✧ACE LEE✧ A moment of silence settled over the office before Grandpa finally spoke. "I want you to meet your cousin." His words gave me pause, knitting my brows in contemplation. "Pinky? Why? Did something happen to her?" I began to reach for my phone, intending to call Pinky and inquire about any issues, but Grandpa cut me off. "No, not her." I glanced up at him, bewildered. Not her? Aside from Pinky, I didn't have any other cousins. I remained silent, sensing he had more to divulge. “I truly loved your grandmother—my wife. Even though she's no longer with me, even though she left me too soon, I still love her. But I made a mistake in the past. A grave mistake. I never confessed it to her, and I lacked the courage to own up to it until she was gone.” "I don’t understand you, Grandpa.

