Beyond the Divorce

He looked at me, clearly unsettled.

"Do you know why I said that?" I asked Millard.

He seemed taken aback by my sudden question but quickly asked, "Why?"

"Because before I came here, Anson told me that if I encountered any trouble, I should find someone specific," I said, pausing intentionally and looking at him.

He immediately became eager, putting his leg down from the stool and asking, "Who?"

"Someone called Millard Huffman," I said firmly.

I didn't know how I dared say that, but I did. My logic seemed clear, and I came up with it on the spot.

find where this person is. Oh, right. He wanted me to check

a second chance, even if he knew

for him. I

Millard that I was telling him the truth. That was the most important

soft an old man can be toward his child," I said calmly, then asked him, "How long have you been away from the Huffman family?"

why he asked me to handle

he said,

situation. "Because to him, this matter is the most humiliating thing in his

wrong. How could he ask his subordinates to investigate this matter? This is why he hasn't taken in any more adopted sons since then." I was impressed by my own eloquence. From Millard's expression, I could tell that he believed

whatever little pride he had left. "But when I told him I was coming here, he hesitated for a long time. Only after I kept pressing him did he mention this matter and your name. He asked me to find out if you're

Millard's hands

I completely understand his thoughts. He now lives in memories of the past and still cares about you. That's another side of Anson that no