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As soon as Rayburn finished talking, Cherise nodded and said without hesitation, \u201cOkay!\u201d<\/p>\n
This was something from her grandmother, who was still known as Megan and hadn\u2019t yet lost her memory. It really caught her interest.<\/p>\n
She was curious to see things from her grandmother\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
Sitting up straight, she opened the box and saw several photos that looked a bit old.<\/p>\n
Cherise carefully took them out, handling them gently.<\/p>\n
She flipped through them one by one, examining each with great attention.<\/p>\n
If one didn\u2019t look closely, the people in these photos looked just like her.<\/p>\n
Watching her handle the photos so carefully, Rayburn spoke slowly, \u201cYou do look a lot like your grandmother, so beautiful and attention\u2013grabbing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was 19 when I first met your grandmother, and she was only 12 not even an adult yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rayburn\u2019s face turned a little red as he said this.<\/p>\n
Cherise looked up at him..<\/p>\n
Rayburn went on, \u201cBut even though she wasn\u2019t an adult yet, she was already so graceful and charming.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first time I saw her, I liked her right away.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack then, there were a lot of guys who liked her, and I was just one of<\/p>\n
many.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer father was a small\u2013town doctor, so like you, she learned acupuncture from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was really smart and talented, and even though she was young, she was on the same level as us and was the school beauty.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf all the guys who admired her lined up, the line would probably stretch for at least 300 feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, someone would write your grandmother love letters and I was one of them. But all I ever wrote were poems and short essays, talking about ideals and the future, never actually confessing my feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack then, I thought of myself as one of the more well\u2013known people in school, with good looks, character, and family background.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, on your grandmother\u2019s eighteenth birthday, after a little drinking, I finally gathered the courage to tell her how I telt.<\/p>\n
To my surprise, luck was on my side. Your grandmother must have felt we were a good match, and she agreed to be with<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we ended up together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rayburn smiled sweetly as he thought back to those days<\/p>\n
Cherise listened closely.<\/p>\n
Rayburn looked at her and continued, \u201cIn our second year together, you grandmother, some other exceptional students. and I went to Cavoria as excluinge students.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat trip ended up being longer than we<\/p>\n
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we didn\u2019t know when we\u2019d come back.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhile we were in Gavoria, Megan and I grew even closer,<\/p>\n
\u201cNot long after, we got married there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next year, we had Warren, your uncle.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife was peaceful and carefree, with no real pressure, and we never considered returning to Clusia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I\u2019d settle down in Gavoria with your grandmother.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut things didn\u2019t go as we planned. When Warren was still under three, we got the news from Clusia that I needed to come<\/p>\n
home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey said my mother was very sick and bedridden. They asked me to come back right away to see her for the last time. \u201cHonestly, at that moment, I did feel a little selfish. As the only son of the Muller family. I knew it was my duty to go back and see my mother. After all, she had raised me,<\/p>\n
\u201cI had originally planned to have Megan and Warren wait for me in Cavoria while I quickly went to Clusia and came back. \u201cBut back then, transportation wasn\u2019t as advanced. Your grandmother couldn\u2019t bear me traveling alone across the sea for months. At that time, she was pregnant and couldn\u2019t be apart from me, so she suggested we take Warren and go back to Clusia together.\u201d<\/p>\n
After saying that, Rayburn let out a deep sigh, almost like he was blaming himself. \u201cIt was after we came back that all those horrible things happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn, why didn\u2019t I just stick to my beliefs back then? I ended up hurting Megan\u2026<\/p>\n
Cherise sat quietly, watching him as he talked about the past with her grandmother.<\/p>\n
Rayburn grabbed a tissue, wiped his face, which had become oily from his emotions, and went on, \u201cYears ago, the older generation in Betrico wasn\u2019t very open\u2013minded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I brought Megan and little Warren, who was still just babbling, back home, my father and uncles were furious. They thought marriage was all about matching status and being arranged by the parents. My secret marriage in Gavonia was the ultimate disrespect to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came back from Cavoria, I had been exposed to more modern, scientific thinking and didn\u2019t take their anger seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought there was no point in arguing. I just needed to settle things with my mom and go back to Gavoria<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I never expected their old\u2013fashioned views to be so deeply rooted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack then, I was just a regular medical professor, only starting to learn about the Muller family\u2019s traditional meshicine and divination.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have the financial strength to stand up to the powerful Muller family.<\/p>\n
\u201cA few days later, my father had me locked up, and Megan and were forced apart<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I mentioned, I lost my sense of smell as a child, and my confused that I ended up marrying someone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ended up spending a ridiculous wedding night against my will<\/p>\n
must have drugged me or something, making me so<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe next day, when the drug wore off, 1 realized what had happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut by then, it was too late, and no one stopped me.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOn the third day, still not having seen Megan or Warren, I dragged myself out while the woman was still asleep.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, when I went outside, all I saw was Warren crying uncontrollably, and I never saw your grandmother again until now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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