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Something had already happened to him then. Moreover… At this point, I think you don’t quite know why he was met with an accident yet. You should wait for the results of the investigation. Are you planning to pay your last respects to him? Let me send you to the funeral parlor.”
“… Okay.”
With his gentle words of consolation, Cate slowly regained her composure.
Indeed, she had to at least find out the cause of Nathan’s accident.
“I’ll send you there.”
Shaun carried her to the passenger seat and fastened the seat belt for her.
Along the journey, Cate gazed out of the window without saying a word. All her memories with Nathan were running through her mind. The more she thought about them, the more terrible she felt.
Only after she arrived at the funeral parlor did she whisper to Shaun, “You’d better go back. The Sanderson family members are probably here, so it might not b e good for you to attend the funeral.”
“Mm.” Shaun passed her the car keys and said gently, “If there’s anything, you can call me immediately. Take care of yourself. Don’t let anyone bully you.”
Cate nodded casually. Due to her mind which was in a mess, she could not be bothered to think about anything else.
As soon as she entered the parlor, she spotted Wesley’s somber expression. Mr. Lowe had come all the way from Melbourne. The Lowe family, the Sanderson family, and the Steele family were all present with sorrowful expressions.
Tracy looked as pale as a soulless puppet.
Her mother was wiping her tears by her side. “Why is my daughter so unlucky? Her husband left right when she got pregnant.”
Cate jerked, feeling an unspeakable pain.
Mrs. Steele suddenly ran to Cate to slap her the second she saw her. ” It’s your doing! If Nathan hadn’t gone to look for you, he wouldn’t have died.”
Cate let the slap land on her face without intending to dodge it. However, when Mrs. Steele was about to slap Cate, Wesley rushed toward the woman and stopped her. He then roared, “Why are you guys blaming her? The police found out that there were issues with the car, so the factory that manufactured the car should be held responsible instead.”
“There were issues with the car?” Cate asked in a daze.
“Yeah. The surveillance camera showed that the car lost control and accelerated in the last ten seconds or so.”
Wesley explained, “Even if Nathan hadn’t gone to look for you, he could’ve gone to meet someone else and the same problem would most likely arise a s well. In fact, that car that he drove was the newest innovation with cutting-edge technology. Having said that, there have been a lot of accidents involving high-tech cars in the past two years.”
A look of grief washed over Cate’s face. Did Nathan lose his life simply because of that?
“What’s more…” Wesley suddenly added, “He could’ve gone looking for you because of me. We had a conflict last night. He probably knew that I was in a bad mood, so he wanted to mediate things without letting me find out. In this case, the blame should go to me instead of you.”
Cate was enlightened now. It was no wonder Nathan had said he had something important to tell her. He had even asked her not to let Wesley know about it.
Tracy lifted her head and glanced at Wesley. With a hoarse voice, she said, “It’s okay, Mom. I’ m just unlucky, and so is Nathan. Let’s not pin it on anyone.”
Mrs. Steele heaved a sigh.
Although Mr. Lowe was deeply saddened by the loss of his son, he still had another son. Moreover, he did not wish to see Nathan and Wesley be at odds.
Given that Wesley’s current status was different from before, Mr. Lowe needed to fawn over him in the future. With that, he said, “Get Nathan cremated as soon as possible. Seeing him like this… I feel truly heartbroken.”
Nathan’s father gave the order.
The next day, the cremation ceremony was held for Nathan.
Cate saw him for the last time. It was very startling, but she was not petrified. She felt nothing but grief. The one whom she had been calling ¡® Brother Nathan’ since she was young had left just like that.
Why was a human’s life so fragile?
After Nathan was cremated, Cate did not go to the office for three consecutive days. She was like a tortoise that was hiding in her shell, not going anywhere.
On the fourth day, she suddenly received a strange call. “Is this Aunty Cath? I’m Tracy.”
“Miss Steele…” Cate was at a loss. She thought Tracy was going to cause her trouble.
“I’d like to meet you. Please don’t tell anyone about it,” Tracy said under her breath.
Stunned, Cate became instinctively alert. However, as soon as she heard Tracy mentioning that they would meet downtown, she banished her doubts.
Soon, she drove to the cafe and entered the private room.
Tracy was sitting at the table. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses and a cap. As she had cut her hair short and heavy makeup on her face, Cate could barely recognize her.
“Why did you want to meet me?” Cate sat opposite her. She had always thought of Tracy as a quiet woman, but she could feel that Tracy was not despicable. Despite knowing that Cate was previously in a relationship with Nathan, Tracy had never envied her nor did she join Sonya to badmouth her.
“Look at this.”
Tracy passed her phone to Cate.
Cate clicked it open. It was a screenshot of a message that had not been sent out. [Watch out…]
One could tell that it was an incomplete message as the word ¡®Lyo’ could be seen in the messaging box a t the bottom.
The draft of the message was meant for Cate.
“This was Nathan’s last activity found in his phone. The police spotted the phone in the bush after the incident, but they didn’t know the password to his phone. After I got his phone, I switched it on and unlocked it. This screenshot was displayed on the screen.”
Tracy gazed at her with mixed feelings. “I think Nathan might’ve been aware of something during the incident. He could’ve realized that he was going to die, so he wanted to text you to warn you for the last time. But it was too late when the car began to catch fire. Hence, he tossed his phone out of the window.”
Cate’s long lashes quivered.
Did this mean that Nathan had been trying to remind her even in his last moments?
“Why is it a screenshot?” Cate suddenly asked, “Can I have a look at his phone?”
Tracy replied thoughtfully, “After Nathan’s phone was passed to the police, the Lowe family and the Sanderson family took a look at it as well. But I was the first to look at it. After noticing the drafted message, I sent the screenshot to my phone and removed it from his phone.”
Cate was startled.
Tracy knitted her brows together. “Have you thought about the reason Nathan wanted to send you this message in his last moment rather than his last words regarding other things? What did he want you to be careful of? Or was he looking for you yesterday because of something?”
“I have no idea.”
Afraid that Tracy would overthink it, Cate swiftly explained, “I haven’t seen him since the wedding. When he suddenly contacted me the other day, I was quite surprised. But according to Wesley, it was probably because I quarreled with Wesley the day before and Nathan wanted to mediate things for us.
Once she finished speaking, she fixed her eyes on the screenshot.
Watch out…
Watch out for who?
Nathan had typed out a person whose name started with ¡®Lyo’.
This meant that the person’s name had these three letters.
Lyo.
A thought struck Cate’s mind.
Had Nathan tried to type out ¡®Wesley Sanderson’?
Her face paled.
Upon noticing her expression, Tracy said, ” It looks like you’ve guessed it.”
“No. This is impossible. ” Cathrine shook her head.
How could Nathan have wanted to remind her to watch out for Wesley in his final moments?
Tracy said, ” Since Nathan typed out ¡®Lyo’, it means that you have to be careful of people whose names start with this. In his last moments, he could’ve wanted to type Uncle Wesley. So now you know why I had to delete the draft.”
Cate understood. She gazed at Tracy admiringly and with complicated feelings at the same time.
