Hearing this, Jamie finally exhaled a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding.

She focused on arranging Winnie's funeral, even though the weight of it was almost too much to bear.

The dead take the past and all the pain, mistakes, and regrets with them, leaving behind only memories worth keeping. But the more Jamie remembered, the more it hurt.

Ben had steadied her, calm and supportive. "If you need to cry, just cry. Your sister is gone, and everyone knows how much this hurts."

Jamie shook her head. She had cried enough. Now was the time to stay strong and see the funeral through, to send Winnie off properly.

The funeral lasted a long time, though few people attended. Winnie hadn't had many close connections in life.

"Where's Jack Green?" Jamie suddenly asked midway through.

He hadn't shown up.

Winnie had held onto her feelings for him until the very end. How could he not be here for her funeral?

Jamie's heart began to race with urgency. "Ben, can you contact him? If he comes now, there's still time-" "Jamie, don't worry-"

Jamie cut him off,

startled by her reaction but forced himself to respond calmly, albeit with a bitter edge. "He probably won't

but notice that something seemed off

people continuing with the burial. For a moment, she didn't know whether to feel angry or heartbroken on Winnie's

"No, I have to

no use. We don't know what happened between them or what kind of

what we thought at

as if all the

""You're right," she murmured.

back to the grave, standing silently before it, her lonely

forward, gently taking her hand. "At least she called you in her final moments. That shows how much you meant to her. You

with suppressed sobs. "I don't have a sister

Jamie returned home in a daze. Winnie was buried, but there were still her belongings

suggested she rest. Charlie was being looked after at the hospitalby Mrs. Lucas, and everything seemed stable

call, Jamie remembered Mrs.

locked herself in her home,

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