Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105 Pillar of Shame

Jethro’s funeral was very simple. It was not so much a funeral as it was just a simple ceremony.

Only Jethro’s name was engraved on the tombstone and nothing else.

Louis held an umbrella and stood beside Leanna. “Speaking of which, he did this to himself. So, there’s no one to blame for this ending.”

Their last duty was to pick up his ashes and find a grave for his burial.

Leanna stayed silent, stared at Jethro’s grave for a while, and she said slowly, “Lou, let’s go.”

No matter how unforgivable the things Jethro had done in the past, it all ended here.

She finally felt a sense of relief.

After they left the cemetery, Leanna and Louis headed back to the old house to sort out what Jethro had left behind.

The house was in an old-fashioned residential building. Unfortunately, it wasn’t located in a good place and was not worth much money. But according to Jethro’s character, he would have tried his best to mortgage the house to pay back the money. Yet, somehow, he never thought of this house.

As he had not been back here for a long time, the house was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Louis patted the furniture upon entering the establishment before saying to Leanna, “You can wait outside. It’s too dusty here.”

She nodded agreeably. “Okay.”

Then, he found a cardboard box and packed all of Jethro’s things into it.

Leanna stood on the balcony, looking at the place where she grew up. She couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart.

It seemed that Jethro had always been acting up ever since she could remember. Although he wasn’t involved in gambling back then, he was still an alcoholic. Occasionally, there would be times when he remembered how he had two children and vowed to quit.

But most of the time, it didn’t last for more than two days before he started drinking again.

And each time he went back, the worse he got.

Just as Leanna was deep in thought, Louis brought out a locked, old-fashioned suitcase from Jethro’s room. Judging from the looks of it, it seemed like it had not been open for years.

Then, she saw him looking around for a tool to pry the lock open and asked, “Are you trying to open it?”

“I saw him open this suitcase once. There should be something important to him inside,” he answered as he continued to look around.

Leanna opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.

As a matter of fact, she, too, wanted to see what was inside.

However, she guessed that it was probably about their mother.

Her mother died in childbirth when she was giving birth to Louis. There was never a photo of her at home. So, not only did Leanna forget how her mother looked, but Louis had never seen her.

Soon, the lock on the suitcase was pried open by him.

Once the dust settled, Leanna saw the contents inside clearly.

There were a few yellowed photos, a diary, and a pocket watch.

Louis picked up the photo; it was a picture of a beautiful woman with a man, but Jethro had scratched the man’s face with something sharp. It was hard to tell who he was.

But judging from his body size and how he dressed, it was obvious that it was not Jethro.

The second photo was a picture of a family of three; a woman, a man whose face had been scratched, and a little girl sitting in the middle.

Louis flipped back and forth. The rest of the photos were the same.