Chapter 1121

Cornelia had once toyed with such a notion, but she’d shot it down before it even look full shape. When Alfredo dropped that bombshell, Cornelia’s mind went blank, speechless.

Alfredo kept going. “Your grandpa Walter died young, and you’ve never seen his face. You guys don’t even have a single photo of him at home, right?”

Cornelia didn’t respond. Alfredo was spot on. She’d never seen her grandpa, and there were no photos of him at home. All she knew about him were stories from her grandma.

Cornelia vaguely remembered that every time her grandma brought up her grandpa, her mood would turn sour. Hence, she gradually stopped broaching the topic.

Cornelia always thought her grandma felt grieved when talking about grandpa because he died young due to illness. So when she grew up, she hardly ever mentioned grandpa in front of grandma, and grandma rarely initiated any conversations about him either. Could there be some skeleton in the

closet?

look into it. Your dad Hawthorne and

where did her dad

blurted out, “No way! Absolutely no

think you’ve figured it

pieces seemed to fit if she thought about

didn’t give Cornelia time to ponder. He pulled out a report from behind, “This is a test report I had

thing after another coming

know. I don’t want

Cornelia asked, “Why?”

for decades. Now he’s finally found something else to hold onto, finally able to face the loss of his family. I don’t want him to know

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