Chapter 401: Wearing the Clothes of the Dead

As high school approached, Layne feared that her outstanding granddaughter would attract unwanted attention. So, she encouraged Malaya to continue pretending to be a bully.

The smile vanished from Malaya’s face.

Did Cheyenne find out?

The clothes were scavenged from a second-hand market by the household staff, who said they were taken from deceased patients in nearby hospitals.

Most of these people had contagious diseases and no one to claim their bodies. They were hastily cremated to dispose of them.

When she sent the staff to buy the clothes, she had been discreet about it. She was afraid that if the matter got out, it would tarnish the “kind-hearted” image she had carefully built for herself. But how did Cheyenne find out?

One day, after wearing a black cotton coat, she felt completely uncomfortable. She walked down the street feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Accidentally, someone bumped into her.

His scissors tore through her coat, causing dirty, bloody clumps of cotton to fall out, emitting a nauseating smell.

People around her looked at her with disgust and disdain, covering their noses as they walked away from her.

From that day on, rumors spread through the campus about Cheyenne’s unkempt appearance. Everyone assumed she had accidentally stained her clothes during her menstrual cycle, even dying the cotton inside the coat red.

For young girls just starting junior high, many were naïve about such matters. Cheyenne was shocked when she first discovered bloodied cotton inside her coat.

skipped class

old and tattered lady, carrying a bag with a blue checkered pattern. The old lady

handed her two bills, then walked into the

later, Malaya handed her two “new clothes,” one of

lady came for the second time, Cheyenne followed her all the way

a huge

medical waste, bloodied needles, empty bottles, and a heap

children came to scavenge through the trash, picking up clothes to wash and sell

a black

of severed human limbs, a head separated from its body, with red blood mingled with white brain matter. Some resembled bodies that were

one of the trash collectors, mocked her for being startled. After

hurriedly had abortions. Since

toilet using medication-induced abortion. For pregnancies further along, they had to undergo surgical

patients didn’t want these fetal remains, and they were too small to be sent to the crematorium. So, they

her and advised her which trash was worth collecting. She even boasted that she had sold a bag of clothes from a child who had died from lung cancer to a wealthy family, earning 200 dollars.

sell those clothes in the second-hand market,

and Nora to wear those clothes and

with bacteria and

afraid. She personally sent people to collect those clothes and knew exactly where they came from. Tearfully, she begged George to help her. She couldn’t wear them. What if she

can’t wear them, but Miss Lawrence can? What a mean stepmother.” Iker said with a hint of hostility, thinking about his three stepmothers, his voice tinged with anger. The mention of stepmothers

even young Cheyenne wore those clothes. Now it was their turn, why

clothes, leaving only two sets as mementos, stored at the bottom of a box in the

quickly took

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