Memory of the Heart

Chapter 10: The First Day

On the other side of the estate, a certain duke was supposedly inspecting something but cannot help but look at the horizon opposite him.

He recognised his son riding a horse, probably having his horse-riding lessons as usual. However, aside from his son's instructor, there seems to be another figure there.

Luke tried his hardest to not look at the woman's figure, but he was automatically drawn, as if he was hypnotised.

The next thing he knew, his eyes were just glued to that woman's figure. He observed how the woman wiped the little bits of sweat from his son's face. Then, after talking about something, they both laughed and she even patted the little boy's head.

Luke did not know why, but his heart suddenly felt warm after witnessing such a scene.

'That woman... how can my little son favour her so much in just a short amount of time?' he mused.

After staring a little more, Luke felt like he really could not take the scenery that he was witnessing. As ridiculous as it sounds, he could not help but also think that if the person in his mind was actually alive, it would exactly be like the scene right now.

But he must be out of his mind, right? He has to stop imagining a total stranger as that certain someone.

'Stupid.' he secretly cursed himself.

If he were to be honest with himself, there was a faint hope from his heart that they were the same person, even though his much rational mind went against it.

It was simply too impossible. After all, he personally witnessed that certain someone's last moment.

Besides, after neglecting for a long time, Luke finally had the courage to look over the reports that Hamish sent to him about that woman.

No matter how much he resisted, he had lost to his curiosity and irrational desire to know more about that woman.

As he looked at the reports, the faint hope in his heart disappeared completely. They may look the same, but everything else is really different.

First, the woman that they recruited as a nanny was younger than the certain someone he has in his heart. Then, that woman was also born and raised in the Philippines and the only country she has travelled outside of that is Britain...

Just from that alone, it was too unlikely that they are the same person. The certain person he knew of has never been to the Philippines or Britain.

As Luke thought about it, perhaps the reason why he was able to cope living in Britain was exactly because of that. There were no memories of that certain someone here.

If there were, then everything about his surroundings would automatically remind him of that certain someone and he probably would not completely function at all. If he was just grieving and could not think properly, then how can he stand up for his son, right?

But with the situation right now... Luke felt that things kind of changed.

There is now something in Britain reminding him of that certain someone, because of how uncanny they look alike.

Luke did not make it that obvious, but it has been a while since he stopped listening to whatever his employee was saying about the maintenance of the estate.

"Let's cut it short for today. I have something I must attend to." he cut off the employee.

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Dalena somehow found herself in a good conversation with Little George's horse riding instructor, Max. He taught her a little bit of background about horse riding and told her about Little George's progress in his lessons.