"Yes." Carrie nodded firmly.

At this moment, Ralph, always composed and steady, stared at the portrait as he stood quietly and stiffly, his eyes turning red.

"Ralph, are you alright?" Carrie keenly sensed Ralph's unusual behavior and asked softly.

Ralph spoke, his voice hoarse. "Sorry. Where's the washroom? I need to use it."

Justin pointed in the direction, and Ralph immediately strode away.

"Bella, do you guys know this man?" Justin put his arms around her waist and asked nervously.

Bella took a deep breath, trying to calm her surging emotions. "This man looks like my fifth brother, Hugh, who died in a plane crash." Justin and Carrie's eyes widened in disbelief!

Thinking of her fifth brother, who passed away many years ago and became a wound that would never heal on the Thompson family members' hearts, Bella immediately teared up and muttered in a low voice, "During the years Hugh left us, we never dared to mention his name or grieve him, especially in front of Aunt Mila and Ralph. It's not because we have forgotten him, but precisely because we can't, so we always avoided the subject."

heart and almost overwhelming her. "Until now, I could still remember the morning of Hugh's accident. He wore his

tightened, the sadness pressing down on his chest like a huge rock, so heavy that it suffocated

to comfort her, but any words seemed pale

could not help looking back worriedly at the direction

in this portrait doesn't just look similar to Hugh.

But we've gotten official confirmation that all the crew members and passengers on Hugh's plane died in the

her shoulders gently. "Even if nobody was found, the possibility of survival in a plane crash is close to zero. Besides, if your brother survived and was saved, how could he not contact

is it just a coincidence?" Ralph returned to them, but although he tried his best to control himself, his slightly swollen eyes still betrayed his sadness. "It's just a

not impossible," Justin said after

for Hugh's whereabouts, especially Aunt Mila. She didn't see her son's body with her own eyes, so even if everyone told her

not treat the day of the incident as Hugh's death anniversary. She still celebrates his birthday, as if Hugh merely went on a long

if she saw this man. I'm afraid she'd want to find this man more than we do, even

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