No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 351



"I'm calling from the Clear Springs Estate redevelopment office. We had posted a notice about the demolition a while back, and there are still some formalities to be completed. It looks like you're the last one we need to get in touch with."

That call just added a heavier load to my already gloomy mood.

I knew about the demolition procedures for a while, but I had been dragging my feet.

In my mind, it felt like if I didn't show up to sign the paperwork, they couldn't proceed with the demolition, and my home would remain untouched. But here we are, I still have to sign off on it, to tear it down.

I can't be the lone holdout, slowing down the entire process, affecting everyone else's chance at moving into their new homes.

After all, the estate is really run-down. Who wouldn't want to live in a new, modern apartment?

"Alright, I'll come over now," I replied, trying to sound more upbeat than I felt.

went through the motions, signing where I was told. The only catch was that

understood it was standard procedure, but to

through the process of officially removing them from the records. In my heart, as long as our names were linked together,

to erase their last

cruelty of it was not

grief or not, I couldn't avoid

the clerk told me I needed a death report from the accident assessment center for my

had visited before to retrieve my parents' accident records. This time, things went smoother, although the officer did ask, "It's been

a lump in my throat, I said, "Cause I

probably thinking my response was a bit petulant, but he didn't press further. He booted up his computer, pulled up the accident file, and

sheet of paper with a freshly stamped seal was handed to me. "Please,

as if my heart stopped beating

the accident scene, having seen the records, it

the crash scene bombarded me, sending shivers down my spine, my breath

suffocated, trapped, I needed to escape. I

then, a voice called