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Grace's grandmother, Kate Harding, and her daughter, Talia Kaufman, were laid to rest side by side.

Though petite, they had filled her world with love.

Her grief left her empty and lost.

Meanwhile, the world kept spinning, with the internet buzzing about her husband and his "first love" and their baby on the

way.

On New Year's Eve, with celebrations in full swing, Grace took a desperate leap from the building.

Her hatred for Antonio Kaufman ran so deep that her final wish was, "Antonio, may our paths never cross again."

Clutching the urns of Kate and Talia, Grace started humming hollowly, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..."

Kate used to sing this to her when she was little, and then Grace sang it to her daughter.

Now, both were gone, leaving Grace so numb with grief that tears wouldn't come.

When Antonio walked in, he found Grace kneeling on the ground, impatience clear in his eyes.

"Grace, acting up again? What now? Yesenia saved my life.

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Can't you stop being such a jealous wife?" he ranted.

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a reaction, and her

had been like a different person-out all night, doting

tried to fix things, but

like

and silence made

he snapped, "Talia didn't turn out right with you. How can you even call yourself a

of Talia's name jolted

shot back, "Antonio, what kind of dad

can hate me, yell at me, even hit me, but how could you leave Talia

we found her, she was in pieces.

bear the thought of her daughter's tragic

usual meek self, her words were filled with hurt

anger.

sent someone to pick up Talia. Just because I didn't take you

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bloodshot. "No

frowned, cutting her off again. "If you hadn't filled Talia's head with all that crap

you wanted the car to see your grandma right when Yesenia needed to go to

they carried left Grace on the

said, "Admit you're wrong and take Talia to apologize

he walked away without

smell of Yesenia's lily perfume. Grace felt sick and crouched down,

Apologize? She'd rather die.

since she was

Kate's house collapsed, and she called

no taxis available in the

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