Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 852:

It wasn’t until several minutes passed that a sound finally broke from her lips—a heart-wrenching sob that seemed to echo through the stillness, raw and full of anguish.

Her cries were unrestrained, each one laced with sorrow so profound it felt like it could tear the air apart. Anyone who heard them would feel the weight of her grief in their bones.

She didn’t know how long she cried, but when her sobs gradually subsided, she shakily rose to her feet, her legs unsteady beneath her. Her gaze shifted toward Yvonne, her voice barely a whisper.

“Where is Jeffrey’s grave? I need to see him.”

Yvonne, her eyes clouded with sorrow, nodded. “I’ll take you there.” She and Allan stayed close as they walked.

hill, surrounded by a quiet, almost sacred landscape. The air was still as they climbed the gentle slope, the sound of their footsteps the only thing

“That’s where he’s buried.”

stone, her heart tightening

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is there nothing

then, you were so determined to leave Brian, to disappear from his reach. I told him you were dead, that this was your resting place. That’s why there’s no inscription. Another reason was that I knew you’d

absorbed Yvonne’s words in silence,

But I… I need some time alone

cold, smooth stone as if she could reach through it and touch him.

you so much. No one told me the truth. I kept waiting for you, believing in them, trusting them… but they lied to me. I had everything planned for when we’d finally be together. I was going to bring you home, make your favorite meal, and visit our old place. But you left me. I didn’t even

like hours alone with Jeffrey, her words