Grandma turned around and looked at me in the eyes. A few seconds later, she instructed, “That’s enough! Stop making a fuss when we’ve gathered around to send Lyle off for one last time!”

 

“Boohoo—” Wendy unfastened her grip and collapsed to the ground, wailing at the top of her lungs.

 

Standing in front of Lyle’s resting ground, we were the only ones left apart from the members of the Tanner family. It started drizzling shortly after a flurry.

The bouquets in front of Lyle’s grave were all over the place due to the squall. It felt as if God was equally disheartened by Lyle’s passing.

As guilt slowly caught up to me, I couldn’t even catch my breath when we were on our way out of the cemetery.

to the car when we were out from the cemetery.

I pulled myself together

he saw my

 

last time he expressed concerns over me.

don’t you hurry up and get into the car? Otherwise, you’re going to catch

of his, my eyes started brimming with tears. “Thank

 

my trip to Yorksland. Others wouldn’t stop talking about the financial predicament of the

wasn’t in good shape. “I’m so sorry

eighteen when I left the Tanner family. Although I had a miserable life in the first two decades of my life, things weren’t unbearable since I had a place to call home. Otherwise, I might’ve

much!” Nathan was sincere when he expressed

him,

He got the doctor

even drenched since he was next to me, keeping me sheltered from the rain. Holding his hand,

don’t you go ahead and take a short nap? I’m sure things will turn out fine by the time

there to keep me company until Isabelle was here to pick me up on the day I

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