Luna lifted her head and came face-to-face with a nameplate that read, [Colin Landry].
Charles closed his eyes and said solemnly, "This is your late uncle, and he was my only family.
"After Lucy died, the Lynch family found traces of my DNA in the skin cells caught underneath her nails and discovered a lot of alleged evidence that I had tortured her to death.
"They blamed her death on me and started to get revenge on me.
"At that time, I had lost the woman I loved and was on the brink of mental insanity, so most of the time, I was out of my mind.
"Your uncle-my brother, Colin-helped the Landry Group fend off the Lynch family's attacks while at the same time, tried to think of ways to explain everything to the Lynch family.
"Finally, one day, the Lynch family showed mercy and allowed him to visit Granny Lynch and explain the truth.
"That day, your uncle got into an accident on his way back here, and the reason for his accident was that the Lynch family had meddled with the gears of his car. When we finally found his body...the scene of the accident was so bloody that we couldn't find any other body parts...apart from one of his legs."
Charles turned and stared at Luna. "Initially, after I had managed to come out of my mental breakdown after Lucy's death, I had intended to investigate what had happened in the past, including the real reason behind Lucy's death, but when Granny Lynch killed Colin...that was when I knew that there was no need to investigate anymore.
"This was a human life. He was my brother, the only family I had growing up! Because of him, I knew I'd never reconcile with the Lynch family again."
With that, Charles stared at Luna's face and said, "I know that since you haven't met your uncle before, you have no relationship toward him, but neither had Joshua met his late Aunt Lucy before. However, he was willing to do anything to defend his family; you saw the way he had acted toward me just now.
"I know now that you're pregnant, you shouldn't kneel for a long time, so I'll excuse you from that. However, today, you have to remain here and think over your mistakes and consider whether you still want to stay i n contact with Joshua in the future!"
After finishing his sentence, Charles turned and strode away.
A short while later, a servant appeared to give Luna a glass of milk and some water, along with a chair for her to sit on.
On top of that, the servant had brought with her some pictures of Colin Landry from his youth to his adulthood.
Colin was standing next to Charles in all of the photos, beaming.
The both of them had indeed grown up together.
Toward the end, in the photos of Charles and Lucy's wedding, Colin had stood next to Charles as well, grinning from ear to ear.
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