Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 127

Carl pulled the car to a stop at the foot of the hill.

Stewart took Irwin's hand, and together they began their hike up the slope.

At the entrance to the cemetery, two rows of tall, lush trees-both evergreens and flowering shrubs-lined the path, their branches intertwining overhead. The shadows they cast seemed almost like silent sentinels standing guard.

In the center of a broad, solemn plaza stood a towering stone memorial, reaching up toward the sky.

Stewart paused with Irwin in front of the monument and laid a wreath at its base.

The air was thick with silence.

It was Irwin's first time here, and he looked around with wide-eyed curiosity.

Stewart held his small hand tightly as they made their way up toward the graves clustered on the hillside.

Countless unnamed heroes of the modern age lay at rest here.

"Dad, who are we visiting?" Irwin asked.

"We're here to see a great hero." Stewart glanced down at him, his eyes

shadowed by a heaviness Irwin didn't quite understand.

"Like Iron Man?" Irwin pressed, hope flickering in his voice.

quietly, his tone solemn. "But every hero here was

big eyes darted around, absorbing

at a simple, black

away the dust with his hand and stared at the stone, his dark eyes locked

between them was heavy with

had a

gently ruffling his son's hair. His voice was low, steady. "Kneel down and pay your

"Okay!"

his hands to

he finished, he looked up at Stewart, his

feet, his large hand enveloping

this hero have

"He does."

craned his neck to look up at

But Stewart didn't answer.

sense that his dad didn't want to talk about the

down the hill was

curiosity was boundless he asked question after question all the way down—but this time he was

the Lantern Festival! Should we go

at him.

Rosita said I was too mean to Mom before. She

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