Chapter 1557

Hearing this, Jamie finally exhaled a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding.

She focused on arranging Winnie's funeral, even though the weight of it was almost too much to bear.

The dead take the past and all the pain, mistakes, and regrets with them, leaving behind only memories worth keeping. But the more Jamie remembered, the more it hurt.

Ben had steadied her, calm and supportive. "If you need to cry, just cry. Your sister is gone, and everyone knows how much this hurts."

Jamie shook her head. She had cried enough. Now was the time to stay strong and see the funeral through, to send Winnie off properly.

The funeral lasted a long time, though few people attended. Winnie hadn't had many close connections in life.

"Where's Jack Green?" Jamie suddenly asked midway through.

He hadn't shown up.

Winnie had held onto her feelings for him until the very end. How could he not be here for her funeral?

Jamie's heart began to race with urgency. "Ben, can you contact him? If he comes now, there's still time-" "Jamie, don't worry-"

not worry?" Jamie cut him off, her

reaction but forced himself to respond calmly, albeit with a bitter edge. "He

something seemed off about Jamie's state of

didn't know whether to feel angry or heartbroken on Winnie's behalf. Even now, the man Winnie had loved wouldn't come to see

"No, I have to find

caught her arm. "It's no use. We don't know what happened between them or what kind of

wasn't what

faltered, her expression dulling as if all

""You're right," she murmured.

silently before it, her lonely figure

"At least she called you in her final moments. That shows how much

him, her body shaking with suppressed

was buried, but there were still her belongings to

Lucas, and everything seemed stable for now. Jamie was the one who

phone call, Jamie remembered Mrs. Lucas's steady tone and

in her home,

to see him either, but he stubbornly

he held

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