The community newspaper, unlike larger publications, doesn’t have vast amounts of international and dostic news from various agencies; from beginning to end, the content is closely related to the residents of this community.
The news of the Brunschwig Distillery reopening is considered a significant piece of news locally.
Reopening a distillery requires substantial funds; where will this money co from?
This was the newspaper’s initial question.
Three days further in, Sean Lowell saw the news of the distillery’s reopening failure.
Alongside this news was an even bigger story with a news photo.
In the picture was a dead Asian woman and a little girl with bloodied, mangled hands.
For a community newspaper, a murder case is explosive news.
For several days in a row, sensitive news about the Brunschwig Distillery dominated the headlines.
To protect privacy, the newspaper did not specify the victim’s na clearly or publish high-resolution cri scene photos.
The faces of the deceased and the little girl were also pixelated.
Sean Lowell imdiately recognized Sumr Lowell’s iconic hairstyles; like those Chun-Li cosplayers at conventions, always with twin hair buns.
If it were just the appearance of the iconic hair buns, Sean Lowell might not have been able to be 100% certain of who the girl in the news was.
But on those bloodied, mangled little hands, there was a bracelet made of heart-shaped buttons.
It was identical to the button necklace hanging around Sean Lowell’s neck.
There were two buttons on Sumr Lowell’s most beloved doll’s clothes.
Sean Lowell had one, and Sumr Lowell had the other.
Sumr Fairmont currently no longer wears a bracelet, and she doesn’t even rember ever owning one.
No matter if Sumr Fairmont rembers or not, with this kind of photographic evidence in the news, if Sean Lowell still couldn’t confirm that Sumr Fairmont was Sumr Lowell, it would betray his exceptional mory.
Yet for the first ti, Sean Lowell...
Felt a reluctance to confirm.
Sean Lowell stared at the news photo, unmoving, sitting in the community newspaper’s archive for five hours.
This turned out to be the forgotten truth of Sumr Fairmont, the truth he’s been searching for all along.
Sean Lowell didn’t know what he could do.
If he took all the archived newspapers and burned them, would no one rember this anymore?
Sean Lowell was devastated.
His usual calm and composed deanor completely vanished from his face.
He probably hadn’t cried in 19 years?
He ca looking for newspapers, seeking clues about the Brunschwig Distillery reopening, to find news about that mysterious Asian woman and little girl, gather photos, gather evidence, to persuade Sumr Fairmont that she was Sumr Lowell.
That way, a second "accident scene" could be avoided.
But how could Sean Lowell place these "clues" in front of Sumr Fairmont?
Ten accident scenes couldn’t be as brutal as the truth.
Excitedly going through old newspapers, only to read about his mother’s mysterious death, and his sister’s mangled body.
Yet he had even complained about his upbringing, attributing it to the oppressive education from his father, and questioned if he had Stockholm Syndro. How dare he?
Sean Lowell didn’t know how to face the news about his mother and sister, which had originally filled him with anticipation.
He just sat there, like a statue.
Unmoving, wordless.
His mind was even a complete blank.
After five hours, suddenly standing up after sitting so long, Sean Lowell’s vision went black, nearly causing him to fall headlong.
When his vision cleared, Sean Lowell found the entire world glaringly bright.
How did Sumr grow up?
What has Sumr gone through?
How is he supposed to tell Sumr:
"Look, this dead person is your mom."
"Look, this bracelet proves you’re my sister."
Like a zombie, Sean Lowell returned to the Lochindaal Hotel, unable to think, even unable to breathe.
Before leaving, Gordon Sterling had prepared a phone for Sean Lowell, and Sean used it to send his first ssage since dropping out of college: [It feels like I can’t handle this alone.]
Nationally-certified Gordon Sterling: [Wait for , just stay put! I’m booking a flight imdiately. Don’t go anywhere, don’t drink anything, wait for , and I’ll take care of everything for you.]
Sean Lowell: [Okay.]
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Bonus: Today’s updated Chapter has a special Chapter at the end, considered a small teaser about the male lead in the next book.
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