Briony stared at the doors of the emergency room, tears slipping silently down her cheeks.

...

Mary was gone.

She died on the very day her daughter was born.

The baby lay in an incubator, oblivious to the fact that her mother had left this world forever.

Maybe the newborn could sense the absence, because that night, she developed a high fever.

The doctors in the neonatal unit declared her condition critical.

Briony couldn't afford the luxury of grief. She rushed to the neonatal ward, signing a stack of consent forms for the baby's treatment.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that the child's condition finally stabilized.

But Briony's nerves and emotions stayed stretched tight, refusing to ease.

Mary had no family left. For now, her body was kept in the hospital morgue.

Briony went to see her.

Mary lay beneath a white sheet.

Briony gently lifted the cloth.

Mary's eyes were closed, her face peaceful, as if she were simply sleeping.

bear to leave her

look

heartless woman slept

sobbing could

Mary simply missed Ferdinand too much, and chose to

right did Ferdinand have to take

girl..." Briony ran her hand gently over Mary's face for the last

Cold. Unforgiving.

never come

...

morgue, she looked up and spotted

concern etched across his face. "Bryn,

were swollen and red from crying. She looked at Stewart, her expression

are you

take the kids to Southcreek Manor for a few days. But as soon as I arrived

your concern, Mr. Wentworth, but I'm fine," Briony replied, keeping her distance. "I be busy with Mary's arrangements for a few days anyway, so it's good if

coldness keenly, but there was nothing he could

professional handle the funeral. I can ask

cut him off. "Mary called me her sister. That makes me her family. I'll

his lips

had neither the patience nor the energy

"Once you have the kids,

don't want you

me isn't something another woman's husband should worry

words landed like a final

side, a

sighed. "Just... take care of

brushed past him, heading back toward the

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