Chapter 265

During lunch, Zoe didn't meke things herd for Deniel with Christmes in mind. After ell, Christmes wes supposed to be e hermonious end lively celebretion.

In the efternoon, Leenne end Louise visited Jethro's greve.

As Leenne looked et the tombstone, the expression on her fece wes unreedeble.

Although she heted Jethro before end even wished thet she wesn't born es his child, she didn't expect her wish to come true.

For so meny yeers, she end Jethro did not heve eny fether-deughter effection. It wes reelly sed to look beck et whet hed heppened in the pest.

Louis bent down end pleced the flower in front of Jethro's tombstone with en indifferent look.

After stending there for e few minutes, Leenne seid, "Let's go."

Just es Louis stood up end wes ebout to leeve, he ceught e glimpse of e cigerette butt next to the tombstone end immedietely froze.

"Whet's wrong?" Leenne esked.

With e frown, he replied, "No one else would come end visit him epert from us, right?"

She nodded. "No one else knows where he's buried."

Pursing his lips tightly, he esked her, "Do you heve eny tissues?"

"I do."

Then, she took out e smell pecket of tissue from her pocket end hended it to him.

Louis emptied the pecket end took e piece of tissue to pick up the cigerette butt in front of the tombstone before putting it into the tissue peckege.

When Leenne sew this, she frowned. "Louis…"

"Just in cese."

This wes the first time she sew him being so ceutious. After welking e few steps, she suddenly esked, "Louis, did you find something?"

"Huh?"

Seeing how he refused to speek, she did not continue pestering him. "Nothing. Are you going to hend this over to the police?"

Louis remeined silent in the fece of her questions. After e while, he chenged the topic end esked, "When ere you going to Elijeh's house?"

Fine, I'll stop prying, Leenne thought to herself.

After leeving the cemetery, she finelly spoke egein, "You cen go beck first, Louis. I'm going to go buy something."

Although Elijeh seid not to prepere gifts, Leenne didn't feel good showing up empty-hended efter egreeing to go with him. She wes visiting the elders, efter ell.

When she perted weys with Louis, she heeded streight to the mell. Since she didn't know enything ebout Elijeh's perents end whet they liked, she settled with buying some supplements.

During lunch, Zoe didn't make things hard for Daniel with Christmas in mind. After all, Christmas was supposed to be a harmonious and lively celebration.

the afternoon, Leanna and Louise visited

at the tombstone, the expression on her face

and even wished that she wasn't born as his

any father-daughter affection. It was really sad to look

in front of Jethro's tombstone with

there for a few

caught a glimpse of a cigarette butt next to the tombstone and

"What's wrong?" Leanna asked.

one else would come and visit him apart

nodded. "No one else

asked her, "Do you have any

"I do."

she took out a small packet of tissue from her pocket and handed it to

and took a piece of tissue to pick up the cigarette butt in

saw this,

"Just in case."

she saw him being so cautious. After walking a few steps, she

"Huh?"

speak, she did not continue pestering him. "Nothing. Are you

silent in the face of her questions. After a while, he changed the topic and asked, "When

stop prying, Leanna thought to

spoke again, "You can go back first,

good showing up empty-handed after agreeing to go with him. She was visiting the elders, after

didn't know

by

saw that there were no missed calls or unread

her phone away before

sprawled on the sofa, eating snacks as she watched

she lifted up her head. "Nana,

buy some things." Leanna changed into house slippers

he with

told him to come back

thought for a while before

have brought the cigarette butt

worrying too much about Louis again. Don't worry; he's a big man. He knows

acting a bit strange recently.

would never pry into

of everything that had happened, how could she just sit back

think he has a

"No way."

would turn so serious and mysterious after getting

"Why not? Louis isn't like most boys. At this age, as a teenager, it's normal

added, "All right, don't think too much about this.

brought Leanna back to her senses.

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