“Got it.” Silas tucked the files under his arm and asked after suddenly remembering something, “Mr. Shane, the Thompson residence is now unoccupied. Should we send someone to maintain it?”
“No. After Sam's funeral is done, box up all the possessions and seal the residence. We'll hold our annual ancestral prayers there,” Shane replied lightly.
Silas made a sound of agreement and left.
Natalie pinched Shane on his shoulder to get his attention. “Is there going to be a funeral for Sam?”
His body had been transported to a funeral parlor.
Come what may, Sam was still a Thompson. Thus, Shane claimed his body and didn't donate it to a science institution.
Sam was not the same as Susan. He was a blood relation of Shane.
Just like Harrison, no matter how much Natalie hated him, she still gave him a proper burial.
“No, everyone knows what he did to my parents. If I gave him a funeral, I would be a laughingstock. Just a burial is fine.”
“Fair point.” She nodded.
enveloped her in his arms. “Where's my gift,
whether to laugh or
mind since yesterday as if he was afraid that
go to
in the morning, she had the chance to stash the gift in
her into the room,
swung open, he walked in but didn't notice anything out of
still looked the same with
a small gathering, and she had decorated the room
However, there was nothing.
his eyes flashing with annoyance at the absence
closet.”
closet with long strides, a trace of displeasure evident in
closet open, and
in a sleek black tuxedo and an indescribably beautiful wedding
a full train behind, and the bodice was encrusted with a delicate sprinkling of tiny rhinestones, creating an
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