"It's freezing here. I'm taking her home," Casper said, stumbling to his feet and heading towards the morgue gurney.

Dillon quickly stepped in to stop him. "Mr. Casper, you can't do this."

"She's my wife. I'm taking her home." His eyes were bloodshot, and he shoved Dillon aside to reach for the lifeless body on the table.

Dillon blocked him again. "Mr. Casper, she's gone. You can't take her."

But Casper acted as if he hadn't heard, still struggling to hold her. "I need to take her home. She broke her promise. I need to teach her a lesson."

"Mr. Casper..." Dillon's voice broke, his eyes welling up. "...we need to prepare for her funeral. You can't take her."

"Get out of my way." Casper's eyes shimmered with grief. "How could she be so heartless? Why did she take her own life?"

streamed down his face, his lips trembling. "Even if she hated me, she could've come after me. Why did she

He didn't understand why Eliza had ended her life so easily. Maybe

many things to handle, like the engagement party... We

want anything. Nothing..." Casper's voice was hoarse, filled with endless despair and sorrow. His world turned to monochrome in that instant. Dillon couldn't persuade Casper to

didn't know how she managed to

on the morgue gurney, and took a couple of deep breaths. She didn't want to disturb Casper, and turned to Dillon. "How could this happen? Just... a

police said... it was suicide," Dillon said

unexpected, yet not unexpected. After enduring so much inhumane

her face. Caroline wiped them away and looked at Casper's red-rimmed eyes. Her voice was hoarse,

Caroline, before the incident, their relationship had actually improved quite a

curled into a cold smirk. Improved? If their relationship had truly improved, would she have chosen to end her life? "It was just an illusion," she said quietly and sadly. "She was just waiting for the right moment to be

freed."

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