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.

a risk, but there was no turning back now. Hence, I continued, "He asked me to find where this person is. Oh, right. He wanted me to check if

my understanding of Anson, he wouldn't give Millard a second chance, even if he knew Millard was working with Navi. Millard betrayed

him. I was sure he knew exactly where Millard

reason to convince Millard that I was telling

don't understand how 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?" "12 years," Millard replied stiffly. "At the time,

you know why he asked me to handle

he said,

the situation. "Because to him, this matter is the most humiliating thing in his life. You've embarrassed him in front of the Huffman family," I

could he ask his subordinates to investigate this matter? This is why he hasn't taken in any

this to establish his authority in front of everyone and to save 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

Millard's hands clenched

been great these past two years? Trinity is just a girl. I completely understand his thoughts. He