NovelEnglishChapter 499 Gordon turned his head to look at Sophie. Sophie noticed his gaze and asked with curiosity, "is something wrong?" Gordon pursed his lips, buttoned up Sophie's coat, and said softly, "it's cold. Let's go back." Okay," Even though Gordon was wearing a woolen sweater, his face was still pale.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSophie said in a low voice, "Sorry for dragging this out so late today." She should have considered Gordon's frail health. The weather was getting colder, and the late-night chill was likely to make them sick. She really shouldn't have asked Gordon to accompany her here late at night on a whim.
133 66 3 31 F8 1 "Curiosity is natural to everyone. If I hadn't brought you here tonight, you probably wouldn't have been able to sleep." Sophie pushed Gordon's wheelchair forward and fell silent for a moment before asking. "Mr. Gordon, is the Aldridge family's ancestral hall similar to ours?" "It's the same." Gordon replied indifferently. "The Aldridge family and the Russell family are both locals from Devonport, whereas the Costello family and the Tredgold family clater." Hearing this, Sophie nodded and said, "Could there be secrets hidden inside the ancestral hall that we don't know about?" "Perhaps." Gordon's tone was flat.
Sophie knew that decades had passed and Gordon had been in charge of the Aldridge family for so long. If there was anything to be uncovered, it would have been discovered long ago and not remain unknown.
Or perhaps Gordon knew the truth but chose not to tell her. After all, Ricardo and the White family were both eyeing the treasures of Devonport. Those outsiders must've known sof Devonpon to be so covetous.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSomeone as calculative as Ricardo wouldn't cto Devonport without solid evidence. Mere rumors wouldn't be enough to entice him. With these thoughts, Sophie suddenly heard Gordon ask, "Where are you pushingto now?" Sophie snapped back to reality, realizing she had inadvertently pushed Gordon to the other side of the yard. Tm so sorry I got distracted!" Sophie quickly changed direction, but this time, the wheelchair hit a stone on the ground, nearly causing Gordon to lose his balance. Sophie silently knelt down, removed the stone, and continued pushing the wheelchair forward as if nothing had happened.
"Don't worry, I told you all this just so you wouldn't keep quarreling with Colby. For so many years, no one has ever seen the treasure of Devonport. It might just be a myth. Colby might have kept sthings from you only because he's worried about your involvement. He's afraid of repeating past mistakes.” "How did Colby's mother die?" "Gwen was always sickly. She died accidentally a few years after giving birth to Colby." "What do you mean by accidentally?" "She fell from a building" When Gordon calmly said those words, Sophie couldn't help but recall the rumors Colby had mentioned before alcoholism, smoking, and eventually drug use, culminating in a frenzied suicide leap from a building Colby had said those stories were half-true, half-false.
renzy was false. His mother dying from a fall was indeed true. Colby's mother's frenzy "Was it an accident or was it deliberate?" "You should ask Colby about that."
Sophie fell silent. Even if she asked Colby, would he really tell her?
Gordon said indifferently, "It's late The answers to youx r questions might just reveal themselves tonight" X
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