Even After Death by Lilting Champ

With trembling hands, Ethan picked up the wedding ring and the letter.

The act of opening a letter was so simple, but his hands kept trembling as if he had Parkinson’s.

Brent said in a low voice, “Mr. Miller, let me do it.” It didn’t matter that much whether he read the letter or not.

Everyone had already guessed the ending.

Still, Ethan took out the letter in terror and agony.

The familiar handwriting came into sight.

In the past, she would write him letters in secret when he was out on business trips.

She didn’t know the address, so she would put the words she wanted to say into a bottle and then bury it in the garden.

After he discovered it by accident, every time he came back, the first thing he would do was to go to that secret hole and dig around to check if there was new mail.

Back then, she wrote like an adorable teenage girl.

But this letter was different.

Not many words were written on it, but every stroke conveyed farewell.

“Ethan, it’s too painful to live.

I don’t want to hold on anymore.

Farewell.

I only desire the sweet release of death.

has done us

welled up in Ethan’s eyes, and it

of water dripped onto

could tell if it was Ethan’s tears or the rain from

the letter to his heart, Ethan

“Liv, I was

Don’t die.

should be the one to die instead.” He gripped the ring

this ring, but in the end, he still managed to find

forget Olivia’s smile when she put on

this ring, I’ll be your

hubby.” In the period when he gave her the

had

ring had

gave her farewells and said that

How cruel.

in the past, but now, they

Ethan kissed Olivia’s ring.

took off

the two rings neatly together, He slowly got

walked toward

with images of Olivia’s

don’t leave

scared of

“Let me go.

me like this.” Ethan mumbled, “Liv,

It

She must be terrified.

it must have been for her when the water rushed