Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

Chapter 1043:

Sadie and Noah made a beeline for the back hill the attendant had indicated earlier.

The back hill sprawled before them—a neglected corner of the cemetery that stood in harsh opposition to the meticulously groomed main grounds.

No orderly rows of tombstones greeted them—only haphazard mounds of earth surrendered to decay. Weeds had claimed dominion here, and abandonment hung thick in the air.

With each footfall, Sadie’s heart seemed to plunge deeper into an emotional quicksand, pulling her down with inexorable force.

Seventeen years had elapsed—seventeen years of aching for her parents through countless days and sleepless nights. Could this desolate wasteland truly be their final resting place?

Noah studied her rigid silhouette, a leaden weight descending upon his chest as he witnessed her silent struggle.

pain radiated outward, palpable in the

tall grass, methodically examining every weathered headstone for a familiar

stretched nearly to their shoulders, and certain areas were devoid of any semblance of a path.

night deepened, their search intensified in difficulty. The moon cast merely a feeble luminescence, scarcely illuminating

gaze darting frantically across each patch of earth where

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the oppressive darkness like a luminous blade. He meticulously swept

forward, penetrating deeper into the heart of the

into an indeterminate blur as perspiration beaded on Sadie’s brow—whether

weeds, her eyes latched onto a

diminutive, partially submerged in earth,