When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Never would I have expected that that would be the last time I saw her.

When we got in the car, Ashton took my hand in his, his warm hand soothed me. I glanced sideways at him and said weakly, “That kid, I…”

“You did your best!” He patted me and said comfortingly, “Don’t blame yourself. You did what you could, so just leave the rest in the hand of fate. The child came and left this world as a pure person, and this is probably the best way out for her. that she left. It’s the people who are left behind that suffer the most.”

Yeah, those left behind without seeing any hope in life are the people who suffer the most.

Sasha’s parents were already waiting when we arrived at the airport. Their hair had turned white, and their faces were now covered with wrinkles and vicissitudes of life since I last saw them. Looking at the two of them made me heartbroken. They had gone through so much suffering and even had to deal with the passing of their own child and even their grandchild. Most people could never imagine the number of distressing events they had gone through in their lives.

When they saw us, Sasha’s mother, who probably had cried her tears dry, looked at me with a dry smile. “Mrs. Fuller, we’ve troubled you too much. We can never repay your kindness in this lifetime.”

I shook my head slightly and looked at her. “Mrs. Brooks, don’t overthink this. Come, get in the car!”

Sasha’s father was not a man of many words. Thus, he remained silent throughout the ride as he hugged Renee’s urn tightly. The sight caused tears to well up in my eyes.

were both filled with exhaustion, most likely because they had

them to eat something first, but judging by their expressions,

cemetery in K City, in which a small area of land already cost tens of thousands. When we arrived, the elderly couple got off the car and walked

caused the family to lose most of their relatives, and since Renee was also ill, the

funeral neither had a stream of people coming to see

looked at Ashton and said, “Can you get the funeral home to send

spent all their money just to

nodded in reply and walked off to make

he had gotten used to such a sight since he was working

proceeded with the burial processes and customs. Reluctant to let Renee go, Sasha’s mother looked at me

her a slight smile as I comforted her, saying that everything would

time the funeral ended. Sasha’s father squatted in front of the small grave, his face full of pain