"Just that?"
Bernadette lowered her head slightly. "I... I didn't want to... believe that Mr. Sparrow, who conjured up a whole ship full of Fairy-Tale Characters and took me to look for Beautiful Merpeople, was a bad person either."
A faint light glimmered in her azure eyes. "People who love fairy tales shouldn't be bad people."
That night, out on the sea, with a whole ship full of Fairy-Tale Characters-Bernadette would never forget it for the rest of her life.
Chapter 482: Tell Me a Story
"But!"
Her expression suddenly turned serious. "You have to tell me what your relationship with that man is! Did you send him? Did you send him to drive a wedge between Daddy and Mommy..."
"Of course not."
Edward said, "His name is Dubois. He's actually been a good friend of your father's for over ten years, but they fell out over some misunderstandings. The reason your mother went to see him last time was actually to help him make up with your father."
Bernadette's face immediately lit up. "Really?"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask your parents yourself. I told you last time to stop imagining things all day. Children should be innocent and happy. You'll have plenty to worry about when you grow up."
-Just like Lilith.
"Huh..."
Bernadette shrank back a little. "You're looking at me so strangely."
"Ahem, I just thought of my daughter."
Her eyes went wide with surprise. "You have a daughter? Where is she? How old is she? Can you introduce me to her?"
Edward shook his head. "She... and I got separated. Everything I'm doing now is to find her."
"Ah..." She patted Edward sympathetically. "You'll definitely find her!"
She hesitated for a while. "Why don't... you tell Daddy and ask him to help you?"