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

Chapter 1051:

Sharon retreated into distant memories, her forehead creasing with concentration. “The forensic technology then certainly paled compared to today’s methods. However, detectives discovered a pearl necklace adorning the female victim—an accessory Mrs. Hudson habitually wore, and therefore…”

And thus, on this fragile evidence alone, authorities had established the identities of the departed.

To conclude definitively that the remains belonged to Sadie’s mother, Brenda, based merely on a strand of pearls struck Sadie as appallingly premature.

A leaden weight pulled at Sadie’s heart, yet simultaneously, a whisper of possibility flickered anew within her.

If the authorities’ entire determination had rested upon nothing more substantial than a pearl necklace, perhaps the entire identification process had been flawed.

She clasped Sharon’s weathered hand within her own and guided her toward Laura’s photograph.

of empty urns positioned beside the photograph. “Sharon, do these

urns. At first, puzzlement clouded her features, then dawning recognition

vigorously rubbed her eyes and

these possibly be the very vessels she had personally chosen to

startling clarity—she had carefully deposited what she believed were their “ashes” into these containers

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these

threatening to buckle beneath the weight

Cemetery earlier tonight, determined to finally bring my parents home. But when I opened them, the urns contained nothing

face,

her lips quivering uncontrollably. “No, it’s impossible…