Tears welled up in Eleanor's eyes and she couldn't hold them back. Turned out this seemingly innocent kid understood everything.
Seeing Eleanor cry in the video, Nina quickly planted several kisses on the screen. "Eleanor, I'll watch what I say from now on..."
Seeing Nina, who was still so young, so concerned about others' feelings, Eleanor couldn't help but feel sad. She herself was all alone, which led to her developing a low self-esteem and sensitive personality since childhood. She didn't expect Nina to be just like her, observing others' feelings and putting them before her own at such a young age. Thinking about Nina growing up to be as cautious as her, Eleanor's tears fell even more.
"Nina, you don't have to be too careful. Say whatever you want in front of me, don't feel restrained."
Nina nodded her head in a half-understood way, "Then you should stop crying, okay?"
Eleanor agreed, then wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, "Nina, where are you living now?"
Nina held her phone, switched the camera around to show a small house at the foot of a cemetery, "Right there in that little house."
Nina really didn't like it here, because at night, there would always be all sorts of noises outside, and she had been scared to tears several times. If it weren't for George being there, she would've bolted.
Upon hearing that Nina and Ethan were living at the foot of a cemetery, Eleanor's brows furrowed, "Nina, hand the phone to George."
Nina complied, then ran over to George, "Grandpa George, Eleanor wants to talk to you..."
George took the phone, while pinching Nina's little belly, "How many times have I told you, I'm only forty, not old enough to be your grandpa..."
Eleanor answered honestly, "He came looking for Nina..."
Upon hearing her father was looking for her, Nina immediately poked her small head over, "Eleanor, where is my dad?"
Before Eleanor could answer, Ethan's voice came from the other end, sounding casual, "Tell him I'm at the cemetery."
Then a slender finger reached towards the screen, and the video call was abruptly ended. Eleanor stared at the slowly darkening screen, pondered for a few seconds, then pulled out a business card from her pocket.
Ethan didn't oppose Casey looking for him, but Nina couldn't keep living with Ethan at the cemetery. All she had to do was enter the series of numbers on the card into her phone and dial, and everything would go back to normal. But for some reason, she had an uneasy feeling, like something big was about to happen, which made her hesitate to call Casey...
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