CHAPTER 81

Anita’s eyes widened at her father’s revelation. “So, they basically deceived you into forging famous artworks for them?” she repeated in a hushed whisper.

Vincent nodded, a look of defeat crossing his face. “They did, but that’s not all.” he continued. “One of the buyers of the recently forged paintings happened to be a famous art collector in Wibston named Jonathan Reid. When Jonathan bought the painting, he took it to Nigel Hunter, the renowned herbalist and expert antique/art appraiser to verify its authenticity—something he always did in order to avoid being scammed. Nigel detected the irregularities with the paintings and told Jonathan that it was a fake. Jonathan then confronted the Oasis’s owner who claimed to have nothing to do with it and accused me of the crimes. It seems he had planned to frame me all along, and even forged my signature on the documents which approved the sale of the fake paintings. That’s why I got arrested. We have to find evidence that I was framed befo