Chapter 513

The next morning, Charlene and Helena set out for the cemetery.

On the gravestone, in the faded photograph, Old Mr. Ross's hair was entirely white.

The Ross family had always looked young for their age.

When Sybil divorced all those years ago, Old Mr. Ross had been just over fifty, with barely a streak of gray in his hair.

Charlene remembered it clearly: less than a year after Sybil's accident, his hair had turned completely white.

He'd died of illness.

It was only last year that Charlene learned his sickness was, in part, the result of years of heartache he'd never managed to let go.

If he hadn't fallen ill, he might still be alive today.

Helena was the first to tear up, thinking of how, even in his final days, Mr. Ross never stopped worrying about his beloved Sybil; how, after all these years, Sybil still hadn't managed to move on and start a new life, just as he'd hoped. Supported by Vernon, Helena knelt beside the grave and gently traced the photograph with trembling fingers. "Oh, my dear..."

She wanted to say that their precious daughter still hadn't healed, that she hadn't lived up to his hopes, that she was sorry. But when the words reached her lips, nothing came out. She just stroked the picture and let her silent tears fall.

She let go of Jasmine's hand and

the heavy sadness in the air, Jasmine looked up at

shook her head

than an hour before they finally


family still had a few close

she and Helena would go

year, when they arrived at the Youngs', Dowager Young-who was about the same

paused when she spotted Jasmine. "Is this

daughter? Minnie, right? Met

been

and she's grown

and nudged

Young hesitated, then couldn't help but ask, "Did her

Helena had told everyone that Thorne was abroad for

people naturally wondered

visit Charlene's grandfather's grave. That was two or three years ago, when their relationship had just started to warm up

was still little then, and Charlene herself hadn't yet realized she and Thorne would soon be divorcing. So, she simply replied,

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