A Consequence of Fate

Abandoned by his mother within the first few weeks of his life, William grows into an independent young boy. At first he needs no one else in his life but his grandfather. That changes when the school headmistress chooses him to mentor a younger girl called India who has recently lost her parents. They form a strong bond throughout her school life but drift apart when William goes to University. He is drawn back into her life when she chooses the wrong sort of boyfriend and she disappears. People he knows and cares about seem to become attracted to the threshold of danger and the possibility of death appears almost around every corner. Finishing university he is offered a position which later becomes vital in the search for the young girl he mentored at school.
William proposes a business venture that would also involve a fellow university student and would eventually lead to a foreign government buying a concept that the newly formed company produces.
The tragic death of his half brother opens up some theories about the way his mother died, which he knew nothing about. Were these theories, which were being examined by his half brother, the reason why he had to die? Within the newly formed company, one of the three partners was one of the few men in the world that could unravel the enigma that William’s brother’s theory had exposed, but the unravelling would bring with it some sensitive and shattering revelations to William?
The gate house, where India lives with her grandfather was once the gate house to Cabus Hall Estate. When the remainder of Cabus Hall Estate goes up for sale, it is purchased, by a wealthy man from abroad. India is drawn in to help with its refurbishment. She then finds herself engulfed in almost daily correspondence via email with the new owner. He enlists her help in all aspects of the refurbishment and other possible ventures to do with the hall, but is his interest in her purely business and why has she never met him?
The now refurbished Hall becomes the venue for a charity event. This charity event promises to be a revelation as the mysterious owner of the Hall has almost promised to be there and William looks like he may be sidelined as India gets excited at the prospect of meeting the elusive stranger.