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.

her of cruelty-how could she bear to leave her

hadn't even had a chance to look at her baby girl,

slept so deeply

Briony's sobbing could bring her

simply missed Ferdinand too much, and

right did Ferdinand

girl..." Briony ran her hand gently over

Cold. Unforgiving.

would never come

...

and spotted Stewart striding

over, concern etched across his

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

are you doing

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

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

her coldness keenly, but there was

overexert yourself. Let a professional

That makes me her family. I'll handle the funeral myself. Just

his

energy to drag this out with him, not

was weary. "Once you have the kids, just go. My affairs are none of

you

something

landed like

at his side, a wave of sorrow washing

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

a quiet thank you, then brushed past him,

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