No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 819

Chapter 819

It didn't really matter why anymore.

Conrad mentioned that Jacqueline's departure had something to do with him and Dustin. I suspected I was part of the reason too.

She treated me like her own daughter, but the vendetta between our families eventually drove a wedge between us.

Images of her pleading for me to come home flashed before my eyes, the way she would sneak me caramel apples, and the pumpkin pie she made for me today...

She must have been planning this for a while...

It felt like my heart had been ripped open, and the cold wind that blew through was like knives cutting into me.

I held grievances, sure, but never hatred.

Yet, I never got to say it, and now I never would. Even if I did, they wouldn't hear

it.

Dustin tightened his grip on Conrad's hand, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he let go.

Conrad came over, knelt by the bedside, and gently smoothed Jacqueline's face, erasing the traces of pain and wiping away the blood at the corner of her mouth. "Mom, it's okay to go now. Be with Dad."

Jacqueline. The Wagner family's living

they looked so peaceful, so serene, as if

about the funeral, any fear that Dustin might cause a scene, was gone,

family, the most formative years of my life. Herschel

my parents, yes, but they had

with her, proudly introducing

me to call

that word never left my lips, a regret that would

walked up

at

s face, I finall

said the

word, "Mom, safe travels."

face and swept her away

bet

rest. Just as they were about to

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Dustin might

Perhaps Jacqueline's sudden passing changed

at Dustin, his eyes red and swollen from

whose expression remained unchanged, devoid

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