Chapter 393

After her conversation with Sasha ended, Clara returned to the restaurant. Some of the food she ordered had already been served. Agnes sat waiting patiently, her cutlery untouched. While Clara had been on the phone, Agnes had watched her through the restaurant's glass window, her gaze fixed on Clara's back, trying to figure out who Clara really was. Chester had been gone for around seven years. So many people had forgotten about him. Even his own father never spoke of him anymore. After Chester's death, the money Bastian received was mostly loaned out to his sisters for various reasons, and whatever was left, he gambled away, drank away, smoked away, spending every last penny. His sisters borrowed money for houses and business needs, all while they still lived in that run-down house their father built when he was young. If Chester knew, he'd have come back to take Bastian away with him. Since the latter loved drinking so much, why not let him die of alcohol poisoning, or a str