Chapter 734
Kenton had mentioned that Leyla wasn’t so frail that she needed a wheelchair. In other words, the claim that Leyla was dying and wanted to see her granddaughter one last time was just an excuse.
“If I had done this, how else could I have forced them to find you and bring you back?” Leyla sighed. “When you were lost, your mother’s spirits were deeply affected. I was preoccupied with caring for her, leaving the burden of searching for you to Conroy and Gianna. But years went by without any news of you until your mother’s death. Not being able to find you has been a sore spot in my heart.”
By the time she had realized what had been happening, the Vazquez Group had already fallen under Conroy’s control, leaving her powerless. With no other options, she had repeatedly pressured Conroy to search for Eileen. It had taken him a long time to gather any information.
“So the Vazquez family isn’t struggling at all. They’ve been deceiving me,” Eileen said.
Leyla nodded.
“They convinced me by saying that we didn’t know your true nature and were concerned you might have malicious intentions if you desired the Vazquez family’s assets. But now I know it was just a pretext to get rid of you.”
As soon as Eileen was convinced there was nothing of value here and chose to leave, the Vazquez family would inevitably fall into Conroy’s hands.
“Gianna has likely been bought off by Conroy. She respects me out of duty but follows Conroy’s lead in everything else. After all, the Vazquez family is now dependent on Conroy,” Leyla said.
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“Grandma, what are you planning? What do you need me for?” Eileen asked directly.
Leyla gritted her teeth and said, “The Vazquez family has a legacy of a thousand years. It can’t be ruined after your mother passed. If Conroy gains control of the Vazquez family’s assets, the Vazquez Group will become the Finch Group!”
“Grandma, if it’s just the Vazquez Group you’re concerned about, I have a solution,” Eileen replied. She wasn’t fully aware of the Vazquez Group’s significance in Alverton, but she was confident that either the EB Group or the Apex Group could reclaim it.
But Leyla quickly pointed out that it wasn’t that simple. Historically, the Vazquez family had a rule that family property could not be inherited by men. Every woman must marry someone who then resides with the Vazquez family. To ensure the family’s legacy is preserved, descendants must choose their spouses carefully. According to tradition, only couples can be buried together in the Vazquez family’s ancestral tomb.
With Eileen’s mother now deceased before her husband, she could only be temporarily interred outside the family’s ancestral burial site. It would only be after Conroy’s death that they could finally be laid to rest side by side in the Vazquez family’s ancestral tomb.
Leyla said, “Eileen, Alverton may be vast, but there’s an old saying that lonely spirits cannot be reincarnated. I don’t care whether you manage to reclaim the Vazquez family’s property or not—after death, all is meaningless. But you must ensure that your mother is laid to rest in the Vazquez family’s ancestral tomb!”
The Vazquez family’s ancestral tomb was situated deep in the mountains, where other noble clans of the family resided. Only couples could be interred there, with their approval. Eileen frowned, pondering how to make that happen.
“Aside from arranging for Conroy and your mother to be buried together so that your mother can enter the ancestral tomb, there’s another option: if you can uncover evidence of Conroy’s…”
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