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

Chapter 1044:

“Brenda Hudson… Dederick Hudson…” Sadie murmured, her voice quavering as the cherished names tumbled from her lips into the night.

These precious names had echoed in the chambers of her heart for years, an unending mantra she had refused to relinquish.

Tears pooled in her eyes before cascading down her cheeks like shattered pearls, dampening the parched grass below.

After seventeen agonizing years of searching, she had at last found them—her beloved parents, interred in this forsaken hill, denied even the dignity of a proper memorial stone.

Her knees buckled beneath the weight of emotion, and she crumpled to the ground, extending quivering hands toward the marker.

Her fingertips brushed against the frigid stone, desperately seeking some lingering echo of their warmth beneath its unforgiving surface.

throat constricted with grief, her

yearning she had entombed within her

declaration carrying the weight of a thousand

you home… Please, if you’re watching from beyond, guide me to the one

features slowly transformed, crystallizing into a mask of unwavering determination. Sadie rose to her feet, drawing in a profound, fortifying breath that filled her lungs

it smoldered with newfound resolve,

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brushed away her tears with the back of her hand

beneath the marker—an irregular slab, evidently a later

hoist it upward, summoning every ounce of her strength, but

moved forward, his voice calm and reassuring. “Let