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.

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bag with a blue checkered pattern. The old lady opened the bag with

her two bills, then walked into the mansion,

few days later, Malaya handed her two “new clothes,” one of which was from the

time, Cheyenne followed her all the way to the ruins

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were discarded medical waste, bloodied needles, empty bottles,

the trash, picking up clothes

opened a black plastic bag

glimpsed something drenched in blood. It was a clump of severed human limbs, a head separated from its body, with red blood mingled with white brain matter. Some

collectors, mocked her for being startled. After all, these were all discarded waste from the

dared not tell their families, so they hurriedly had abortions. Since

stages, they were flushed down the toilet using medication-induced abortion. For pregnancies further along, they had to undergo surgical procedures, during

were too small to be sent to the crematorium. So, they were packed in

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. To her, that

those clothes in the second-hand market, she

simple. She wanted Malaya and Nora to wear those clothes and stroll around

hearing this, Nora nearly had a breakdown. She couldn’t bear the thought of wearing clothes laden with bacteria and viruses.

exactly where they came from. Tearfully, she begged George to help her. She

You two 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 provoked George, making him

those clothes. Now it was their turn, why couldn’t

Cheyenne burned most of those clothes, leaving only two sets as mementos, stored at the

took the

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