Chapter 275 - Finding Out The Truth

Edith did not know how she should feel the first time she laid her eyes on the documents she found in her grandfather's knapsack. For a moment, there was a loud buzz in her head and time had stopped for her.

She was unable to process and react against the information she read.

Various thoughts came to her mind all at once and she was unable to think straight.

She sat down alone and finally snapped out of her thoughts.

The first thing that she needed to do was to verify whether the information was the truth. However, Edith also knew that she could not stay and clarify those matters with her grandfather.

Her grandfather can be slick at times, and Edith was sure that the old man would find a way to divert her attention away. Her grandfather would definitely find a way to avoid answering her question, and in the end, she will never hear a clear answer from him.

He had lied once and will lie to her again.

It was at this time that Edith decided to take the night bus and head over to Z Town. She was planning to find her grandfather's best friend, and partner, George Bei, and get the answer from him.

During the trip to Z Town, Edith was unable to stop rereading the documents in her hand for a long time.

As soon as she arrived in town, Edith went straight to George Bei's place. Her hand hovered to push the bell. She had come to get her answer, but now that she had appeared in front of Grandpa George's place, Edith grew afraid and she did not have the courage to find out the truth.

Her heart was in turmoil and she could not make up her mind whether she wanted to meet Grandpa George or to leave just like that and pretended that she had known nothing.

In the end, Edith stayed outside the door, hesitating until the sun peeked at the eastern sky.

George Bei was on his way to go out water his plants when he saw Edith outside his door. Seeing that the girl was cold, he immediately brought her inside. He was about to call Mike and asked about the situation when Edith had stopped him.

The older man did not expect that the first time Edith opened her mouth, it was to ask him what had happened to her mother.

For a moment, George did not know how to respond. 

It was then that Edith had suddenly walked over to a room that he had forgotten to close properly. He was not expecting a guest and was a little careless.

George ran over to stop her, but the girl moved swiftly to avoid him and finally entered the room.

Back then, he was among those who had taught Edith to fight, and now, the girl had used his move against him.

When George saw the girl stood in front of the big board in front of her, George knew that everything was over and he could no longer keep anything a secret from Edith.

Against Edith's interrogation, George decided to tell the girl everything, including their 'fishing trip'.

He was always against Mike's decision to keep the truth from Edith. He always reminded his friend that keeping the truth would only get him into trouble. Now that Edith had come to find out the truth herself, George decided not to hide anything.

Rachel is her mother and Edith had grown up to know the truth.

Edith stood in the room alone as her eyes scanned the board in front of her. It was at this time that she had seen how long her grandfather has been working to investigate her mother's death.

From Grandpa George's words, she knew that it was until recently that they figured out that the General Attorney was involved in her mother's death. 

Edith left the house once her mind had calmed down a little bit. She took a taxi and stopped by the cemetery to visit her mother.

The memories of her younger self with her mother appeared to his mind. Her mother was a gentle and soft-spoken woman. Though she had to raise her alone, her mother was always very patient. She was strict but had never raised her voice at her.

To think that someone like her mother would have to die like that—violated and tortured before she died, Edith felt very sad. It was as if something stabbed at her heart and she did not know what to do with it.

Her mother had told her that she was going away for a job when someone had tricked her into meeting the General Attorney. She was kept away for a few days before she managed to escape. It was a rainy night and she was hit by a car.

As her mother's daughter, Edith was devastated.

When she thought of the General Attorney who always had a rightful reputation in front of others, Edith grew angry. Her heart was so full of hatred. Unable to suppress that feeling, all Edith could do was to cry her heart out. 

It was at this time that she understood why her grandfather had always stood alone in front of her mother's tomb and cried his heart out.

He was the one who was working on that case. To find that her daughter was one of the victims… Edith could not imagine how would that make him feel. Her grandfather would definitely be as sad as she was.

But she was younger and her grandfather had no other choice but to hid his feeling from her. Whenever he was in front of her, her grandfather would always have that gentle smile on his face.

The sun has risen high, but the person who sat in front of the tomb doesn't seem as if she was going to leave soon.

George Bei sat behind the tree as he kept his eyes on that girl. As he kept on pacing back and forth, an SUV stopped just beside him. George looked up and a look of relief appeared on his face when he saw that Neil had shown up. 

"You're here."

Neil nodded. "Where is she?"

George looked over to a side and pointed to the direction where Edith was at. 

Without wasting his time, Neil then picked up his speed and headed towards her, leaving both George and Assistant Shawn behind.

His throat tightened when he saw the way Edith was kneeling just beside her mother's tomb. Her back view gave him the impression that she was alone, lost, and pitiful. All he wanted to do was to walk over to hug her and assure her that everything will be alright.

He finally stopped right behind Edith. Neil crouched down and wrapped his hands around her shoulder, pulling her into his embrace until he was sure that he could feel her warm body against his again. He burrowed his face at the crook of her neck, inhaled her familiar scent, and felt his heart gradually calm down.

"Baby.." His voice was hoarse. "Come back with me, alright?"

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