A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 177

Elyse walked over and took his hand. “Dad, don’t be sad.”,

“How can I not be sad?” The man lost control of his emotions and burst into tears. “Ellen was so ill, yet I knew nothing about it. I’m such an incompetent Dad. She was probably afraid of burdening me further. That was why she hid her illness, pretended to be rebellious, and ran away from home. Back then, I always heard from your grandmother that she was a rebellious child. I believed her, and I even continuously criticized and scolded Ellen. It’s true that Ellen ran away from home, but judging by her health condition… She’s absolutely..

The middle-aged man cried so hard that he couldn’t get the words out. Elyse, too, wiped away her

tears.

Meanwhile, Leo remained standing quietly with a solemn and gloomy expression.

The reason why he spared Elyse was because of her sister, Ellen Clayton.

After his sobbing fest, only then did the middle-aged man come over and hand a small box covered in dirt to Leo. “There are Elie’s diary, medical records, and farewell letter inside this box, which she buried in the backyard. Her uncle discovered it when he wanted to build a pigsty over there a few days ago….. Why don’t you have a look, Mr. Alston?”

Leo took it silently, lowered his head, and opened it.

Inside, there were a few small items lying neatly.

When Elyse saw these items, she choked with tears to the point that she lost her balance and fell into the arms of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man caressed her back lovingly. “Elie is really a kind young lady. She still worried about El until the day she passed away. Her only hope was that El could live happily. She even said something like asking El to live on her behalf… T-These words… They anguished me like sharp blades.”

And then, he let go of Elyse and walked up to Leo. “Thank you, Mr. Alston. It was a good thing that you were with her for a period of time and gave her happiness before she left this world.”

Leo felt a lump in his throat and couldn’t answer a word as he held the yellowed diary in his hand.

Every word and sentence in the diary were a memory of his past meetings with Big Eyes. He flipped through the diary in silence when suddenly, a page shakily fell to the ground.

Leo looked down and picked it up.

His pupils constricted when he saw the content on the page, and his heart pounded even harder.

At once, a sense of unbearable pain engulfed him.

“Are you okay, Mr. Alston?” Laura, who climbed up from the mountain’s base, hurried over to help him after seeing him in such a state.

her know he didn’t need help. However, no

this, she had no choice but to

mountain.

father, Michael Clayton, watched as they went away. Then, he looked at Elyse with a worried look on his

Elyse’s eyes were clear, and her gaze was calm and

tomb. The smile

pain in

and looked weak, he still stubbornly stayed

can I get for you, Mr.

a number. “Help me investigate something,” he said to the person on

the phone. Normally, it’s me who does the errands. Mr. Alston definitely attached great

thought of that, her eyes flickered a few times before she practically blurted, “Mr. Alston, what will you do

crossed the line. Therefore,

Leo seemed to not hear anything she said and kept looking in a

lips tightly as he gazed far in the distance. At this moment, no

standing inside

He’s the detective hired by Mr.

unreliable.

to disturb the two of them, so she left immediately after she

necktie and nodded to Victor, motioning him to

investigation?” he

documents in front of him. “Everything the Claytons said

true.”

these then?” he asked again as he handed over the box

box. Then, he checked everything meticulously. He even took out a

he closed the box and nodded. “These are real as well. The years

Victor’s competency, let alone his sentiment. After all, I wouldn’t have hired him immediately if I had no absolute certainty about his competency. In that case,

his trip down memory lane, Victor had collected Ellen’s notes and everything else. Then, he

Ellen indeed wrote the diary and farewell letter and that the

looked down for a long time before he hummed in a low

do, he could do nothing but

“Thank you,” Leo said.

for him to take his leave upon hearing