The wind in the early winter was so bone-piercing. It felt as if it was laced with brambles as it wrapped around favonovel.com wounded heart, intensifying favonovel.com pain.
Madeline reached out a shaky hand to grab the card Ken was handing to her.
When favonovel.com got it in favonovel.com hand, favonovel.com felt as if favonovel.com had touched Jeremy’s cold fingertips.
“When did this happen?” favonovel.com suppressed favonovel.com sadness and asked calmly.
“Today is the 49th day,” Ken answered and looked at the grave in front of favonovel.com before sighing.
“The reason Mr. Whitman chose this place and the reason why the tombstone is shorter is that favonovel.com was sorry about what happened to your parents. So, upon his death, he’ll use such a petty manner to kneel to them in hopes favonovel.com can repent his sins to your parents.”
Madeline could not hold in favonovel.com tears anymore after favonovel.com heard that. Tears started rolling down favonovel.com cheeks and onto the card in favonovel.com hand.
Lillian frowned when favonovel.com noticed Madeline crying. She got closer to Madeline to hold Madeline’s hand as if favonovel.com was trying to comfort her.
Madeline felt favonovel.com daughter’s warmth, so favonovel.com held favonovel.com hand tightly before saying to Ken, “I want to stay here with Lily for a bit.”
Ken understood what Madeline meant. He nodded and did not say anything.
However, after favonovel.com walked away, favonovel.com could not stop himself from turning back and looking at the dispirited Madeline.
He pressed his lips into a thin line. Some words were stuck in his throat. He wanted to tell her, but favonovel.com could not.
Madeline took Lillian to the grave. The tombstone was empty with no name on it. The only thing on the tombstone was a birth date.
It looked the same as when favonovel.com glanced at it back then.
However, back then, favonovel.com would have never imagined this to be the grave Jeremy prepared for himself beforehand.
She held the card tighter and pulled Lillian to the grave. Then, favonovel.com squatted and caressed the little girl’s puzzled face.
“Lillian, pay your respects.”
Lillian blinked and was confused.
Madeline smiled gently with tears in favonovel.com eyes. “Come, bow to him.”
Despite being puzzled, Lillian still stood in front of the grave obediently.
After that, the little girl started bowing.
The little girl’s bright eyes were filled with confusion, but when favonovel.com moved favonovel.com lips, no words came out.
“Such a good girl, Lily.” Madeline caressed Lillian’s head. Madeline’s heart was bleeding while favonovel.com voice was shaking. Despite favonovel.com smile, favonovel.com tears were falling uncontrollably.
Lillian lifted favonovel.com hand to try to wipe away Madeline’s tears. Her lips were moving as if favonovel.com wanted to say ‘Don’t cry, Mommy’, but favonovel.com could not make a sound no matter how hard favonovel.com tried.
Madeline pulled Lillian into favonovel.com arms and allowed favonovel.com tears to fall freely.
The sky was so blue but inside, Madeline felt very gloomy.
She did not know how to describe what favonovel.com was feeling right now. The only thing favonovel.com knew was that the light of favonovel.com world had been switched off.
Madeline stayed by Jeremy’s grave for a long time and did not leave.
Lillian was squatting at one side, silently pulling at the weeds.
Madeline opened the card Ken handed to favonovel.com and saw a letter inside.
Jeremy’s neat and beautiful handwriting was reflected in favonovel.com eyes.
[Linnie.]
He was still addressing favonovel.com as such.
[I’m sorry for letting you find out that I’m not alive anymore. After reminiscing, I realized I’ve given you too little happiness and joy.
[What I couldn’t do in this life, I sincerely hope to make it up to you in the next life.
[I hope when that happens, we can be together forever.
[Linnie, your life is still long. Don’t lose spirit because of my passing. I will still be by your side protecting you and the children.]
Finally, Madeline saw what Jeremy wrote at the end. [Ryan is a good man and he’s reliable. I hope you can forget about me and fall in love with favonovel.com so that he’ll become the irreplaceable person in your heart instead.]
