Back then, his suspicions were too strong when it ca to love, unable to tolerate even the slightest grain of sand. Little did he know, this would only push the one he loved farther away.
He even wondered, after so many years, having never found her, if she was still alive, would she still refuse to forgive him? Is that why she’s unwilling to see him?
Suddenly, Edward Quinn’s body shivered violently. He saw Mabel Quinn take out a box and place it in front of Asher Quinn’s tombstone. The box was open, and inside was a badge.
This badge is... Edward Quinn took a step forward with a look of disbelief, bent down, and picked up the badge from the box, staring blankly at it.
Could it be? Could it be Clover’s badge from back then? It looks so similar... almost identical to the one he rembered.
"Uncle, what’s wrong?" Mabel Quinn was startled by Edward Quinn’s action.
Edward Quinn’s fingers trembled as he caressed the badge. After a while, he looked up at Mabel and asked, "How did you get this badge?"
"My father gave it to ," Mabel responded hesitantly but then added, "But this is not the original badge my father gave . The original one was destroyed in an accident. This badge was recreated to look like that one. Although it’s not the sa, I still wanted to bring it here to show my dad. After all, he entrusted with taking good care of it, and I didn’t."
As she spoke, Mabel’s gaze dimd, feeling she had let her father down by failing to keep the promise he solemnly entrusted to her.
Edward Quinn frowned slightly, "Are you saying your father once asked you to take care of a badge like this?"
"Yes." She nodded, "Why, Uncle, is there a problem?"
After all, at this mont, Edward Quinn’s deanor seed very unusual.
Edward Quinn pressed his thin lips tightly together and stared at the badge in his hand, no longer feeling the initial excitent.
This badge... in the end, it isn’t the original one that belonged to Clover.
But the badge Asher initially gave to Mabel, could it be Clover’s? If not, then where did Asher get an identical badge? Was it also made to resemble Clover’s badge?
"Uncle, have you seen this badge before?" Mabel asked as she noticed Edward Quinn in silence.
Edward Quinn seed to co back to his senses, speaking with infinite emotion, "Yes, I’ve seen it. How could I not have seen it?" Back then, Clover also had a similar badge, one he had never seen before. But Clover cherished it, often sitting by the windowsill, stroking the badge as if lost in thought.
"Did your father ever say why he wanted you to take care of the badge?" Edward Quinn asked.
Mabel shook her head, "Dad just said it was important and asked to take good care of it. I was young at the ti and never asked why it was important or about its origin, just knowing I had to keep it safe."
And when she grew older and had more questions, her father was no longer around. The answers she sought beca eternal secrets.
Edward Quinn handed the badge back to Mabel, then turned to look at the photo of Asher Quinn on the tombstone. The person in the picture was smiling faintly, yet how many past events vanished with his passing?
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