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.

Briony accused her of cruelty-how could she bear to leave her daughter

even had a chance to look at her baby girl,

slept

of Briony's sobbing could bring her

simply missed Ferdinand too much, and chose to follow him wherever he'd

did Ferdinand have to take her

her hand gently

Cold. Unforgiving.

never come

...

looked up and spotted Stewart striding toward her from down the

concern etched across his face.

from crying. She looked at Stewart, her expression

are you doing

for a few days. But as soon as I arrived at the house,

"I be busy with Mary's arrangements for a few days anyway, so it's good

but

Let a professional handle the funeral. I can ask

called me her sister. That makes me her

pressed his lips together,

neither the patience nor the energy

you have the kids, just

just don't want you to

me isn't something another woman's

landed like a final

his side, a wave of sorrow washing

a moment, he sighed. "Just... take care of

a quiet thank you, then brushed

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