Chapter 123

Moneypenny walked up to Henry. "Sir, don't you think Master Isaac looks a little upset?" Henry sighed. "What, can't you tell?" Isaac's stance was only too obvious! Moneypenny then offered a theory. "Perhaps he is refusing because he fell in love?" Henry naturally picked up on it too. "This is all on me. I never did check on Irene Spencer thoroughly before I arranged for her to marry Isaac. And now, it's going to be difficult to get him to divorce her." "You know his temper," Moneypenny pointed out. "Things will only get difficult if he really doesn't want a divorce." "Not exactly," Henry countered. "Did you forget that he has an Achilles' heel?" Moneypenny was puzzled. "Are you referring to that?" "Yes. He had always been obsessed with it—the silver crucifix of the girl who had saved him when he was ten, when he fell in the pool. He tried looking for her, and I helped too, but we never could because there were too many people visiting our house on that day." "But if we can'