Chapter 535 Don''t Cry


    Horace lowered his head and wiped his eyes as he didn''t want ra to see him like this, but the stain


    of tears on his face sold him out.


    "It''s okay. He''s in heaven now." ra didn''t know what to say tofort him.


    They had been through so much that ra was out offorting words.


    "Daddy, don''t cry. It was my bad, I didn''t protect him."


    Standing aside, Neo felt terrible seeing that Horace was down and upset.


    Russell told Neo to take something from the bedroom but Neo couldn''t find it. And Russell was lying on


    the ground in blood when Neo returned to the garden.


    Neo suddenly knew that Russell was trying to save him. Those men all had guns and the people hired


    to protect Russell were also dead.


    Neo was just five years old and he froze as it was the first time he saw this.


    This wasn''t something you would see every day, bodies scattered all over the ground.


    Fortunately, ra got here early and sent Neo to his room as soon as she saw this. Otherwise, this


    could haunt him forever.


    Seeing that Neo was fine, Horace felt relieved a little.


    Hearing what Neo said, Horace wanted to calm down but he couldn''t.


    Maybe it was a lottely and he couldn''t catch a break so he vented all at once.


    Horace coughed a little to make his throat feel better since he hadn''t talked for a while and then said to


    ra, "Honey, can I have a second?"


    Hearing this, ra nodded and took Neo out as she understood what Horace was going through.


    Horace looked down at Russell and he couldn''t shed tears as his tears were drained.


    Horace stared at Russell''s body rigidly and wiped his blood. He tried so hard to not let his hand shake


    and not to die with him.


    Horace was the only one knowing this horrible feeling.


    Horace was a man with pride and he didn''t cry when he went into prison in the public eye, and he also


    didn''t cry when he sold hispany, in which he had invested so much hope, to Chester at a press


    conference.


    It was not that he didn''t want to cry but he couldn''t as he was a man and he needed to be a good role


    model for Neo and give ra a home.


    Now that Russell had gone, thest defense of him broke down.


    He was exhausted from what he had been throughtely. He didn''t say but it didn''t mean he wasn''t


    tired.


    Seeing Russell in front of him, Horace had a lot to tell him but Russell was gone.


    Horace couldn''t see him anymore.


    Thest drop of tear of Horace rolled down at this thought. Horace swore it was thest drop and he


    wouldn''t cry anymore.


    Horace walked out and left the scene to the police. When the police were done, he cleaned Russell up


    with ra and put new clothes on him.


    Horace nned to bury Russell the day after tomorrow.


    He was too tired to see things a few times but he didn''t bail as he knew Russell wasn''t buried yet.


    People always said that we should put dead people''s ashes in the ground to rest.


    But Horace didn''t want Russell to be burned to ashes; he just wanted be buried in a coffin.


    ra agreed as she just wanted the best for Horace.


    Russell had gone and he would be in heaven. But he left Horace in distress.


    Seeing Horace''s shockingly haggard face, ra felt her heart wrenching but she forced herself to hold


    back the tears.


    Two dayster, at the funeral. Horace put clothes on Russell and put him in the coffin. People came to


    pay their respects in ck suits.


    After the funeral, they buried Russell in a scenic ce.


    It was a bit remote from the city but Russell liked this ce when he was alive ,as it was quiet there


    and more than habitable for him.


    Looking at Russell''s photo on the tombstone with a serious face, Horace was a lot different than before,


    and he became more mature.


    But ra felt miserable seeing him like this.


    People would change like this after going through a hard time. So it was imaginable how much he had


    been going through with Russell''s death.


    ra walked forward and held his hand to make him feel better.


    Horace sensed it, grabbed back, and then released his grip.


    Regardless of what others would think, he kneeled in front of Russell''s grave, staring at Russell''s


    photo, his heart saturated with anguish.


    ra didn''t stop him and just looked at him, standing by with Neo.


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    It was getting dark and they were the only three who stayed. But Horace didn''t feel like leaving.


    ra grabbed his hand and wanted him to leave with her as they were on a mountain, it was getting


    dark and there was nowhere to live.


    At night, there might be some wild animalsing out.


    Horace dodged her hand and said with no expression, "You can go. I want to stay with him and will go


    back tomorrow morning at thetest."


    Seeing Horace like this, ra thought it was fine as Russell had just gone.


    Then ra lighted a torch in case there were wild animals and left with Neo.


    At home. ra was sleeping with Neo as she knew that he would be upset sleeping alone after what


    happened today.


    Neo burst out crying in her arms the second he went into bed.


    Neo wanted to cry the whole time but he remembered what Horace said to him, "Men don''t cry."


    So he had held back his tears.