Chapter 1024

that terrible car crash. No ashes to speak of...

Keegan clutched his chest, a frown creasing his forehead. "It's the strangest thing, Whitney. I've dreamt about your grandfather these past two nights, but your mom... she's nowhere to be seen in them. They were buried together, even though there wasn't much left after In the dream, your granddad seemed worried, kept asking where your mom was. It freaked me out so much last night; I couldn't get back to sleep.

You said they passed away together, so why would he be asking about her?

Dreams shouldn't be taken as reality, I know, but it's unsettling. Makes me want to visit their graves, maybe leave some flowers."

Whitney's brow furrowed in thought. Uncle Keegan's life had been so peaceful lately; why these troubling dreams now?

She too found it odd. She'd dreamed of her granddad a few times but never her mom, despite them dying together.

Without Uncle Keegan mentioning it, Whitney wouldn't even realize he also couldn't dream of her mom.

It wasn't like them to believe in the supernatural, yet Whitney couldn't help but wonder. Her mom had been a beauty, cooler and more poised than she could ever hope to be, a sharp and capable woman who helped manage the family business... She never understood why her mom chose to live with Preston Valentine, of all people.

Only later did she find out it was her granddad's idea, a ruse to evade the Bartels family from Emperor City.

She had vague memories from their time in Banyan City. Her mom, despite being admired by many, remained melancholic, her heart shattered from being separated from dad, Hudson Sheldon.

If only she hadn't been sent abroad forcefully by Preston's machinations.

She would have seen her mom and granddad one last time, would have known how they died.

returned and confronted the Valentines, the details

City held no remains, just a place for Whitney and her

trying to comfort her uncle. "Maybe you're just missing them, plus you've not been well. It's normal to dream

his head, asking, "Haven't you dreamt of

I do see

granddad must be watching over your mom, but why can't we dream of her? Dad even asked where his daughter was, as if she

more Uncle Keegan spoke, the more bizarre

puzzled. "How could Mom still

a pang of sorrow. "Didn't you rush to the crash site after Granddad called, only to find him impaled by Ludwik's mask, mistaking him

distant as

was still raw. He shook his head; the details were fuzzy. "I only got close for a few seconds before the explosion. I wanted to save Dad, but it was too late. All I

family and Holly's people were already

I ran..."

streaming down his

father's intention was clear: better to live and

after all the twists and turns, Keegan had misidentified their enemy, wrongfully seeking revenge on Ludwik, fracturing his relationship with Whitney

of the

thought from her uncle's words, blurted out, "So, you don't remember if

I was focused on him, then the explosion

had escaped,

the

agreed; the explosion left no chance

their shared longing for

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