Mr. Raven bowed and left. Vera then held up the scroll with both hands and walked slowly to the long desk. The memorial tablet that Vera had always carried with her was placed on the long table. The characters ‘Elijah Lavor, Father’ were inscribed on the memorial tablet.
Vera knelt down in front of the memorial tablet slowly, then carefully placed the scroll aside. She then clasped her hands together, looked at the memorial tablet, and said respectfully, “Dad, if I’m lucky, I’ll be able to meet again with my benefactor, Charlie Wade, tomorrow. When I appear in front of him, his vigilance will definitely be aroused. I don’t know if I will be able to gain his trust, but I hope that you will give me your blessings so I can gain his trust…”
As Vera spoke of this, she had a complicated expression for a moment before she reached out and touched the scroll on the ground as she said softly, “If… If Charlie can’t trust me and treats me as his enemy, I… I may be left with no choice but to tell him the truth, then…”
Vera paused for a few seconds at this point, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Vera did not bother to wipe the two lines of tears that rolled down her beautiful cheeks, and she sobbed as she said, “I’ve always remembered what you instructed me to do before you left. You told me never to tell anyone about my life experience and past, and I’ve never disobeyed your last wish… But please do not blame me and hold it against me if I can’t help but tell Charlie about it one day…”
After saying that, Vera wiped her tears away and bowed three times before her father’s memorial tablet.
***
After the lecture ended in the evening, Nanako drove back to Thompson First alone.
When she got home, her father and aunt had already prepared the ingredients she needed according to her instructions.
Yahiko was naturally overjoyed when he found out that Charlie was coming to their house for dinner. He had long regarded Charlie as the best candidate to become his son-in-law, and Charlie had been very kind toward him, so he felt even greater appreciation for Charlie.
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