Upon hearing the sweet and gentle voice, Mrs. Iverson's vacant eyes moved slightly. But the moment she saw Bella, it was as if she remembered everything. Her eyes brightened and came alive. “Bella..... Bella! You've finally come to see me! Chris said you would come, and he didn't lie to me!"

Bella fluttered her long eyelashes and clenched her fingers. "Mrs. Iverson, have you been doing well lately? How's your health?"

"I'm good... So good... Seeing you, all my ailments are gone." As she spoke, her body trembled slightly as if she were feeling cold. Bella quickly shrugged off her blazer and draped it over Mrs. Iverson's thin shoulders.

"Come, Bella. I have something for you."

With a fervent gaze, Mrs. Iverson grasped Bella's delicate wrist and, without another word, slipped a jade bracelet over her fingers.

"Mrs. Iverson, this is too much!"

and she immediately tried to remove the bracelet. However, Mrs. Iverson held her hand

a lot, too. I don't have anything fancy to give you. But if you don't mind, please accept this. If you do mind, then I have nothing else to say." Bella looked troubled.

asked Chris to find someone to help me dress up nicely because I wanted to make sure I didn't look too haggard and disheveled when I meet my

many years since she had smiled

be the last time she would smile like this in

did you just say,

startled. A chill crept up her spine and flooded her nerves. Her hand felt even colder than the jade. "Future

your marriage and that you'll be having

Do you know how happy I am? I thought would never see

uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face, "Bella... I've had a hard life. I lived everyday like a walking corpse. Every day when I open my eyes... All I think about i how to leave this world. But... I can't bear to leave Chris. He is so kind, gentle, and filial... He is my only son. He's my only hope! His father disowned him, and his siblings bullied him. If I were to leave, Chris would have

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