Chapter 1252


    Bayside City, Riverdale, Bayside South Train Station…


    Pondering over these locations, Anna remained silent.


    Meanwhile, Louis added, “After that, I thought you would be better off staying with that family rather


    than following me since Xena and I moved around all the time and we did not know when we could


    settle down. And so, I did not return to look for you anymore. Never did I expect that after twenty years,


    you came back all of a sudden at the age of twenty.”


    “Besides, we were very astonished upon realizing that Jordan was the one who helped you return to


    the Yard Family. We had no idea what you had been through in that twenty years, nor did you


    remember them.”


    At that instant, Louis paused and asked, “Why did you suddenly bring this up today? Before this, you


    refused to talk about anything regarding the twenty years.”


    Anna smiled ruefully.


    She also didn’t know what she had experienced in the past as there were only some blurry memories in


    her mind. One thing was for sure, she knew she had existed during the twenty years, and that she did


    note from nowhere. During those years, she must have had parents too, and she had certainly


    been through ups and downs in life.


    However, the twenty years were like a dream to her and she only had some vague memories of it. It felt


    as if she was gazing into a well at midnight. She could see the water glinting in the well from afar but it


    was not vivid, and all she knew was there was a light in it. Once, she had attempted to force herself


    into the water to reach the light. Yet, everytime when she probed it by force, the light would shatter and


    its shape would be distorted.


    Moments after she withdrew in panic, the light would be restored as the water became still once again,


    and the gleam remained bright and mysterious.


    Whenever she tried to probe the light, it would shatter, and this repeated again and again.


    Anna knew she must have been through a horrible catastrophe in the past. Though she could not


    remember anything, there was a weird feeling that lingered in her heart.


    She was clueless about the reason she lost the memories for that period. Jordan once revealed bits


    and pieces of her past, and he imed that her subconscious had chosen to forget those things as a


    means to protect herself after experiencing too much trauma.


    As a result of her profound and painful past, Anna had suffered severe mental illnesses.


    Nevertheless, she hade to a sudden realization that there was a need for her to look into it now


    even though she was unsure about what a twenty-year-old youngster could have been through back


    then. In the present setting, a twenty-year-old chick would probably be a university student at this age.


    As they were talking, Louis looked around but did not see anyone else. He asked out of curiosity,


    “Where’s Jordan? Why didn’t hee with you? What about the two brothers?”


    The two brothers that Louis was referring to were obviously the twins.


    Anna had never intended to implicate Louis and the family in the dispute of the Yards. Staying outside


    the circle, Louis and his family were considered extremely blessed. As such, Louis was unaware of


    Anna’s actual situation. All he knew was that Anna had dominated the Yard Family and was leading a


    happy life after her return.


    “Henry and Ryan are hospitalized because they are not feeling well. Jordan is caught up with his work,”


    Anna replied in a perfunctory manner.


    Even after Anna and her sons had returned to the Yard Family, Jordan did not let his guard down and


    had been keeping an eye on them as he was worried that they would y tricks behind his back.


    However, Anna did exactly the opposite. She left behind her work and brought along her two sons to


    celebrate the new year in Cethos.


    Since Jordan was so suspicious of them, she would let him be.


    Staring at his daughter, Louis was grieved deep down. At that time, he had no choice but to abandon


    her. Though they had reunited now, he could tell that Anna was not happy.


    After hesitating for a few moments, Louis asked, “Are you and Jordan not on good terms?”


    All this while, Louis had not been too happy with Jordan, his ‘son-inw’. Putting aside his old age,


    Jordan’s solemn personality often got the people around him on pins and needles. Besides, he did not


    show up often and Louis had only met him a few times in the past twenty years.


    Back then, Anna was only twenty years old, but Jordan was already in his thirties. Nheless, Louis


    dared not to doubt him due to his powerful background.


    Currently, Anna was still young and possessed a great deal of power. Seeing that neither Jordan nor


    any outsiders were around, Louis secretly egged Anna on and said, “I can tell that there’s no feelings


    between you and Jordan. If that’s the case, don’t force it. You are still young and you can just do


    whatever you wish to do.”


    Hearing that, Anna broke intoughter.


    Even Louis could tell.


    He is right. I’m still young and I should do whatever I wish to do!


    After having lunch with the Osbornes, Anna stood up and took her leave.


    Seeing that, Callum and Cade quickly caught up with their mother. Initially, they were nning to stay


    at Louis’ ce for a couple days and in the afternoon, hypocritically pay a visit to the twins who were


    hospitalized after being beaten up.


    Nevertheless, Anna had already put her coat on and was about to leave.


    “Mom, where are you going?”


    “Riverdale,” Anna replied without even turning back.


    …


    It was the first day of the new year. Sophia and her family had a packed schedule to pay respects to


    their ancestors at the graveyards and visit the other rtives.


    The ancestral graveyards of the Fletchers, the Mitchells, the Winstons and the Edwards were located


    close to one another, and so the crowd departed together in a few cars.


    Cooper and Michael headed toward the Mitchells’ graveyard and the Fletchers’ graveyard respectively.


    On the other hand, Sophia was as busy as a bee as she had to visit the graveyards of the Mitchells, the


    Fletchers, andstly the Edwards.


    Coming out from the Fletchers’ ancestral graveyard, Michael saw Elizabeth Murray’s stone statue


    which was standing tall from a distance, and so he asked the chauffeur to drive around it.


    Elizabeth’s grave had been secretly relocated long ago. However, her fans were not aware of it and


    were still visiting her old graveyard after so many years.


    That ce was no longer meaningful to Michael, and so he merely watched from inside his car and did


    not get out to sweep the tomb.


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    Sticking her head out of the car window, Celine stared at the tall statue in a daze.


    All of a sudden, she noticed something and eximed excitedly, “Mikey, look! Quinton is over there!”


    Quinton?


    ncing toward Elizabeth’s grave, Michael saw a man in ck standing amidst a group of fans who


    came to visit the grave.


    Standing still, the man was gazing at Elizabeth’s grave. He was as solemn as a ck statue. As the car


    drove by, Michael indeed saw a side face which resembled Quiton’s.


    Quinton would certainly not be here. Perhaps it’s just someone who looks like him…


    Just as Michael was about to look closer, the car was already driving them further and further away and


    he could only see a blurry, ck silhouette of the man.


    Due to their packed schedule, Michael had no time to stay longer and so had left thereafter.


    After the first round of tomb sweeping, Stanley, Sean, Harry and the others went back home. On the


    other hand, Cooper, Linus, Sophia, and Michael brought along Carmen to visit the Johnsons’


    graveyard. It was getting dark by the time they were done, and so they decided to stay overnight at the


    ce.


    Meanwhile in Riverdale, Anna had arrived at the location of the old Bayside South Train Station, but the


    train station was nowhere to be found. The old station had been demolished ten years ago when the


    government built subway stations. Even the rusty tracks around the bends had popped out of its ce.


    There was nothing else left in the area besides some photographers who would visit the ce once in


    a while to take photos.


    Standing on the railway tracks, Anna stared ahead and thereafter walked involuntarily forward.


    It seemed as if there was something in the direction which was summoning her. Or rather, it felt like her


    legs had matched a mysterious frequency and had started moving on their own.