The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 570

Actually, Serena’s staying with the Collins family seemed to have no real bearing on the whole plan. It was totally irrelevant.

The fact that Serena was taken by mistake was actually a misunderstanding.

And Martha just went with the flow!

Was it not as complicated as they had initially thought?

[If we want to get to the bottom of this, we need to start our investigation from scratch.]

One thing was for sure, Martha was the woman in the same ward as Louisa at the hospital back then. She didn't die in the fire; instead, she managed to keep her head down and survive.

"So, who's Serena's biological father?" asked Arabella calmly.

[We're looking into it. I checked Martha's contact records with outsiders over the years and everything seems kosher. There's no man of her age who she's been in frequent contact with.]

Arabella remembered what Kenneth and Louisa had said earlier. They had people investigate it, and they found out that Serena's biological father had disappeared in the fire, and her biological mother was dead.

"Over the years, has Martha visited the graveyard, or secretly asked someone to visit it?" Arabella continued to enquire.

[No, she's been working as a nanny at your house and rarely goes out. Is it possible that Serena's biological father changed his name, thinking that his wife and daughter died in the fire, and remarried?]

Finding him would be a tall order if he had indeed changed his name and moved to a far-off city.

"Not sure."

Without evidence, Arabella couldn't jump to conclusions. She just said, "If Serena's biological father knew that his wife and daughter didn't die, and his daughter was living a good life, and his wife came to share this benefit, wouldn't he, as a father, want to share this benefit as well? Given Martha's character, she should have told him about this benefit. Investigate all the male employees the Collins family hired eighteen years ago."

[You mean, Serena's biological father might also be in your house? Could he be a driver, or a bodyguard?] her subordinate asked in surprise.