Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Overnight guests left early by boat or plane.Now only the family members remained, gathered in the library at Pine Ridge House.Kate looked at the people in the room, one by one, very clearly.Tony, smiling, kind and friendly and deadpan, is the son he once tried to kill himself, and he was his son full of sustenance and hope.Eve, the murderer, she could have owned the whole world, if she didn't have the seeds of evil on her body.What an irony, Kate thought, that her punishment came from her docile and utterly unremarkable husband.And Alexandra, beautiful, kind, loving -- the one who disappoints her the most, who puts her own happiness above the company's cause.Not only did she have no interest in Kruger-Brent, but she chose a husband who refused to do anything for the company.Traitors, all traitors.Has all the pain of the past been in vain?No, Kate thought, I can't let it end like this.All that is not meaningless.I have built a kingdom that I can be proud of.A hospital in Cape Town has been named after me.I built schools, libraries, and helped the people of Banda.Her head ached.The house slowly filled with ghosts.Jamie McGregor and Margaret - looking so beautiful - and Banda were looking at her and smiling.And dear, great David with open arms.Kate shook her head trying to wake up.She's not ready yet.Soon, she thought, soon.

※※※ There was also a member of the Blackwell family in the room.She turned to her handsome young great-grandson and said, "Come here, honey." Robert walked up to her and shook her hand. "It was a wonderful birthday party, great-grandmother." "Thank you, Robert. I'm so glad you liked it. How have you been at school?" "All A's, just like you made me do. I'm head of the class." Kate looked at Peter and said, "When Robert comes of age, you should send him to Wharton, that's the best—" Peter smiled. "For God's sake, Kate, my dear, don't you want to stop? Robert is going to do what he wants to do. He has a great musical talent, so he wants to be a classical musician." He wants to choose his own life."

"You're right," Kate sighed, "I'm an old woman and I have no right to interfere. If he wants to be a musician, that's what he should be." She turned to Robert, her eyes filled with excitement. with love. "Look, Robert, I can't promise you anything, but I'll try to help you. I know a guy who's a good friend of Zubin Mehta's." (End of the book)