Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 536

A full day and night...

Lindey must've come straight here after I left the Johnston residence.

When I saw her kneeling there, hunched over, it felt like my heart was caught in a vice.

Abbot Levinsky moved toward her, but I just stood there, frozen.

After what felt like forever, I finally made myself move knelt down beside her and whispered, "Lindey."

She flinched, then slowly looked up at me, disbelief flickering across her face. Her lips trembled, but she didn't say anything-just let the tears fall,

I looked at her tear-streaked cheeks and the gray creeping into her hair, and I couldn't believe how much she seemed to have aged overnight. "Rea..." Her voice was shaky as she said my name, then pulled me into a tight hug.

Her embrace had once been my safest place, the warmest in my world. But now? I couldn't bring myself to lift my arms and hold her back.

for mercy... she whispered, her voice breaking

bring my parents back. I knew that no amount of anger or hurt would change. the fact that they were gone. Holding onto

Lena's words and Abbot Levinsky's stories Suddenly, it hit me: clinging to the past wasn't going to fix

It only fed my own pain. "You're not going to find peace here,"

didn't know the truth about my parents' deaths, they'd felt

find peace too. "What's done is done. Matthew... I'm done pursuing it. As I said it, the weight I'd been carrying

way of catching up to people who do wrong. So why was I still holding

to let

kneeling any longer. Come on, let me help you up," I said, reaching out

so long, she could

offering a hand and nodding gently. "Mrs.

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"Ren, will I still