After the press conference, Brandon didn't take Janet straight home.
Instead, he drove all the way to the cemetery again. The two went to Sylvia's grave together.
Brandon had also brought the cake that his mother was fond of.
"Mom, I've finally avenged you and cleared your name." Brandon knelt down and carefully placed the cake in front of the grave.
With a gentle look on his face, he touched her photo on the tombstone and murmured, "After this, Janet and I, we'll go to Barnes and we won't come back too often in the future. I'm sorry."
Janet knelt down next to him and held his arm, looking at Sylvia's picture. "Brandon and I are very happy now. The guy who hurt you in the past is now behind bars."
Just then, a cool breeze blew past the cemetery, washing over the two refreshingly. It was as though this was Sylvia's gentle response.
*******
Right when they got home from the cemetery, Janet began to pack their things.
Brandon put his hand on her suitcase and stopped her gently. "There's no hurry. We still have another day before you have to go back to work, right? There's something very important we have to do first." "What is it? Does it have anything to do with the Lester family?" Janet looked up at him anxiously.
Brandon's eyes took on a different light. He pulled Janet towards him, got close to her ear, and whispered softly, "Laney and Tasha are both expecting babies. Don't you want one too?"
Hearing this, Janet blushed, lowered her head, and murmured shyly, "But I want to keep working."
Truth be told, when she found out that Laney was pregnant, something sparked in her heart.
"I know you want a baby," Brandon said with a smile. "We can just let nature take its course. Now that your work is stable, there's no reason we can't have one. I think our child will be very cute!" *******
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