Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 584:

“Just for a moment… let me hold you,” Brian murmured as he pulled her into his arms.

Her soft scent filled the space between them, unexpectedly soothing him, making his eyelids grow heavy.

The truth was, he hadn’t had a proper night’s sleep in days.

With Brian seemingly calmer, Rachel remained still.

But the sudden, urgent ringing of a phone shattered the silence. Brian ignored it at first, but the caller was relentless.

“You should pick up. It might be urgent,” Rachel suggested gently.

Instead, Brian handed the phone to her, his tone almost coaxing. “You take the call for me.”

“But—”

Yet, after noticing the repeated calls, worry crept in. Something might be wrong. With a sigh, she

she picked up, a panicked voice filled the line. “Brian? Finally! We’ve all been worried sick. Grandma was just rushed to

that carried no hesitation. Had she known, she might have chosen

now,”

𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝗵𝓮𝗿𝗲: gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶𝗰𝗈𝗺

followed before Doris responded, “Rachel?

tell me where, and we’ll be

was his grandmother—he had a right to know. And this wasn’t something she could or

moment Brian heard, he made his

me get dressed. We’re

this, Carol will only worry more. Let me go first and check on things, then I’ll

won’t feel at ease

the