Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 179

It was raining in Yarchville the next day. I held Grandma's ashes and portrait, and with Lyla and Antoine by my side, we buried her.

The rain was especially cold in winter. It felt like ice. As I felt the raindrops falling on my body, I felt an ache in my chest,

soon, Grandma's tombstone was erected. I was sitting next to it, and I reached out to touch it, but for some reason, I was afraid. Grandma used to feel soft and warm to the touch, but now, she was just ice cold.

I closed my eyes and burted my head in my knees.

Ila was shielding me from the rain with an umbrella, and she said tearfully, "Eve, if you feel sad, just cry. Okay?

Cry? I wanted to, but I just couldn't. The rainwas getting) heavier and heavier. The raindrops hit the black umbrella with a thud.

It had never rained so heavily in Yardville in winter. It was as if the entire city was feeling gloomy.

"You guys can leave first." I looked up at Lyla and Antoine. "Thank you for staying with me for the past two days. It's cold, so you should head home first. I'll stay here for a while."

You still have me, your best friend, Tknow I'm not smart. You don't tell me a lot of things

the tombstone and placed her chin

was cold, but her embrace made me feel a tinge of warmth. "I'm fine. I tried to push her away, but I felt the warmth at tears on my

other. If you feel sad, you have to tell me. I

distant and blurry. I didn't want to do

move forward. Time couldn't stop or rewind,

I wanted

be with Grandma so that when I mentioned or thought about her, 1 would feel as if she was still here with me and hadn't

to look at Lyla. When I saw her looking at me, her eyes swollen from crying, I felt another kind of

yet

closed my eyes and forced myself to close off my emotions. Then, I said, "Okay, wait for ine in the car with Antoine. I'll be

compromised, the trace

on Lyla's face faded slightly. She let go of me and wiped away

Make

put it on me. When she was about to leave, she looked back at me and said, "Eve, your grandma will always be by your side. When you're at home, just think of