But when the words came to her lips, she still found it difficult.
Paige bit her lip, readjusted her breathing several times before she said, “Kelsey, I told you before, the Nick of the past was just like the Nick of the present, with a bunch of little problems, but he was happy and simple. The Nick who saved you has changed.”
“Sister, what exactly are you trying to say?”
Kelsey leaned forward a little, very puzzled.
She knew that Nick had changed. Even her father had said that the current Nick only knew how to laugh all day long, and that he still needed to be awakened quickly. That kind of Nick was calm and a responsible man.
In fact, she felt that the current Nick was also very good. He used countless tricks to entertain her every day. The steady Nick might not be able to spend much time with her because he had too much to do with his work.
No matter what kind of Nick it is, it’s still Nick, isn’t it?
“He is your rescuer, and with your temperament, you should have inquired why he has become like this,”
Paige said, looking ahead.
“I vaguely know a bit. It seems that during the battle of River Town, a comrade-in-arms died for him, and his temperament changed,” Kelsey said seriously, suppressing her smile.
Although the massacre in River Town was not the Folsom family’s idea, it was the Folsom family’s use of Emery that caused the tragedy.
Thinking about this, Kelsey felt uncomfortable.
In the past, the Folsom family were all bigots, thinking that there were hardly any good people outside the Folsom family. Now, their thinking has been corrected.
Paige lowered her head while holding the steering wheel, and it was a while before she said, “Not just a comrade-in-arms, but someone he was… courting at the time.”
On hearing this, Kelsey’s hand holding the sugar-coated fruit on a stick stiffened. She blinked, as if she hadn’t understood, and there was some confusion in her eyes. However, the expression on her face gradually hardened.
She was young, but she understood everything that needed to be understood.
In the silence, Kelsey gradually understood what Paige meant. She felt a straight line in her head that she couldn’t bend, and her lips moved, as if she were speaking subconsciously, “That person… is dead, isn’t he?”
Upon hearing this, Paige looked up and looked into the rearview mirror. They locked eyes, and a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes. “Kelsey, I don’t like it when people talk to me about the people who died in River Town in a tone that makes it sound like they’re dead and gone.”
Seeing this, Kelsey winced and weakly said, “I’m sorry.”
Seeing her like this, Paige softened her gaze and said, “No need to apologize. I know I’ve been a little paranoid about this. As they say, the dead are dead, and the living must go on. In fact, I hope Nick can pull himself together and restart his life.”
“…”
Kelsey was too afraid to speak, and just listened in silence.
“But…” Paige paused, unable to finish her sentence.
However, not everything in the world can be forgotten.
Kelsey looked down at the sugar-coated skewer in her hand, her fingernails scratching aimlessly on the bamboo stick. After a long while, she asked hesitantly, “What kind of person was she?”
What kind of person?
Paige gave a bitter smile, “Someone who desperately wanted to live a life worthy of a human being, but couldn’t even live.”
Kelsey was deeply shocked by Paige’s words. Her heart felt as if it was being hit by someone, beating so violently that it hurt…
That must be someone who works very hard and is very brave.
Not like her.
The snow was so heavy that the windshield was almost impossible to see. Paige said, “Kelsey, no matter what the outcome is, I hope you don’t change.”
She likes to see Kelsey happy every day.
“Ah…” Kelsey sighed softly, “I know, sister. Then I’ll go down and wait for him.”
With that, without waiting for Paige to say anything else, Kelsey pushed open the car door and walked down the stairs.
Nick hadn’t come out yet.
And he still hadn’t come out.
Kelsey walked step by step to the execution platform. When she was hung here, she was terrified, afraid of dying, and even more afraid of dying at the hands of her brother-in-law, causing her sister pain. In just a few days, looking at this place again, she actually had the illusion that everything had passed.
It seemed like everything was a long time ago.
That fear was also very far away from her.
The only thing she could remember was that the man was hanging in a miserable state, and he even made a heroic declaration to her, “If you survive today, I’ll let you be my wife!”
Kelsey watched quietly, in a daze, and dropped one of the candied fruits in her hand.
She quickly crouched down to pick it up, and the candied fruit was covered in snow and had two grass leaves attached to it. She carefully blew on it to get the grass leaves off.
It wasn’t broken.
It should still be edible.
Kelsey looked on, her nose red from the cold, her gaze a little dazed. Could it really still be eaten?
Suddenly, there was movement, and Kelsey looked up to see Nick leaning against the doorframe, almost stumbling out of Papa Bree. He had probably just been woken up, and at the moment he was even more dazed than she was.
Kelsey watched as he reached up and pressed his hand to his chest, as if he was holding back some terrible pain.
The next second, Nick looked up at her.
His eyebrows and eyes were the same as before.
Through the falling snow, Kelsey smiled and walked forward. Nick held on to the door frame, took a half step back with one foot, and looked at her with eyes that clearly avoided her.
“…”
Kelsey’s smile froze on her face, and the sugar-coated hawthorn in her hand fell to the ground again.
It fell twice.
This time, Kelsey didn’t pick it up.
Paige had been sitting in the car the whole time, not going out or turning around. She heard Nick go out and closed her eyes helplessly.
Nick stood in the doorway, his posture a little stiff, his expression a little embarrassed. After a long time, he said, “Kelsey, I’ll take you somewhere.”
Sooner or later, things that need to be resolved will have to be resolved.
He already remembered everything.
He was not Landon of the Folsom family.
He was Nick of The CapitalTemple in Heaven.
…
Tall buildings stood above the sky, next to long, intricately carved railings, offering a panoramic view of the snowy landscape.
Snow fell from the sky, slowly drifting with the wind towards a row of trees, and then onto the lake not far away. Even further away was a partial view of the old Capital, which at first glance looked like a landscape painting in snow.
“This is the place I said I wanted to show you the snow scene. It’s a private building in our… no, it’s a private building in your the Folsom family. The snow scene here is the most beautiful in the whole city.”
Nick replaced his old-fashioned expensive regular clothes with his usual attire.
Kelsey stood next to him, turned her head to look at him. He stood in front of the railing, his back straight, his features well-proportioned, exuding a calm aura, and not smiling.
It was as if the unrestrained smile she had seen earlier had been an illusion.
The young girl’s prolonged gaze made Nick uncomfortable. He clenched his hands into fists as he rested them on the railing, and his pale lips moved. “Kelsey, I have something to…”
“You’re really awake?” Kelsey interrupted him.
Nick turned his head to look at her. She tilted her head and looked at him with wide eyes, even her confusion was crystal clear. He felt his throat go dry and his words stuck in his mouth.
His fingertips sank tightly into the palm of his hand.
Nick nodded heavily, “Yes, I’m awake now. I remember everything. Kelsey, I…”
“Great! I finally don’t have to play house with you!”