Grande's characteristic van drove out of the backyard, and Alpha Benjamin was naturally in the driver's seat, and Zach sat in the back seat with Derek on the grounds that it was convenient to introduce the surrounding things.

"This is our cemetery. Zach pointed to the land north of the road, with a hint of pride, "Originally, it was only the cemetery of [Grande Funeral Home] in the South End, but after the funeral reform, it is now the only cemetery in Barton City." ”

Derek nodded, wanting to ask something, but didn't seem to organize the language, "He ......"

The vans have turned, weaving through the roads between the cemeteries. Drake didn't need to ask anymore, he knew where his destination was.

Outside the eastern circle of the Grand West Cemetery, the truck stopped. The three of them got out of the car, and Derek became inexplicably nervous, his eyes swept over the empty park, and the various tombstones erected and arranged on the ground occupied his line of sight, and he couldn't concentrate on distinguishing the handwriting on each tombstone for a while.

Drake didn't know which one was his father.

Standing hesitantly at the edge of the cemetery, not knowing which direction to go, Drake was hugged by Zack, and the vampire smiled, "This way." ”

The three men gradually deepened in the East Garden, and only the knee-high monument occasionally covered the legs of the three. No one seemed to be in a hurry, they were walking slowly.

"It's right ahead. Zach pointed to one place ahead, and in that direction, everything was the same, and it was impossible to know which one Zach was referring to, "That one......"

Drake stopped, looking ahead and wondering if it had landed in the right place, as if he wanted to distinguish the handwriting on the distant tombstone, but he didn't seem to want to, and there was a look in his eyes that made one uncertain.

Zach also stopped, giving Drake time to take a deep breath.

"Let's go. Zach asked tentatively.

Derek. Nodding, beside Zach, he walked towards a cemetery that became more and more specific and clear.

'A father worthy of love'

This is the inscription on the tombstone, 'Javier Grande, xx-xx'.

Looking at Drake with his head down. Looking at the words on the tombstone with a complicated expression, Zach took out the cigarette he had prepared in advance and squatted down.

"It was Benjamin's idea and I to do that. Zach looked at Benjamin, tore open the package, opened it, and placed it in front of the tombstone with a lighter, "We didn't want only one name on the tombstone, so we added that." ”

Do you understand what vampires do? play with people's hearts or act. He needs to match the story of Old Hank.

Drake looked at the tombstone in front of him and Zack's movements, not knowing what was going on in his heart," Hank said, he ...... "The title is a problem, but the word 'father' is really impossible to say, maybe in Derek's mind, the maker, is more appropriate."

Drake frowned. "Hank said he died of lung disease. ”

Zach smiled, realizing what Drake was referring to. Smoke. The real murderer who killed old Grande is the way Zach now honors this 'beloved father', "Yes. Zach smiled and looked up at Drake, "We tend to ignore this, his former life. We weren't involved. We can only define him by what we have already seen. Zach paused, "This man." ”

Last night, Hank's story about Derek fits into Zach and Benjamin's legitimate file identities. That is, to Sue Sù - Zach and Benjamin are the same as him. They were all the 'sons' who lived outside and then found Grande. What happens now has happened once before.

The only difference was that when Zach and Benjamin came, the elder Grande was still alive, and they were lucky enough to spend some time with this father, and got all the explanations about what the word 'father' meant.

Hank Sr. hid the real life of Old Grande from Derek, the real descendant of Old Grande, and then irresponsibly pushed the rest to Zach and Benjamin.

Sad and cunning. Do you understand, because the elder Hank had already made a decision, and between the former Grande (Hank and Grande) and the current Grande (Zach and Benjamin), he clearly chose the latter.

The vampire and alpha made amends, leaving the legacy of the previous generation of Grande to be decided by the elder Hank, and went around in a circle and returned to the vampire and alpha.

Drake nodded, "What did you see?" His emotions were complicated, and he calmed down strangely when he spoke, "I mean, what kind of person you see him. ”

Zach was a little helpless, this should have been something old Hank was going to do. There is probably no one in this world who knows Old Grande better than Old Hank. But for the same reason that Old Hank drove Blake away, he kept his mouth shut.

Drake frowned, "Hank, Hank told me a lot of things. "He told me that he worked, worked, worked, and because of work, he threw away things around him, and then, he got sick, and then he died. Derek stared at the tombstone in front of him, "None of this is what I want to know. He shook his head silently, "It's not what I'm looking for here." ”

Drake took a deep breath and looked at Zach, "So, tell me, what do you see, what kind of person is he?"

Zach looked into Drake's eyes, because of the sunlight, vampires must squint, although not very real, but Zach can confirm that there is anger in Drake's eyes.

Let's reconstruct the profile of the middle-aged man, Derek, and understand what kind of person this is from the fragmented clues.

Derek said to Steve Walker, 'I'm just here to see the ......man who made me,' and doesn't seem to have much respect for the people lying in this graveyard.

When questioned by James, who did not yet know his identity, he replied, 'Just a man who can't afford a car.' So he's not rich, at least not now.

As well as the fact that he is lost, he seems to lack experience in outdoor activities.

I have just been divorced and think that my child can live well without a father. This is his interpretation of Louise at the dinner table. Perhaps 'no sense of responsibility for family affection' can be used to describe this person.

And, something that only we know, he demonstrated his medical technology on the road into Barton's West End.

To sum it up.

His skills, his appearance, can be judged to be a person who has worked in the medical field, nurse, doctor, whatever, anyway, he has been in the workplace for a long time, has no experience in outdoor activities, and in the long working hours, he has formed the idea that his family does not care without him.

In the end, this kind of life is obviously broken, backpackers are not jobs, so now he has no job and no family (divorced). Embarked on the path of finding 'one's own maker'.

An obvious question arises as to why Derek came to Barton, and why he really came to old Grande.

"How did he spend the last days of his life with you?" Drake didn't wait for Zach to answer, because his question wasn't really fully expressed, "Does he regret anything?" Drake frowned, paused, shook his head, and actually smiled.

"Do you know what's interesting?" Derek crouched down beside Zack, took the cigarette that had been taken as a tribute without respect, and lit it himself, "At first, I set out in anger. You know, hit the road, come to Barton. ”

Zach also took out his bottle, now is the time to listen, groggy would be rude.

"My life. Derek exhaled, "It's completely collapsed." My wife......" he smiled, "ex-wife, left me." His lips moved, "And then her lawyer made it very clear to me that I am not a good husband, a good father, and I am not worthy of the qiē that I already have." ”

This may just be a means for divorce lawyers to obtain financial benefits for their clients, but if you have experienced a divorce lawsuit, you will understand how painful the process is, and those accusations will make people question their lives.

"It makes me, well, confused. Drake glanced at Zach.

"So......" Zach raised an eyebrow, "you start to think, who made you like this." The vampire smiled sincerely, "and then you think of the 'father' whose memory is blurred." He's the one who started it, and he started this qiē and started this life, right? Zach chuckled and blinked, "You're here to question the perpetrator and why he 'made' you like this." ”

"Yes. Drake nodded, smiling at Zach as well. In Derek's heart, if anyone can understand himself, it can only be the two Grande brothers who have the same experience, and he suddenly became curious.

They had a whole day to waste, probably knowing, all the answers were found in the brothers, Drake looked at the two brothers with a smile, "How did you get here?"

"Oh!" Zach glanced at Benjamin, who was standing aside with boredom, "It's a boring story. Zach smiled and shook his head, "Maybe a little different from you." Zach shook the bottle in his hand, "But it was also at the lowest point in my life that something strange came to mind." For example, is my life going to go on like this forever? ”

Drake looked at Zach with a thoughtful look.

"We're not like you. Zach continued, "We were young at the time, we hadn't formed our own families, and we were like duckweed, drifting with the times. Zach raised an eyebrow, "So, we have to make a decision, continue to drift like this, or find a place to call home and settle down." ”

"That's why you're here. Drake looked at Zach, "came to the place where a qiē had begun, and found him." He pointed to the tombstone.

Zach smiled and didn't answer. In this vague word, the vampire expresses another meaning. However, how the listener wants to interpret it is his own decision, and it has nothing to do with the vampire. (To be continued......)