Chapter 1521
After Raeleigh and the others left, Hansen said right away, "We are here to apologize for what had
happened in the past."
Lamar''s expression darkened slightly, but he did not lose his temper. He simply stared at Hansen,
who gave Jenna a look. Following that, Jenna stood up in an instant and went to the kitchen to pour
some tea for Lamar and Jazelle.
"I have never capitted in my lifetime, except for the sake of my wife. Now, I want to apologize to
you on behalf of my parents."
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Hansen held the cup of tea and handed it to Lamar, who just stared back at him. There was a
starlike sparkle in Lamar''s eyes. He did not ept it, nor did he reject it. Consequently, Hansen
held the cup of tea in air for a long time while waiting for Lamar to receive it. However, Lamar did
not do so.
"It was your mother who stole Raeleigh away back then. I''m afraid that I can''t ept it. Other
matters are negotiable, but for this one, I''m sorry."
You are parents too. You understand how precious children are to us. My daughter had been taken
away when she was born, and I had been looking for her since then. Thank goodness that my effort
was not in vain. But I could have spent much more time with her in the past as a parent. It was just
that I had been deprived of the right to do so. Who''s going to make up for all the lost time to me?
You, your mother, or your son?
Try to put yourself in my shoes. Originally, we could have put a lid on this matter. I could forgive you
and your mother if you let Raeleigh go back with us and promised not to disturb us again. But you
turned a blind eye to your son''s behavior, which in turn led to their marriage.
Marriage is one of the most important events in life. Although we''re in a modern era, we value the
traditions one has to go through before the wedding, like the meeting of both families and the
nning of the wedding.
I only have a daughter and a son. I won''t let my son marry a person who I have no clear
understanding of, let alone my daughter.
Since this marriage took ce without my consent. No matter what''s going on with it, there''s only
one ending for it, which is divorce."
"Mr. Osteen..." Jenna wanted to speak something, but Hansen held her hand. "We''re not here to
discuss this. It''s about my mother, who took Raeleigh away."
"They''re the same, to me at least. I am against Raeleigh marrying your son, and I don''t
acknowledge this marriage. I won''t tell anyone about what had happened back in the day.
Regarding the evidence, I will destroy them as well. However, I won''t allow this marriage.
No matter whether you came for your parents, or your son, my answer is the same, no."
"Mr. Osteen, why do you have to be so determined? They are in love with each other, but you insist
on breaking this marriage apart. Doing this won''t do good for anyone.
When ites to a rtionship, we can''t judge it for them. Only the ones involved can understand
their own rtionship."
"Mr. Richards is right. Outsiders can''t tell the story of their rtionship clearly. Nevertheless, I
believe that it''s just a temporary suffering to be separated. A few yearster, each of them will find
their own happiness.
I think it is worthwhile to use years of suffering in exchange for a lifetime of peace."
"Mr. Osteen, I can tell that you and your wife are in love with each other. That''s why you should be
aware that the feelings for someone you love are irreceable. I, too, made some mistakes when I
was young. No matter how much time has passed, I couldn''t forget about her nor let her go. As long
as she is still alive, she will stay in my heart forever. A lifetime isn''t that long. I believe that if they
truly love each other, their feelings willst a lifetime.
Mr. Osteen, for something as unforeseeable as this, are you willing to bet on it? Using Raeleigh''s
lifetime as an ante?"
"You can rest assured that I''m confident. Although Raeleigh loves him, as long as they are
separated, I have a way to help her get over it and move on."
"There is no need to make the children pay for the adults'' mistakes. They are innocent."
As Hansen spoke, he put down the cup of tea from his hand.
Lamar said, "It might seem to be the case on the surface, but in reality, it will be a disaster for
Raelight in the future if I let her stay by your mother''s side. There''s definitely no way that I will do so.
You should know your mother''s character. If she knows that Raeleigh is the child she stole in the
past, God knows how she will treat Raeleigh.
I haven''t gotten to the bottom of what had happened that year, but I''m sure that it wasn''t coincident.
So many lives were lost for the sole purpose of murdering Raeleigh. Isn''t this a well-grounded
reason for me to separate Raeleigh from your son?" "But the two of them have already be
husband and wife. Why do you have to tear their marriage apart? What''s the point of doing that?"
Hansen was irritated, but he still stifled his fury.
Lamar replied, "If it poses a threat to Raeleigh, I will break this marriage apart no matter what.
I won''t let my daughter be with a man whose grandmother wanted to kill her in the past."
"You are too stubborn, just like how you were back then." Hansen stood up as he could not continue
this conversation.
Seeing her husband getting up, Jenna held him down at once and looked at Lamar while asking,
"Mr. Osteen, if you feel disinclined to ept our proposal, we can discuss it further. In fact, there
should be a reason for what happened in the past. We are investigating too. It''s just that my father-
inw hasn''t told the truth so far, and we can''t ask my mother-inw about it. If she knows, Raeleigh
may be in danger.
Thus, we''re making slow progress, but anyway, there should be a cause for this matter. Can you tell
us the cause?"
"The cause was our identity as renowned archaeologists back then. We were the arbiters when it
came to the appraisal of artifacts.
Some people came to us and gave us arge batch of antiques. If one of them were to be genuine,
it might be worth more than ten million dors. If they went on sale in the market, it would be a
devastating blow to us.
After appraising them, we confirmed that they were all counterfeits, so we refused to certify them as
authentic antiques.
As a result, those people harbored a grudge against us and threatened us. If we refused to help
them, they would take measures to coerce us into obeying them.
We didn''t yield in the end, but we were trapped in the country. Besides, my wife was close tobor
at that time, and I was perturbed that something would happen on the way. Therefore, we decided
to stay until the child was born.
We had made an appointment with a top-notch hospital after careful consideration.
However, little did we expect that the baby would be taken away right after she was born. Before
that, the doctor told us that she was gone.
I didn''t believe it. I went to find the baby, but she was gone.
We had been looking for the child for a long time, but to no avail.
It turned out that Mr. Richards''s mother was the one who took the child away. Why did she do so? It
remains a mystery even until today.
The people who came to us back in the day were neither a member from the Richards family nor
people with fame. They were a bunch of monstrous robbers whomitted all sorts of crimes. Why
Mr. Richards''s mother had dealings with such people was beyond us."