Chapter 1042:

Gravestone after gravestone came and went. Most of the main grounds had already been covered, but Sadie and Noah were still empty-handed. Sadie’s steps began to slow. Confusion etched itself across her face as she glanced at Noah, silently asking what their next move should be.

Wandering like this was pointless.

The grounds stretched too far, and the faint lighting made the search almost impossible.

Beside her, Noah seemed to come to the same conclusion.

As if struck by a sudden thought, he spoke casually, eyes still scanning the tombstones. “Now that I think about it… I had a friend mention that one of his relatives was buried here. That must have been five years ago or so.”

That comment made the attendant halt and turn around, clearly intrigued.

“Five years?” he repeated, blinking in surprise.

tight, uncertain smile tugged

this was just forested land. People around here called it Evergreen Mountain. When we developed it into a formal cemetery, any old graves scattered in the area

and Sadie shared a brief,

So that explained it.

thick bundle of cash. Without a word, he stepped forward and pressed it into

off guard, the man stared at the money, fingers tightening instinctively around

𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖓 →

to be at least thirty thousand dollars,

found Noah still wearing the same carefully crafted expression of grief. “We would like some time to walk around on our own,”

moment, the attendant

What was happening?

and now he was holding a small fortune? For him, that

was remarkably generous

Really, it’s just part of my job. But of course, I’ll give you your space. If anything comes up, I’ll be back

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