, Southburrow.

Isabella and her mother, Madison Clark, had already fled there. Did she send the scheduled email because she expected something to happen to her?

Nathan contacted Hera shortly after she sent him a screenshot of the email's content.