Bernard scowled slightly before turning to look at Douglas, who happened to drop by for the same matter. Since he had been working for Bernard for so long, he naturally knew Bernard's approach. No stone should be left unturned.
Douglas immediately took some documents from the briefcase he held under his arm and handed them to Bernard. "Lawrence's family tree is all detailed here."
"Isn't that a bit too excessive?" It was Leon's first time seeing how things worked around there. Was this how Bernard handled matters—by diving into someone's family tree?
Hera cast a glance at Leon. "Learn from Mr. Copley."
Leon was slightly aggrieved. "You only asked me to look into Everly's and Giselle's accounts, but I even looked into Lawrence and George."
Bernard quickly skimmed through the information and very quickly picked up on someone called Lexie Radcliffe. "She works for Ember."
Ember Wagner was Mrs. Killian Senior's full name.
Hera leaned over to look at Lexie's picture. Hera didn't have much of an impression of Lexie, who was dressed in the Killian family's maid uniform.
Lexie was Lawrence's biological older sister and had started working for the Killians as a maid ever since she was in her teens. Lexie had worked for the Killians for many years. She remained by Ember's side and was her closest confidant.
Hera naturally wasn't in much contact with Lexie. As for Ember, she was Rhett and Lucius' biological mother.
Ember spent her whole life nurturing Rhett to become the head of the Killian family. She didn't even hesitate to sacrifice Lucius to achieve her goal.
In the end, Hera sent Rhett to jail for life, and Linda was dead as well. Ember probably despised Hera. It wouldn't be a surprise if Ember tried to have Hera murdered.
But after the Special Investigation Department conducted their investigation five years ago, Ember was arrested as a culprit. By right, she wouldn't have had the chance to direct Lexie to do anything.
After five years of treatment, although Frederick's mind wasn't as unstable as back then, he still remembered the trauma from that year.
"Didn't Bernard go to work?" he asked.
As soon as Frederick brought up Bernard, Anthony's gaze turned sinister. Bernard and Hera were the reason for Queenie's death. Back when Anthony sought Chad out for an explanation, he didn't receive a satisfying answer.
All these years, Anthony had been enduring the humiliation of remaining at the Killian residence before finally finding the chance to seek revenge for Queenie. He never expected that Hera would survive and return.
But what if she did? No one would ever know what Anthony had done that year.
Anthony only needed to leverage Frederick's name by gathering more resources at Killian Corporation. Once Anthony's position was secure, he could eventually get rid of Bernard.
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