Chapter 552:

Jayden, bewildered, asked, "What on earth happened?"

Elyse, with a patient demeanor, recounted the day's events. Once the fog of confusion lifted from Jayden's mind, she anxiously said, "So, you're telling me the place where you hid the evidence of Lanny's murder is now nothing but a heap of rubble?"

Morgan, tears cascading down her cheeks, nodded. "Lanny has been on my trail for years, desperate to find the evidence I possess. Back then, when your parents were injured in that car accident, I was juggling the company's stability and their care."

She paused, gathering her thoughts. "I feared I might not be able to look after them adequately, so I installed tiny cameras in each of your parents' hospital rooms to monitor their condition around the clock."

Elyse, utterly flabbergasted, exclaimed, "So you have footage of Lanny committing the murder?"

Morgan nodded. "Yes, I do. I inadvertently witnessed him killing your father. Since then, he's been relentlessly trying to kill me. To elude him, I hid the evidence in one of your parents' urns."

Her emotions overwhelmed her. "I placed the urns in their old home, but Lanny and his wife occupied that house. I have no idea where they moved the urns. When I went there this afternoon, the villa was reduced to a pile of debris!"

Elyse and Jayden exchanged a glance, their faces lighting up with realization. "Those urns are at my place!"

Morgan, still struggling to understand, asked, "What did you say?"

Elyse seized Morgan's hand, her voice trembling with excitement. "It's true, the urns are at my house!"

Jayden glanced at the clock. "Then let's go home and get them now. But we need to check if the surveillance evidence is still functional after all these years. I'll need to find someone who can examine it."

Elyse nodded. "You're right. Even if we know where the footage is, we can't be sure it still works."

A wave of relief washed over Morgan, learning the urns were with Elyse. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Thank goodness, the evidence hasn't vanished," she said.

Without delay, the trio sped back to Jayden's villa, heading straight to the room where the urns were kept. Jayden opened the door, and they entered together.

Seeing the urns on the table, Morgan's eyes filled with tears again. She reached out to touch their now-rough surface. She remembered how smooth and costly they had seemed twenty years earlier.

Taking a deep breath, Morgan opened a lid, fumbled around, and pulled out a USB drive, which she handed to Jayden.

Jayden took it, his expression solemn. "I'll handle this," he said earnestly.

Morgan nodded and reached into the urn again, searching more thoroughly this time. She pulled out her hand, covered in ash. Brushing it off, she handed something to Elyse. "Here's a photo of your parents. It was taken when your mother was newly pregnant, and you were just a couple of months old."

Elyse accepted it with awe. She had never seen pictures of her parents before. When she'd asked Lanny for them, he'd always refused. Later, Jayden, unable to tolerate Lanny's evasiveness, had their home searched, only to find nothing. He theorized they had destroyed all the photos to prevent Elyse from learning anything about her parents.

Elyse's eyes filled with tears as she gazed at the photo: a handsome man beside a gentle woman in a photo studio, both radiating happiness and smiling at the camera. Jazmine's hands rested on her stomach, and Rickey had a protective hand on her shoulder.

Tears streamed down Elyse's face. After a long moment, she whispered, "This is incredible. I finally see my parents. I am so happy."

Jayden longed to comfort her but was at a loss for words, so he simply stayed by her side, gently patting her back.

Morgan sighed deeply. "If your parents were still alive, you would have undoubtedly had a joyful life. They were such good people. It's a tragedy that Lanny took their lives."

Jayden gently placed a reassuring hand on Elyse's shoulder. "Trust me, I will seek justice for your parents."

Morgan nodded. "We won't let those monsters get away. They will pay the price they deserve!"