Chapter 229 : A Farewell to My Father
Old Mr. Grant waved his hand, leaned back in his chair, and said nothing more.
Lindsey had mixed feelings and wanted to say something, but felt that nothing was appropriate to say.
When they arrived at the cemetery, the three grandchildren got out of the car and went straight to the funeral home in the west room of the auditorium.
Although Old Mr. Grant repeatedly emphasized that he did not want active duty generals in the military to come and offer condolences, wreaths were still placed all over the hearse. There were even wreaths and inscriptions sent by top leaders.
Leon’s body was dressed by a mortician and restored to its best condition, lying in a casket surrounded by flowers and cypresses.
Bruce and Lindsey, dressed in plain clothes, stood quietly on the side of the body, looking sad.
Randy laid the wreath, reached out to shake hands with each of them, and with eyes downcast, avoided to the corner.
Leon’s funeral is not a high standard, but in the military is definitely a big event, even if Old Mr. Grant does not allow, there are still many officers and soldiers, spontaneous condolences to send off.
And stand with Bruce Lindsey, naturally also attracted the attention of these people.
The Grant family and The Palvin family marriage thing is a furore, now accompany Bruce, the wake and support the spirit of the person, but not The Palvin family, how not surprised.
At 9:00 am, the farewell ceremony was over. Leon’s body was sent to the crematorium in a sealed coffin, Bruce was holding the wake, and Lindsey was holding the portrait, following it step by step with red eyes.
Randy, through the crowd, inadvertently fell on Lindsey’s body, and a strange feeling flowed through his heart.
Today she wore a dull black, short hair fluffy and casual, her skin was as white as transparent, and her skin was brittle. She cried so sad, so pitiful, people can not help but want to take good care of.
The first thing you need to do is to look at Bruce, and his face changes slightly.
During the time back in B City, he admitted that he had been intentionally approaching Lindsey, and originally did have the idea of standing up for Selena, but in the end there was a subtle change.
This change can not be traced, but it is itching to climb in the heart, let people crazy and fascinating.
Out of the effort, Aurora’s icy voice, heck, rang in his ears. “She’s pretty?”
Randy pulled back to his thoughts, looked at her with a joyful expression and shook his head. “It’s hard for you to think she’s good looking when the flowers are in your own eyes, too.”
“Do you think Bruce would still love her if her face was ruined.” Aurora answered, her face as cold as frost. “You men, you’re always so vocal.”
“I’m not saying what I think.” Randy looked slightly unhappy. “From the scene today, what capital do you think you have, to compete with her?”
“It may not be impossible to compete!” Aurora sneered. “It just depends on whether I’m willing or not.”
Randy looked at her sternly for a moment, slightly lowering the peak of his eyebrows. “It took three years and you still can’t grab someone else, so what does it mean to be willing.”
Aurora sniffed angrily and grunted, dropping a harsh word. “You’ll find out soon enough.”
“I advise you, this better end here.” Randy’s face instantly sank. “As you can see, The Grant family has no disagreement with Lindsey’s identity, and by going against her, you are going against The Grant family.”
Aurora tilted her head, her eyes lingering on his well-defined jaw for a few seconds, and smiled coldly once again. “I spent almost all of my best youth on Bruce, and he has to pay a price for that!”
Randy narrowed his eyes dangerously, his mouth opened, and said nothing.
Aurora followed her sister-in-law to study abroad at the age of 14, and during her 8 years abroad, she did not learn anything else, but her arrogance and domineering were deep in her bones. If not, she wouldn’t have targeted Lindsey so much.
But some things, he can watch the show, there is no need to get involved. Even if, from the bottom of his heart, he did not want Lindsey to suffer any harm.
After the cremation of the body, Leon’s ashes were partially sent to the martyrs’ cemetery and partially scattered into the sea, as requested by Old Mr. Grant.
When the motorcade left from the cemetery, Randy did not follow it, but turned around and went back to the Royal Garden.
The long motorcade drove smoothly out of the city and at an even speed towards the sea, not far from B. Lindsey put her arm around Bruce and looked out the window at the cold wind and rain without saying a word.
Old Mr. Grant still squinting, the whole person sunk in the chair, face mourning inexplicable look.Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.
This weather is not a good time to go to sea, but no one dares to have half an opinion, to the place immediately get off and board the cruise ship docked in the harbor.
The sea is very windy, Lindsey is not worried about Old Mr. Grant, so also followed, eyes full of worry.
The cruise ship sailed some distance, due to the wind and waves, had to abandon the plan to continue sailing.
Old Mr. Grant was silent for a moment and gestured to Bruce to open the box. “Here it is. Your father’s greatest wish was to leave the air force and go to the navy to build a career, Bruce, you make your own decision on how to go forward, grandpa doesn’t care.”
“I won’t let Grandpa down.” Bruce pursed his lips and reached out and grabbed a handful of ashes to scatter into the sea. “Dad, this is our country’s territorial waters, I will guard this sea well for you in the future.”
Old Mr. Grant nodded in relief, his eyes falling into cloudy tears.
After scattering the ashes back to the city is already in the afternoon, Lindsey and Bruce accompanied Old Mr. Grant back to the Royal Garden, hastily packed the bags and then left for the airport.
Warren had finished his mission and returned to L city from the northwest, Lindsey had nothing to worry about, so he flew directly to Cloud Mountain.
After landing, the person who came to pick them up was actually Adem.
Lindsey remembered the last time he came back, Adem and his own words, can not help but use only two people can hear the voice, flirting with Bruce. “You are quite good at buying hearts.”
“I knew you would come back, and Adem is your friend anyway, so it’s only right to take care of him.” Bruce’s words were thick with laughter. “You don’t still like him, do you.”
“You think so?” Lindsey raised an eyebrow at him. “Don’t always use your own mind and try to figure out what’s going on in other people’s minds.”
“You’re not someone else, you’re my wife.” Bruce put on a teachable face, securing her tightly to his chest, “I don’t need to speculate.”
Lindsey smiled, not intending to get into it with him.
“Lindsey, are you going straight back to Samuel for the night, or are you staying in the province for the night.” Adem drove the car, and seeing that none of them said anything, he had to say, “If you stay, I’ll ask Lydia to arrange a room for you.”
“Go back to Samuel, and when you get to the city, lend us your car.” Lindsey rubbed her brow and looked a little tired. “Don’t tell Big Brother and Second Brother I’m back, I’ll visit them later.”
“Got it.” Adem smiled and continued to focus on driving.
There was a traffic jam on the road for a while, causing them to return to the city, which took over an hour.
Adem had something to get out of, and Lindsey didn’t push it, so she and Bruce had a quick bite to eat and set off to get back to Samuel.
When we arrived home late, Lindsey tried the water heater and it still worked, so she couldn’t help but joke, “This thing is still working.”
“I didn’t use it a few times.” Bruce laughed, turned to open his suitcase, took out his pajamas and handed them to her. “Do you want to wash them together?”
“No, it’s cold, hurry up, I’ll go clean my room.” Lindsey gives him a blank look and heads out of the kitchen.
Bruce shrugged his shoulders, took his own pajamas and went to wash up, and moved his recliner to the yard to watch the stars.
Lindsey came out of her room and smiled brightly. “Isn’t that especially beautiful.”
“Yes, it is. I haven’t seen such a clean sky since I got back to B City.” Bruce narrowed his eyes slightly and said appreciatively, “This place is actually really good for retirement.”
“Then when you’re old, we’ll come back and live here and grow vegetables and fish.” Lindsey casually picked up a sentence, can’t help but laugh away. “You want to retire at a young age, and you’re not afraid of what grandpa might say about you.”
Bruce ignored her teasing, smiling: “Young can also think about it, people should have dreams, in case it comes true.”
“Well, then, do you want to stay here and think, or go back to the house and lie down.” Lindsey bristled. “There are mosquitoes out there.”
Bruce waved his hand and told her to go take a quick shower, while he remained in the yard to stare at the stars.
A short while later, Lindsey came out of the shower and saw that he was still wandering, so she simply let him go and went back to the house first.
The town is located in a remote area, and at night the only lights left in the town are the street lights, and the surrounding area is silent.
Bruce lay on a lounge chair in the courtyard for a while, got up and went back to the house.
The night was so tumultuous that Lindsey could barely get up in the morning. If someone hadn’t knocked on her door for help, she would have slept until noon.
Not a big problem, Lindsey gave a needle, prescribed a dose of medicine for fear that the patient’s family worried, and guarded a long time back home is already noon.
Bruce made a good meal, the two finished, first to go to the medical center to clean up.
The weather cleared up in the afternoon, the two of them ate, embraced each other lying in the recliner watching the stars.
“Lindsey, before I met you, I always felt very unfortunate, my parents left early, the family is everywhere in the sword.” Bruce cupped her face and laughed softly in secret. “Now that I think about it, there are a lot of people who are less fortunate than me, and I’m not in a position to feel sorry for myself.”
“That’s good to know.” Lindsey gave him a kiss, jumped off him and went back inside first.
Bruce lay with his eyes closed for a moment, and was about to get up when there was a sudden, intense barking outside the door.
Lindsey also heard the unusual movement, rushed to the yard in her pajamas, alertly exchanged glances with Bruce, and dodged behind the door.
Bruce reacted quickly, leaping up from the recliner and silently ducking into the shadows behind the door.
There is no moon, the street lamp outside the door some time broken one, the remaining one dim light. The old gate on the concrete floor of the courtyard, printed a large black shadow.
Dogs barked louder and louder, intermittently sounding like chaotic footsteps, passing through the alley not far away.
Lindsey frowned tightly, intuiting that something was fishy about this.
The isolation and distance from the border made it difficult for the usual number of self-driving donkeys to pass through, so how could strangers show up right after they arrived?
Bruce also felt that something was wrong, and waited a while for the barking to stop. So he quietly moved closer to the past and whispered to Lindsey. “I’ll go out and take a look.”
Lindsey stopped him in his tracks and shook her head firmly. “You’re not familiar with the terrain, it’s better if I go.”
“Together!” Bruce’s voice sank, quietly holding her hand tightly.
Lindsey saw that he insisted, so she nodded, listened to the movement outside the door for a while, and joined him to climb out of the fence.
The two of them, like civet cats, did not make the slightest noise, taking advantage of the cover of shadows to approach the place where the dogs were barking the most.
Find a place to hide, the two hid in the darkness to observe a moment, found a figure dexterous like a monkey, in the alley constantly circling.
Followed closely by several people, constantly stifling wild chase.
The two were relieved to find out that the situation was not directed at them, and followed the original path back.
When they entered the courtyard, Bruce couldn’t help but ask, “What do you think those people will be from.”
“It’s hard to say, the people being chased weren’t slow and had an easy gait.” Lindsey shrugged her shoulders. “It looks like a lot of fun was had.”
Bruce agreed with her analysis, and seeing that it was late at night, he stood up with her in his arms and prepared to go back to the house to rest.
Who knows that just as the two of them turned around, the dark figure that had been circling the alley earlier suddenly scaled the fence and landed steadily in the courtyard.