Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 1718

When Sophie came to, it felt like she was waking up from a deep, dreamless slumber. Her eyes fluttered open, and she found herself in a hospital's intensive care unit. The sunlight pouring in through the window was almost blinding. Colby was right there beside her, "Where's Gordon?" Sophie's voice was thick with emotion, almost breaking.

having stayed up all night.

The room was filled with silence. Odie, Jenna, and Adler were there too, but no one dared to speak.

"Colby, please, tell me," Sophie pressed, her voice calm but quivering underneath.

Colby struggled to find the words.

Sophie turned her gaze to Jenna, her eyes brimming with a pain she couldn't hide anymore. Everyone could see how hard she was trying to keep it together. "Jenna, you have to tell me."

"I... I..." Jenna stammered, unable to say what needed to be said, her eyes meeting Sophie's.

Adler, flustered, offered, "Maybe... maybe you should rest a little more..."

"He's in the morgue. Do you want to see him?" Odie finally broke the heavy silence.

The air seemed to freeze with those words.

with tears. She turned her head stubbornly,

last night. They're taking him to the funeral home for cremation in an hour. If you

I'm not!" Sophie's composure shattered, and she pounded the bed with her fists, trying to release the tidal wave of grief inside her. Colby watched, aching to

her some room," Colby suggested, getting

on her face, then let

soon as she was alone,

streaming down her

she sobbed and screamed,

swivel

let out her

room was

floor, she hugged her

walked in, he saw the chaos

hadn't slept either, his eyes

from

He sat Sophie,

I bed.

grief was just