All eyes turned to the furious Matthew. An elderly neighbor spoke up. "What are you trying to do? You're a monster."

"Shut up!" Matthew roared, angrily approaching while pointing his finger at me. "Chloe, what more do you want? My mom is dead... Dead!"

He let out a hysterical yell, then angrily advanced. However, when he saw Atlas standing beside me, he abruptly stopped.

He glared at me and continued, "How dare you take her away? Do you want to ruin my family? I still have to handle the funeral. She has to stay to handle the funeral!"

My gaze was icy as I said, "Your mom doesn't want to see her."

I left the hospital with my family, leaving Matthew shouting behind.

Back home, my mom asked, "What about Grace's funeral? What should we do?"

I glanced at my mother, leaning weakly into her embrace. "Mom, we've already sent her off. She has a son. I've done what I could and what I shouldn't do, too. I have a clear conscience. It's enough now." Everyone understood what I meant and nodded.

more than a monster. Melanie

I muttered and then approached Grace's room.

only see Grace's face as I sat on the bed. Her

taken away from you in

when she saw the blood on my forehead, the panic in

pushed away

bodyguard rushing toward her,

the sound

feel bad for me, but leaving like this makes it so hard." I sobbed, unable to control my emotions any longer. "I had so much more to say to you. I shouldn't have let you go like this. I didn't even get to

her package. I took it out, paused, and then opened

one by one. There was a bank book and a piece of paper folded in

simple and plain letter written with crooked and slanted handwriting, as

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