NovelEnglish---- Chapter 401 The next morning, they headed to the cemetery. On the tombstone, Old Mr. Miller's hair was
white. The Millers all looked young for their age; when Sally divorced, he was only in his fifties and hardly gray at
all. But within a year of Sally's accident, his hair had turned completely white. He died of illness. Only last year
did Maggie learn that his illness had something to do with years of pent-up grief. If he hadn't fallen sick, he might
still be alive.
Thinking of how, even before he died, the person he worried for most was Sally-and how, after so many years,
she still hadn't recovered and started anew-Old Mrs. Miller's eyes reddened first. Jason helped her squat by the
tombstone, where she stroked the photo with trembling fingers. "Old man..." She seemed to want to say she'd
failed him-that their ---- precious daughter still wasn't well. But in the end, none of the words cout. She only
touched the photo and wept in silence. Maggie's eyes were red. She loosened Isabella's hand and turned her
face away.
Sensing the sorrow in the air, Isabella peered up, full of confusion. "Mom?" Maggie shook her head and said
nothing. They left more than an hour later. The Millers still had a few old friends in town and would visit them
each year. At the Sutter home, Old Mrs. Sutter-about the sage as Old Mrs. Miller-looked at Isabella and
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtpaused. "This is Maggie's daughter... Isabella, right? Two or three years and you've grown so much!" Maggie
nodded and prompted Isabella to greet her. After a beat, Old Mrs.
Sutter asked softly, "The child's father didn't cback with you?" ---- Last year, Isabella hadn't come; they'd
said Franklin had taken her abroad for work. Now that the girl was here, what about her father? Franklin had only
accompanied Maggie back to Miami once to visit her grandfather's grave-that was two or three years ago, when
their relationship had just warmed. With Isabella present-and still unaware of the impending divorce-Maggie
simply said, "He's busy." Seeing Maggie's indifferent expression at the mention of Franklin, Old Mrs. Sutter didn't
pry and quickly shifted the topic.
After chatting a while, she lowered her voice, as if remembering something. "They say the Brown and Green
families are doing very well in New York now. And that granddaughter of the Brown family-the later one-and. her
very capable boyfriend... | hear things are getting serious. The families cback to Miami the other day and
said the young couple will be getting married soon." Ordinarily, the Millers wouldn't care much for talk of the
Greens and Browns. But today, their moods were fragile. Hearing those names, everyone fell silent. ---- After a
long moment, Old Mrs.
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