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.

sacred landscape. The air was still as they climbed the gentle

“That’s where he’s buried.”

the blank stone, her heart tightening in her

next

there nothing

“Back 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 eventually

Yvonne’s words in silence,

here. But I… I need some time alone with

and Allan nodded, stepping back in understanding. Rachel knelt before the grave, her hands gently tracing the cold, smooth stone as if she could reach through it and touch him. Her voice cracked as she finally spoke, the words laced with all the grief she had carried inside

too late. You’ve probably been waiting for me, haven’t you? It’s all my fault. I miss 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

hours alone with Jeffrey, her words soft murmurs carried