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.

empty urns positioned beside the photograph. “Sharon, do

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

as she vigorously rubbed her eyes and bent

very vessels she had personally chosen to house Dederick’s and Brenda’s

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

escape begins with ga ln ov els .

then, could these sacred containers

tilted precariously around Sharon, her knees threatening to buckle beneath the

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

blood drained from Sharon’s face, leaving her complexion ashen

head in vehement denial, her lips quivering uncontrollably. “No,