Chapter 476


    As it had been two weeks since Good Friday, there was scarcely anybody else at the cemetery.


    Beau''s plot upied five square meters within the cemetery—a reflection of his prestige in life and


    even in death.


    Sophia ced the bouquet before his tombstone, then nced at udius beside her. She did not


    speak but stood quietly beside him.


    udius could not remember Beau. He stared at the unfamiliar photograph on the tombstone, unable


    to summon any recollection of the deceased. Yet, a gloomy feeling was spreading within him.


    A faint sob sounded not far away, but they could not see who it was. It sounded indescribably mournful,


    especially while they were standing in the drizzle.


    Sophia nced at udius, who was studying the face on the tombstone with his head bowed.


    The wind blew, and with it the rain. It made her shiver.


    Sophia pulled her coat tighter around her, trying not to alert udius to her movements, but he turned


    nevertheless. "Are you cold?"


    Sophia shook her head with a smile.


    She did not answer him. Instead, she asked, "Do you recall anything?"


    udius nced once more at the photograph on the tombstone, hoping for a sh of the past when


    suddenly an image presented itself in his mind.


    The image, however, was a strange one. It was of Sophia standing before a grave, but he was looking


    at her from a distance.


    It was an overcast day as well. He was too far from Sophia to see her expression. He only saw her


    sitting before the grave.


    After settling herself down, Sophia produced a container of pies.


    As she ate, she spoke to the gravestones.


    The cemetery was deserted aside from him and Sophia that day. The recollection of her sitting and


    eating from afar made his heart ache with sorrow for reasons he could not exin.


    From his vantage point behind her, he heard her say, "Mom, Dad, I''m alone again."


    Recollecting himself, he met Sophia''s eyes. "Have Ie with you to a cemetery before?"


    Sophia was startled by his words. Suddenly, she recalled the time when Alexander returned to


    Coldbridge with her. It was New Year''s Day, and the year they got divorced.


    During a visit to her parents'' graves the day after the New Year, she sensed somebody following her.


    However, she never caught them whenever she turned around.


    She suddenly felt certain that the person following her that day was Alexander.


    Sophia''s heart lurched as she gazed at udius. "Did you recall something?"


    udius returned her gaze and nodded. "I suddenly remember following you and watching you enter a


    cemetery. It was quite a gloomy day then. I saw you sit before a gravestone, produce a container of


    pies, and eat it as you spoke to them. I think I was behind you, but that''s about all I can remember."


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    udius did not hold anything back. He told her everything he remembered.


    Sophia noticed that the man was agitated, but she did not want to ce too much pressure on him, so


    she smiled reassuringly. "That must be the year we got divorced." After a pause, she continued, "My


    parents died on the second of January, so it must have been then that I paid them a visit."


    At the mention of the past, she could not resist adding, "I''ve never learned how to cook, and my father


    would tease me about it. He would tell me my cooking is so bad that I wouldn''t even be able to bake


    pies. He loved minced pork pies. When I visited them that day, I made a batch. Seeing their faces


    again after all these years made me feel funny inside, so I couldn''t resist talking to them."


    Sophia gave a faint smile at this point. "It''s too bad you couldn''t remember anything else. I''m curious to


    know when you started following me."


    She had seen him upon exiting Katherine''s house, but since he had kept a careful distance from her,


    she did not expose him.


    Alexander was shameless to have followed me the entire day, even after night fell. I''m sure that if I had


    not stopped to make him show himself, he would have kept tailing me.


    Sophia regained herposure before changing the subject. "Do you not remember anything about


    your grandfather?"


    udius shook his head.


    "Oh," Sophia responded nomittedly. "Shall we go home, then?"


    Though the rain was light, they had been standing under it for over half an hour. The wind had been


    sending a spray of fine mist all over them.


    "Let''s go home." udius suddenly grabbed her hand.


    Sophia looked down at her hand in his. She did not speak but allowed herself to be led out of the


    cemetery.


    The cries from the cemetery did not cease. Sophia turned around and saw a woman holding an


    umbre through the mist.


    She suddenly recalled her seventeen-year-old self. It was right after she buried her parents. She, too,


    had stood at the cemetery for hours, alone. It was there she remained until Katherine and Joshua came


    to bring her away.


    Walking alongside her, udius must have felt the shift in her mood. He nced at her, and his hand


    tightened around hersfortingly.


    Sophia felt her hand growing warm from the heat radiating from his, thawing the chill in her heart.


    Sophia smiled. She was determined not to give matters of the past any more thought.


    It was almost one when the pair returned to the city. Sophia brought udius to the restaurant


    rmended by Felix the day before for lunch.


    As they arrived a littlete, the restaurant was already packed. The manager arranged for them to be


    seated in the main hall.


    After their meal, Sophia excused herself to use the restroom. Not long after she left, a woman took her


    seat.


    "Do you know about Ms. Yarrow''s affair with Mr. Schild, Mr. Xenos?" she said immediately upon sitting


    down.


    udius looked at the woman before him with a grim expression. His beady eyes glittered coldly. "Get


    lost!"


    Beatrix froze. She intended to continue, but her courage failed her when she met his gaze.


    Then, she recalled how Samuel had called off the engagement with the Houghton family, and her


    resentment red again. "Samuel called off his engagement with me for Sophia, Mr. Xenos. Don''t you


    care at all?"


    However, nothing Beatrix said invoked any reaction from the man before her other than a cold re.


    "Feel free to keep shooting your mouth if you have little regard for your family''s survival."


    His words frightened her to such an extent that she turned pale. She shot a nce at udius and


    said, "My apologies, Mr. Xenos."


    Then, she scuttled away.