NovelsFreeLeah couldn't forget.
"Wasn't that the engagement gift Lucas and Chloe exchanged when they were kids?"
She remembered that the Moncada family had gifted a beautiful piece of Hetian jade as a token. It was quite
valuable and still safely tucked away in her vault. "Do you know the story behind this locket?"
Leah mused, "Didn't you mention it once? On the day Chloe was born, someone felt a connection with her and
gifted her this locket. Who was it again? | can't recall." "It was Neil."
"Neil? Who's that?"
"You really don't keep up with things, do you? Not even knowing about Neil."
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"The Shaw family is one of the big four in Eldridge City, once neck-and-neck with the Sartori family."
Leah thought about it.
Who wouldn't know? The Eldridge
Elites have four powerhouse families: Nagel, Shen, Xue, and Shaw. They practically control all the economic
strings in the city. But Eldridge City is quite a distance from their own Riverbrook. If it weren't for Connor, they'd
probably never have crossed paths with those high up in the social ladder.
Leah was taken aback, "How on earth are you connected to the Shaw family, and why would they give Chloe
such a lavish gift?"
Neil explained, "I heard Neil's folks are from Riverbrook, like his wife, who was a famous reporter at our TV
station. On Chloe's birth day, his wife was also giving birth at the shospital, Harmony General. Do you
remember all the commotion that day?" Leah's memory was sharp.
A lot indeed happened. Rumor had it
that a woman went into labor with heavy bleeding, and it was touch-and-go. Every doctor and nurse rushed to
help, and the place was a madhouse. All the resources were diverted there. Although the woman pulled through,
her baby was stillborn. Later, a nurse mentioned that the baby was fine at birth, taken to the nursery as usual.
But in the chaos, by the tsomeone checked again, the baby had been gone for a while.
Many were caught in the chaos that day. The hospital shut down shortly after they left. Whether this was linked
to the Shaw family was anyone's guess.
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The Shaws were once a powerhouse, their influence in the Eldridge Elites outshining the Nagel and Gilbert
families, and they were on par with the Sartoris for years. But from that year on, they stepped out of the
limelight. Neil and his wife moved overseas, and he shifted his businesses abroad, although sof his sons
stayed, while others left.
Jacob only thought of Neil recently after hearing sbig news. Neil plans to return with his wife this month for
an ancestral visit.
Leah commented, "Ms. Ruby went through hell, and though she survived, she lost her child. Maybe that's why
they moved abroad, but what's Chloe got to do with any of this? Why would Mr. Neil give Chloe such a valuable
locket when she was born?" Jacob explained, "That locket was for his own newborn daughter, but she was
stillborn. Mr. Neil was devastated. On the day we took Chloe home, he was in the hallway, just staring at the
locket and crying. Then Chloe started crying, catching his attention." "It's odd. Chloe seemed to have a special
bond with him. She was bawling her eyes out, and nothing worked. But when Mr. Neil picked her up, she stopped
immediately and even smiled at him."
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