Beyond the Divorce

My words caught everyone's attention, and they looked at me in disbelief.

"Call the cops?"

The neighbor I had entrusted seemed to grasp the situation. He immediately picked up his phone and made the call.

I kept my gaze on Melanie, who stood coldly and impatiently beside Matthew. After a while, I picked up my phone and called the cops.

Before they arrived, Atlas had arranged for us to see the body. Matthew didn't move. He stayed on his knees, wailing, refusing to look up.

"Matthew, go see your mother!" I said it coldly, but he remained motionless. "This is your last chance."

His hands on the ground tightened, but he didn't lift his head.

"Grandma... I want Grandma!" Ava's cries were heartbreaking. After some thought, I stood up slowly and headed inside. Ivanna and Lauren stood by my side.

"We'll accompany you."

"I want to see Grandma!" Ava cried. "Mommy, I want to see Grandma too!"

I smiled sadly and said, "Be good! Mommy will go for you. Grandma wouldn't want you to cry."

resolutely. There were no medical staff inside, and the stark white of the sheet under the shadowless lamp was glaring. This place was

the first time I had seen someone lifeless. She had

if...we

time before straightening up and

seemingly sleeping peacefully. At this moment, she appeared gentle

on, she would be beyond pain, worry, and

the best funeral clothes for her. The

shortly after. Trembling, I helped her put on the clothes. It was the first time I had dressed Grace. Enduring the process with tears,

be free and happy. I can only escort you this far," I said, then looked at her for a moment before

looked at me distressed, then shifted his gaze to the stark white

past him, not wanting

the emergency room door,

I.n

approaching through the crowd. He quickly ran over, and before

and the police were there. The leading

Melanie, hiding in a corner with a bruised and swollen face. "She abused her seriously ill mother-in-law

me will not