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-"

I not worry?" Jamie cut him off,

reaction but forced himself to respond calmly, albeit with a bitter edge. "He probably

that something seemed off about

with the burial. For a moment, she didn't know whether to feel angry or heartbroken on Winnie's behalf. Even now, the man Winnie had loved wouldn't come to see her one last

surged within her. "No, I have to

arm. "It's no use. We don't know what happened

it wasn't what we thought

all the

""You're right," she murmured.

back to the grave, standing silently

in her final moments. That shows how

body shaking with suppressed sobs. "I don't have a

was buried, but there were still her belongings to sort through. Jamie, however, couldn't summon the energy to deal

looked after at the hospitalby Mrs. Lucas, and everything seemed stable for now. Jamie was the one who

Jamie remembered Mrs. Lucas's steady tone

locked herself in her home, refusing

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255