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.

waved her off, letting her know he didn’t need help. However, no matter

saw this, she had no choice but to have someone come up and help Leo

mountain.

they went away. Then, he looked at Elyse with a worried look on his face. “Is this strategy reliable? What if he finds

Find out about what?” Elyse’s eyes were clear, and her gaze was calm and confident. “Everything is real, so

at the tomb. The smile on

the car, the pain in Leo’s

forehead was beaded with sweat and looked weak, he still stubbornly stayed

can I get for you, Mr. Alston?”

his head, took out his phone, and dialed a number. “Help me investigate something,” he said

definitely attached great importance to this matter, judging by how he

a few times before she practically blurted, “Mr. Alston, what will you do

that question, only then did she realize she had crossed the line. Therefore, she hurriedly lowered

Leo seemed to not hear anything she said

far in the distance. At this moment,

standing inside Leo’s office by the time

He’s the detective

unreliable.

of them, so she left immediately after she served them

necktie and nodded to Victor, motioning him to take a

the investigation?” he

spread out some documents in front

true.”

these then?” he asked again as

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

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

silence after he heard what Victor said. I won’t doubt Victor’s competency, let alone his sentiment. After all, I wouldn’t have hired him immediately if I had no absolute certainty about

and everything else. Then, he compared

shows that Ellen indeed wrote the diary and farewell letter and that the Claytons didn’t falsify

for a long time before he hummed in a

Leo would do, he could do nothing but wait

“Thank you,” Leo said.

that it was time for him to take his leave upon hearing those