“Yes, Mr Lisa,” Scarlet replied with a lowered head. Though she felt reluctant, she didn’t dare to argue at that moment.

“Cecilia always listened to you since she was young. The way forward depended on your guidance.” Mr Lisa said.

“I will guide her well, Mr Lisa,” Scarlet assured.

Lisa was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and stopped.

“Isa is my biological sister,” he said.

Upon hearing this, Scarlet felt even more uneasy.

“Don’t cause her any more trouble in the future,” Lisa added.

“Yes…” Scarlet hadn’t expected Mr Lisa to say such words. As she watched his figure walking away, her anger grew.

Who was causing trouble for whom?

The thought of making Miss Cecilia apologize to Isabella the next day filled Scarlet with intense anger and heartache.

The next morning.

Isabella discovered a message she had received from Silvia–Freda’s mother, the previous night.

“Isa, thank you for doing everything you could to save Freda. Today was her funeral. Did you come?” Silvia asked.

“Yes,” Isabella quickly replied.

“Freda liked you a lot when she was alive. I believe she would have been pleased to have you accompany her on her final journey,” Silvia expressed.

Isabella thought of replying with just one word, “Condolences.” But the loss of a beloved daughter could not be comforted with just two simple words.

replied, “I arrived

the geomancer, the best time for the burial was ten o’clock in the morning,

to

preparations, the venue was grand and majestic, with many people

dressed in black, demonstrating the extensive network of the Heilig Family.

and elegiac couplets surrounded the entire cemetery outside the Heilig Family Cemetery like blooming

formal attire, including distant and close relatives, were now in front of the memorial hall. weeping uncontrollably, deeply

the flowers, Benjamin and Isabella approached the open-

and standing side

at the black-and-white image of Freda and the coffin placed beneath it, recalling Freda’s cheerful and lively

Family members crying in her ears as if she relived the pain of losing

came to pay respects. Despite their tearful appearance, Tel and

coming…” Tel hugged Benjamin but

Benjamin patted his back to console him.

more overwhelming. The feeling of the sky collapsing after losing

grieving will worry Freda…” Isabella hugged Silvia and said, “Freda’s biggest concern before she left must have been all of you.”

down… I only had one daughter… Why did fate cruelly take her away? What was I supposed to do

the sadness of the other

like falling into a deep sea with no hope of rescue, even desperate enough to close her eyes and

helpless baby to a beautiful young lady. I had imagined countless

mourners. They had never

and Silvia looked up through her tears to see a path being

“What are you doing here? The Heilig Family didn’t invite you. Leave, get out!”

Isabella wanted to say something

“You saved Freda, and she liked you when she was alive. I do not object to you representing the Logan family, but he cannot set

to see Freda,” Mathew said.

Freda farewell on her final journey. Freda

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