Chapter 264: Secret Letter
Leander could only sigh as Father Patrick didn’t say anything. It appeared that he agreed with his statement.
"I think..." Leander bowed his head and fiddled with his fingers. "Evander is dead. He died after enduring a lot of torture... I’m the heir of the Kastello family. And I..."
He didn’t have the guts to look up. He didn’t know where he was going with this. But there is a thought that is nagging him a lot these days.
He looked at the priest. He didn’t have much of an expression on his face. But his eyes looked kind. "My wife... She told me what Evander did to one of the young girls here..." Leander bowed his head.
It was his comeuppance... the way he died...
"I... my family only has me as the viable heir. I am haunted by the images of the small sized caskets that were laid out and the cries of the parents who lost their child... It’s..." his voice choked.
"I decided not to have children, as a means of...atonement. It might have been indigenous considering my wife had...trouble conceiving, but...I..."
Leander looked at Father Patrick. He didn’t want to cry in front of another man, but he couldn’t hold back. It was a big decision.
Leander was surprised to see the old priest looking at him with his eyes wide.
"Maybe I was so full of myself and God..." Leander sighed. "It must be my bloodline. My wife was the one who ended up getting hurt. We lost our baby recently and... Maybe it is mandated that by associating with my bloodline, she will suffer. Maybe it is best for me to leave her...For her happiness, I will do anything..."
Leander buried his face in his hands. His chest was so heavy that a sigh did nothing. Then as if the floodgates were opened, something burst inside him and he started to sob.
"I don’t want to leave her... But I can’t watch her suffer because of my cursed bloodline..."