Chapter 1289

"You... you need to get up."

Evan stayed on the floor, shaking his head. "Uncle, Bernard told me about everything that happened between the two of you the bad blood, the tough choices. I don't agree with what Bernard did, just like you. But I get where he's coming from."

He took a breath, voice steady. "My mom always says life is like a giant test sheet, full of tricky multiple-choice questions. You only get to pick one answer every time. It's never perfect, but that's life."

"Bernard didn't go after revenge for your wife. He chose to save you instead. I don't think that makes him wrong."

He glanced up, earnest. "But I understand you too. If anyone ever hurt my mom, I'd do anything—I'd rather die than let it go. I'd want revenge too. I wouldn't want to live with that pain."

"So you're not wrong, and Bernard's not wrong either. The ones really at fault are the people who started all this in the first place."

He remembered what his big brother, Elliot, had told him last night. "Elliot says this world is full of impossible choices. You can't win them all. You have to look at things from different angles, not just get stuck on one thing."

down, you're angry at yourself too. You blame Bernard for not avenging your wife, but you're also mad at yourself for not doing it for your own mom. You've got to let Bernard go. And

echoed in his mind. Elliot always gave the best advice, and Evan believed

eyes red,

"There's something else you should know. Bernard didn't go after revenge, not just

uncle's eyes flew wide open

protect you. But after you could take care of yourself, he

good, but he's not some kind of superhero. He can't

at sixty years old, his

again. "Bernard told me himself. He's still investigating. He just didn't want to tell you because he was afraid it would break

straight in the eye, voice steady. "The real revenge hasn't happened yet. You can't fall

"And I'll be

trembling, lips quivering. Evan's eyes were full of

is a family thing. My dad, my

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