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-"

not worry?" Jamie cut him

himself to respond calmly, albeit with a

something seemed off about

froze, staring blankly at the people continuing with the burial. For a moment, she didn't know whether to feel angry or heartbroken on

within her. "No, I have to find

caught her arm. "It's no use. We don't know what happened between them or what kind

what we thought

expression dulling as if all the strength had drained

""You're right," she murmured.

the grave, standing silently

her hand. "At least she called you in her final moments. That shows how

leaned into him, her body shaking with suppressed sobs. "I

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

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

earlier phone call, Jamie remembered Mrs.

locked herself in her home, refusing company

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