ALL I LOST : THE FIRST HEIR

Chapter 39

The bitter recollection of being turned away by the man who held power and wealth was too much to bear for Sylvester. His eyes glistened with unshed tears, and his voice caught in his throat as he continued, "A few days later, those thugs came and took my sister, and I never heard from her again. It was as if she had vanished into thin air."

As Perry reminisced on the past, a vivid memory surfaced in her mind. She recalled a day from her childhood when a young man had visited their home, and she had watched from a corner as he tearfully pleaded with her father. Despite not being able to hear their conversation, Perry could sense the intensity of the exchange.

After the man left, she had approached her father and inquired about the situation, but he dismissed it as a minor issue. However, her father's words about the man's father being a thief, who had almost ruined him and her uncle, had stuck with her.

Perry hesitated before recounting her memory to Sylvester, but she eventually reve