Chapter 62 Claiming a Body

Caroline spun around and found the phone.

Upon seeing the unfamiliar number displayed on the screen, a frown involuntarily creased her

forehead.

Who was it calling her in the middle of the night?

Compelled by curiosity, she shrugged off the blanket and quietly slipped out of the room to

answer the call. With bated breath, she awaited the caller’s introduction.

“Hello? Is this Caroline? This is Angelbay Prison,” the voice on the other end revealed.

Prison?”

Caroline’s heart started to flutter with unease. “What’s going on?”

I regret to inform you that your father passed away at the prison at 3.52 AM. Please come to claim.

his body tomorrow,” the voice informed her solemnly.

Caroline’s mind went blank, a wave of disbelief crashing over her.

“Bradley… he’s dead?” she murmured in disbelief.

Slowly, Caroline lowered the phone, her eyes filled with an overwhelming sense of shock.

Despite harboring resentment toward Bradley, she couldn’t deny the hardships he endured while

caring for the family during her childhood.

Suppressing the pain welling up in her chest, she weakly collapsed onto the sofa.

‘Why does everything have to happen so suddenly?‘ she wondered, a sense of turmoil gripping her.

The next morning, Evan received the same news. Without hesitation, he rushed to the prison

alongside Caroline in the early hours.

Guided by a prison guard, Caroline made her way to claim Bradley’s lifeless body.

Upon seeing her father’s face, marred by injuries, tears welled up in Caroline’s eyes uncontrollably.

Evan stood outside the door, silently observing her anguish. His own pain became too difficult to

bear.

Turning to the prison guard, Evan’s voice grew icy as he demanded, “Who did this?”

The prison guard sighed heavily. “There was an altercation in the prison, and Bradley was beaten

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Evan furrowed his brow. He knew that seeking compensation for her father’s life would be meaningless

After a while, Caroline emerged from the room, her expression devoid of emotion. She approached Evan and spoke with a detached tone, Thank you for driving me here.”

Narrowing his eyes, Evan stared at her intently. The extreme calmness in her eyes cast a somber

shadow over his own.

“Caroline…” Evan called out to heri

“Thank you. You can leave now,” Caroline interrupted, her lips pursed. “I can handle it.”

Evan fell silent, his gaze fixed on her for a moment before he turned around and departed.

A funeral home car arrived promptly Caroline joined them, and together they headed to the

crematorium. 1

With no friends or relatives to bid him farewell, Bradley’s funeral was simple and understated.

While waiting for the cremation to conclude, Caroline reached out to the cemetery.

Once the cremation was over, Caroline received Bradley’s ashes and proceeded to the cemetery for

his burial.

necessary arrangements, Caroline purchased a bouquet of

made her way

a soft murmur, she

toward Dad, didn’t you? But

passed away as well.”

the only one

distance, both Evan and Reuben quietly observed

tombstone. T

sigh and remarked, “Mr. Jordan,

silent, his eyes clouded with gloom, revealing the depths of his emotions.

you found out who was

dealing with is cunning. Every

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a frown. “What I want

Mr. Jordan,”

his pocket and lighting it. After taking a drag, he asked, “How about the

searching for information from that

reported.

his cigarette, Evan made

father is coming to Angelbay City

surfaced on his face. “Then I’ll

“Got it…”

Reuben spoke, he noticed Caroliné

warning, she suddenly collapsed.

Evan exclaimed, tossing his cigarette aside

“Caroline!”

cartoon pictures, a girl huddled on the bed, clutching her knees tightly.

wept relentlessly, repeatedly calling out for her mother.

grew hoarse,

door

her gaze fixed on the doorway, only to find a few girls her age

She pouted and

is cry all day long!

her hair tied in a ponytail, was consumed by

it forcefully at the

again, I’ll stuff your

but she glared at the girl in a ponytail with a deep sense of injustice.

me! How dare you!” the ponytailed girl stormed toward her, raising her fists and striking her head repeatedly.

going to teach you a

at the top of her lungs, suddenly jolting awake.

eyes as she stared at the

of that pitiful

Shenton is awake!” a familiar voice exclaimed, jolting

head and saw Lily rushing out of the room, brimming with excitement.

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around and

seeing the unfamiliar number displayed on the screen,

forehead.

it calling her in the

and

bated breath, she

Is this Caroline? This is Angelbay Prison,” the voice on the other

Prison?”

started to flutter with unease.

father passed away at the prison at 3.52 AM. Please come to claim.

voice informed her

blank, a wave

she murmured in disbelief.

Caroline lowered the phone, her eyes filled with an

she couldn’t

family during her childhood.

the pain welling up in her chest, she weakly collapsed onto the

she wondered, a sense

the same news. Without hesitation, he rushed to the

Caroline in the early hours.

her way to claim Bradley’s

face, marred by injuries, tears welled up in

anguish. His

bear.

Evan’s voice grew

guard sighed heavily. “There was an altercation in the prison,

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brow. He knew that seeking compensation

devoid of emotion. She approached Evan and spoke with a detached tone,

at her intently. The extreme calmness in her eyes

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