Chapter 212 To Finally Understand

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&#lt;p&#gt;“You don’t want to know where your son is?” Peter raised his eyebrows.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Of course I want! But I hope that you can tell me in person!” William answered very calmly.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“If you go to the police station, tell the authority that you have bribed the high officials, then I will tell you
where your child is!” Peter said.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Do you actually have any evidence?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“There is too much evidence!” Peter smiled coldly, “Any of the pieces of evidence I have is enough for
you to go to jail for at least 10 years.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter, you are not my opponent, do you know what you are now?” William chuckled.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Just wait and see!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You really are such a fool!” William shook his head helplessly. “If it wasn’t for our relationship as close
friends for many years, I wouldn’t have spared you! What if that villa is in my name? I’m ok with them
living there, and so what if the bank account has more money? Then how wouldn’t the mayor’s sister in
law be allowed to make money?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“William, you don’t need to lecture me, you are an enemy of mine, and I harbour a deep and
irreconcilable hatred for the Rowland Family! This is what the Rowland Family owes my mother!” Peter
was infuriated.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“All the evidence that you possess have their sources, if I bribed in some businesses, how can I let
outsiders grasp this evidence? The so-called 100 million yuan deficit cannot be traced anywhere. Let
me tell you, I just left it deliberately, and as for the sum of money that has not been found in the many
tax investigations, it has already been returned to The Rowland Group’s account’s, the invoices are all
there!” William displayed a faint smile.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter was stunned, as if he had been rattled.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“And one more thing I need to tell you, mine and Liam’s son have both already been found! Are you
surprised by this?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Impossible!” Peter was shocked.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Dan is my son, I really thought that you were a smart person, but I never expected that you are such a
fool!” William really was even a little disappointed. “My father has gone to see your mother; so I think
we will be finding out the truth very soon. I’m now starting to feel unconvinced that you are still even my
close friend since you really are too dumb! Although what you did with Dan was very clever, everything
else you did was rather average.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Well you will still be going to jail!” Peter wasn’t listening to anything that William was saying, he was
still surprised that William knew those things about the child.
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&#lt;p&#gt;William words were very contemptuous, “If you give up and stop what you’re doing then I will act as if
nothing has happened. But if you refuse, then you can go to the police and report me, but I advise you,
all of your efforts in the end will only make yourself look like even more of a fool, and make yourself be
the middleman who has helped to promote the good image of The Rowland Group! Also, regarding the
case of the corpse that was stolen 6 years ago, no one has been found yet! The doctor at the G City
clinic Kaitlyn, who was the one who helped Sarah give birth, do you want her to come forward and be a
witness?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You...” Peter was stunned to the spot. “So it turns out you had been preparing for this for a very long
time now?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“It is always best to plan ahead in case for the worse, however I never wanted to have to do this! Just
give up,Peter!” William stood up. “As for how to do, it’s up to you, but I will be going home now to
accompany my wife and children! Thank you for returning my son back to Sherry!”&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter looked utterly defeated with his head down, “It wasn’t me who did that!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;John had returned with a middle aged woman of about 50 years old. He took her directly to the
company president’s office.
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&#lt;p&#gt;However inside the company president’s office.
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&#lt;p&#gt;William and Peter were still there.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Alice came and knocked on the door to report, “President, the chairman of the board of directors is
here!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Alright!” William put down the phone.
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&#lt;p&#gt;The door was opened.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter turned his head and looked at John and his mother Ava who had walked in, he was shocked,
“Mother, why have you come back?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter, didn’t you promise your mother? You promise that you wouldn’t do anything to harm the
Rowland Family anymore.” Ava couldn’t help stop the tears from falling when she saw her son, “How
could you break your promise?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Mother, why? I can’t understand why? Why do you still speak for him even though he abandoned
you?” Peter pointed at John and filled with grief.
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&#lt;p&#gt;John turned his gaze to William, who was feeling a little convoluted, but then turned back to Peter.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No! He didn’t abandon me, he didn’t!” Ava shook her head. “Son, you are wrong, you truly are gravely
mistaken! It is not like what you are imagining at all!”&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Then what happened?” Peter didn’t understand why his mother had always defended John. “Why do
you always protect him? Have you forgotten all the hardships you faced during your life?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Ava, don’t say anything. Peter, it’s true I owe you. In my heart you are a son to me, I just didn’t expect
it was you!” John walked over to him.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter said coldly, “Don’t pretend to be so kind.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;John was taken aback.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No! Peter, he is not your father, he really is not!” Ava shook her head, “John, thank you for still saying
that he is your child until now, but I cannot allow him to hurt you anymore!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;William and Peter were both surprised, but William was even more confused, why was Ava saying he
wasn’t but his father was saying he was?
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Mother, you don’t need to defend him, I don’t believe it!” Peter shook his head.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Regardless if you believe it or not, he is not your father. I’m sorry, it’s my fault, and to be honest not
even I know who your father is!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Ava, don’t say anymore!” John wanted to stop her.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No, John, I really do want to thank you and Nicole. Thank you for your kindness but my child has hurt
your child and I really am sorry to you all! Today I have returned home to explain everything! Otherwise
for the rest of my life I will be left with a guilty conscience.” Ava wiped her tears away with her
handkerchief and began to explain Peter’s life story.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter, I really did love John before, however he didn’t love me. He was the most infatuated and
dedicated man in the world, and has only ever loved one woman before, and that is Nicole. Nicole and I
were classmates; I have made mistakes before, even done as extreme things before as you have&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;done. I used every possible means to try and make John mine, however in the end he only loved
Nicole. So even though I tried my best to seduce him, I never succeeded.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Mother, this can’t be true!” How was Peter able to believe this? “You said before that he was my
father!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Ava shook her head, “No, this was due to John and Nicole’s kindness, in the past they promised me
that if I was unable to locate your father then they would be willing to put your household registration
under their home, and allow you to become a member of the Rowland Family. However how could I let
that happen? You are not John’s child!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Then who is my father?” Peter was completely shocked.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Ava, stop speaking!” John tried again to get her to stop.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No, I must tell him, I cannot allow him to keep on believing a lie! Peter, I really do not know who your
father is. One night thirty one years ago, I was raped by three men, then I was pregnant, and I have
you. Therefore I really was not able to tell you the truth for that is the most painful and hard experience
I have ever faced. Eight years ago you asked me who your father was and I had no other choice but to
tell you that John was your father, however I never expected that you would begin to hate them!” Ava
began to feel ashamed as she thought about it.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“How can this be?” Peter had never dreamed that he would just be a product of gang violence, and that
not even his mother knew who his real father was!
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&#lt;p&#gt;He had been scheming all these years, but in the end he found out that all this time he had believed a
lie. He staggered and fell into his chair, losing all strength.
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&#lt;p&#gt;William was also shocked to hear this information.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;John sighed, “Peter, your mother is a very strong person. She never came to see me all this time so
therefore I never knew that you were her child.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter, I’m sorry. I don’t know whose child you are!” Tears fell from Ava’s eyes again.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter was silent, now that he had found out the truth, what on earth had he done?
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Didn’t you promise me that you wouldn’t do stupid things to harm others? But you still did, John, I
thought that he would have told William five years ago! That it was he that took the child away!” As Ava
said this she walked over to William and looked at him gently and asked, “Are you Will?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Yes!” William nodded his head.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I really am very sorry to you and to your mother. If I had told Sherry in person that that child was her
child then everything would have been ok!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You were the one that put the child by the river?” William asked in surprise.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Yes, the child that Peter brought back one day was just five days old, and he said he picked it up and
wanted me to help look after it for a period of time. I took care of the child for a short time, but I soon
realized that this wasn’t right. When I asked him about the child he told me that this was the child of
you and a surrogate mother. Peter said that he wanted to get revenge, and therefore swapped the
child, so at the time I was scared and didn’t dare to go find the Rowland Family. I also was told that if I
kept the child then you could marry another woman who was unable to conceive a child! He also said
that since that girl knew that the child was born from you and another person, therefore she would treat
the child poorly and thus I was worried that I would be causing the child great harm if I returned it.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I am also a mother, and therefore I know how it feels for a mother and a child to be separated. I found
the child’s birth certificate in Peter’s bag with Sherry’s name written on it. I paid someone to find Sherry
for me and that person gave me a photograph so I hurriedly wrote a letter and took the child to the&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;riverside. I didn’t dare to come forward for I was afraid that Peter would be implicated and suffer some
consequences. So I could only hide nearby and secretly observe. I never expected that day Sherry was
going to jump into the river, she had walked into the river while the child was crying. And perhaps it was
the connection between a mother and child that made Sherry come back and pick up the child, and in
the end once she had the child in her arms she was unable to let go, both crying and smiling. I watched
from the sidelines feeling very reassured… and thought that she would understand the situation once
she read the letter and then realize that this child really was hers.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“But Sherry doesn’t know!” William felt very upset that Sherry had tried to commit suicide before, and
he felt he really was bad.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Yes, when I got home I found that the letter had fallen out and was left in my home, I picked it up and
wanted to find her again but Peter said that he would give it to Sherry.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I never gave it to her!” Peter said painfully, “Mother, why didn’t you tell me all this earlier?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“So, everything is my fault, John, I’m sorry for letting you and Nicole down!” Ava walked towards John
with guilt, “I really have so much that is my fault, I was the one that taught and raised Peter and in the
end I didn’t teach him well, so it’s all my fault! We are both sorry to you all and have really caused you
so much pain, and to be honest I really don’t know how to make it up to you.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“It’s all in the past now! The child has been brought back! So don’t blame yourself!” John shook his
head, “Will, arrange a hotel for Ava, she came back with me in a hurry and hasn’t had so much time for
rest!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Ok!” William immediately called the secretary to set it up.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Once William finished the call he looked at Peter again, he was slumped down without saying a word
for a long time.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter, the past is the past! What happened has happened and no one will mention it again, you are
still my close friend!” William was being very forgiving.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Peter stood up, glanced at William with a complicated expression and then hurriedly said “I’m sorry”
before he pulled Ava up and left.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Peter…” William called him in a low voice.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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