The Man In The Photo
As soon as Arielle heard his voice, she could not contain her excitement and exclaimed, “Mr. Lambert!
Are you on campus right now?”
“Yes. I’ll be waiting for you in my office.”
“All right. I’ll head there right now.” After hanging up, Arielle spun on her heels and informed Vinson
ecstatically, “Let’s go meet the president. Ms. Selena said he might know the identity of the man in the
photo.”
Vinson was happy for her. “I haven’t met Mr. Lambert in a long while. Let’s visit him together then,” he
said as he took her hand.
Arielle bobbed her head as uneasiness arose in her heart.
Her sixth sense told her she was near to finding out the truth. However, she could not stop the panic
from flaring within her.
Sensing the changes in her emotions, Vinson squeezed her hand. “Don’t worry. I’m here with you.”
“Mmh,” Arielle responded firmly.
Vinson’s with me, so I don’t have to be afraid.
Indeed, there was no need for her to fear anything.
Soon, they knocked on the president’s door.
Selena opened the door for them and was pleased and gratified to see them walking hand in hand.
I’m happy to see my two favorite students together.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, she said, “The admission list has just been released, so I have
many matters to attend to. You two can head in and talk to Mr. Lambert. He’s waiting for you. Well, I
shall take my leave now.”
“Sure. Goodbye!”
The couple watched as Selena walked away before entering the president’s office.
The president of Maxwell University, Rasmus Lambert, was in his fifties. He sported white hair and a
bushy beard. With his features, he looked like Santa Claus, wise and benevolent.
“Oh, I can’t believe my eyes.” Rasmus clicked his tongue. “Fate has brought you two together.”
Arielle was embarrassed to hear that. Nonetheless, she remembered the main purpose of her trip there
and showed the old photo to Rasmus, not bothering to beat around the bush.
“Mr. Lambert, do you know him?” she asked.
Rasmus took the photo from her and put on his thick glasses to study the man in it.
The next second, his eyes widened.
“He…”
Arielle’s heart raced as she hastened to question, “Do you know him?”
“Yes.” Rasmus nodded. “It’s one of my regrets. He graduated from our university and worked here as a
professor for a while. However, after heading to Chanaea, he never returned. It was as though he had
disappeared into thin air. I even made a police report as I was afraid something had happened to him.
Later, I realized he had left deliberately.”
He paused before asking, “Why do you have his photo?”
Biting her lip, Arielle pointed at the woman beside the man and explained, “The woman beside him is
my mother. You know Mrs. Wilhelm is my foster mother, right? This is my birth mother.”
Rasmus was dumbstruck. Staring at the intimate couple in the photo, he asked in surprise, “How…
How is he related to your mother?”
Arielle shrugged. “That is what I want to find out. Ten years ago, my mom died in an accident. I suspect
it was related to him. However, the photo suggested they weren’t enemies. Mr. Lambert, this has
bothered me a lot. I need to find him and figure out the truth behind my mom’s death. I want to find out
the culprit.”
And then I’ll avenge her!
“He…” Rasmus sighed. “Well, he is a mysterious man. I only have a rough understanding of his true
identity after his disappearance.”
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