The warmth and care he provided were exactly what Scarlett Glenn needed. With him around, she felt secure, as if there was finally a solid wall behind her empty heart.
No longer would she have to fear turning around and seeing an abyss.
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At the entrance of the cemetery, Dylan Young saw Ethan Herd carrying Scarlett Glenn into the car, then the two of them left. The corner of Dylan's mouth curved up slightly - that young man wasn't bad at all.
He had initially intended for Scarlett Glenn to ride in his car. She couldn't walk on her own, so he had rushed over to take her back.
Unexpectedly, he saw Ethan Herd arrive.
As a fellow man, he could see that Ethan's feelings for Scarlett were genuine, not like his nephew, who treated women as mere objects and played with them.
If Scarlett Glenn could find a good home, that should be what her mother would want to see the most.
Dylan turned back to spend more time with her since he found her 17 years late.
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