Chapter 255

"Answer my question first," Aidan said.

Leanna frowned and answered after a few seconds, "When Jethro died, I found something in the box under his bed."

"What's there?"

"Some pictures, a pocket watch, and his diary."

"What kind of pocket watch?"

"It's just a regular pocket watch," she said. "Does it make a difference?"

"Of course it does," Aidan said. "The manufacturer and the production batch are useful leads."

Hearing that, Leanna opened her mouth but no words came out.

He stared at her for a few seconds and pursed his lips. "Don't you want to look for him?"

After a while, she hung her head and said, "I just feel that it's meaningless."

"Leanna McKinney, it's not about whether it's meaningful or not, but the truth about what happened back then."

"What's the use of knowing the truth? I just want a peaceful life."

Ever since she could remember, this was her biggest wish.

In the past, the family was in chaos because of Jethro. Time to time, the debtors would appear at their door, shouting and cursing loudly from the outside, and all she could do was bolt the door shut and hold the pillow tight, not daring to make a sound.

Later, she met Aidan, and it just worsened her already messed up life.

was a stranger whom she had no memories with. Compared to pursuing the reason why her mother married Jethro more than two decades ago, she would rather live a

you to avoid this. Although the truth is sometimes more cruel than

Could this b*stard not change

don't care what the truth is, a series of events have already started to sprout because

don't know

Crossley today,

he suddenly brought up this topic,

why there's been no news ever since your brother started posting the search notices?"

wanted to do this, she didn't know what kind of information they would receive, but now that Aidan had brought it up, the whole matter

answering him, "You still haven't told me how you knew

on his knee. "Didn't I already tell you before that anything is

say to

stop messing with you. I found out about this when I was investigating Lloyd Crossley." Seeing the confused look on her face, he added, "Maybe the truth is

a way

find out

yet why Lloyd is doing this, but one thing is for sure—he knows the man in the picture, who is your father, and he has been trying to stop the spread of

on her face deepened as

and calm person, and Leanna really

you can be mentally prepared and not fall into

words made her mad. "When did I

you know the situation tonight before you agreed

go with Elijah, you would have asked me to attend the party with you

course there

laughter. "And what

face suddenly. "Leanna, do you know why Lloyd is only stopping you from looking for

"I…"

he doesn't dare to lay a finger

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