My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Of course I brought it with me, but I have some questions that I want to ask you," I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out what was nagging at me. He nodded, "Feel free to ask!"

"The box that you auctioned off In Ucrebury was your grandfather's?"

He nodded.

I paused for a moment and said, "Did he always have it, or did someone else give it to him? Does Master Milton know a woman named Carol Reid?"

His face, which was originally smiling, suddenly became sullen. There was an indescribable coldness on his face. I couldn't help but rub my face and arms when I felt that the surrounding temperature drop. I looked at him and asked carefully, "What's wrong?"

down, looked at me to ask, "Your grandmother's name is

of grandma's grave back in Ucrebury,

felt as if you are

I thought he would deny it. I didn't expect him to look right at me and nod. Then, he said further, "Well, our first encounter wasn't in the cemetery, but in Jarold City. I noticed you then but you didn't." I was surprised but didn't want to go down that road. So, I shifted the topic back to my grandmother. "So,

smiled slightly. "Not only do I know

more, but he didn't seem

to ask him something about my grandmother, but he didn't seem

It seemed that I didn't know him as well as I had thought. At times, I felt that we'd been close. He was a

he seemed far away. There were too many things about

said, "I don't know much about your grandmother. I'm just curious about