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 vessels look familiar to

clouded her features, then dawning recognition caused

rubbed her eyes and bent forward

these possibly be the very vessels she had personally chosen to house Dederick’s and Brenda’s earthly remains

memory crystallized with startling clarity—she had carefully deposited what she believed were their

begins with ga ln

these sacred containers be

Sharon, her knees threatening to buckle beneath the weight of this

to Evergreen Cemetery earlier tonight, determined to finally bring my parents home. But when I opened them, the urns

from Sharon’s face, leaving her

shook her head in vehement denial, her lips quivering uncontrollably. “No, it’s impossible… I distinctly