The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 404 Ashes and Goodbyes

Chapter 404 Ashes and Goodbyes.

Charles had originally planned to watch Mathilda burn.

But when the rest of the Ginger family woke up and began screaming hysterically, he remembered how skilled the men in that family were. He still had to deal with Susie and couldn’t afford to be caught yet. 56. after setting fire to Mathilda’s bedsheets, he left quickly.

He hoped that by the time they rushed in, Mathilda would already be dead–or at least crippled.

The one who had screamed was Luna.

At the time, Mathilda had been fast asleep. Luna, who couldn’t sleep, had stepped outside the bedroom for some air and caught sight of flames erupting from her daughter’s room.

Panicked, she rushed in and tried to wake Mathilda.

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But a large framed crystal portrait on the wall came crashing down. In her panic to avoid being crushed, Mathilda shoved Luna away.

The blazing hot frame slammed down on Luna.

The floor was already covered with burning sheets, pillows, and other flammable items. She collapsed to the ground, completely unprotected, and was badly burned–so badly she passed out from the pain.

The men of the Ginger family arrived just in time to pull her out and save her life.

Still, the burns were severe enough to make her wish they hadn’t.

The Ginger family incident wasn’t reported by the media, so Lily had no idea Luna had suffered critical burns and been taken to intensive care.

She only knew that Charles and Sharon’s lives had been filled with pain and tragedy.

supported each other, encouraging one another all the way into

should’ve had a bright future. They

because of Susie’s selfishness, because of Mathilda’s cruel malice, the light was stolen from

that for Charles, staying alive was more painful–more

his own life was a

saw the photos online–of Charles sitting motionless beneath the phoenix tree, cradling Sharon’s ashes–it made her

“Lily…”

to find her like that–still in her hospital gown, pale as a ghost, clutching her phone as fat tears

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first, she cried silently, holding it

in her chest eventually broke her down. She couldn’t hold it in anymore. She to sob, quietly at first, then with a pain so raw it

“What’s wrong?”

felt like a knife twisting

the plates down and stepped forward, gently wrapping her

“Charles is dead…”

she shouldn’t seek comfort

lifeless and still, was too much for her. She couldn’t bear it. She threw

froze for

been brutally killed. He hadn’t known

too.

it was Charles who had killed Susie. James had felt

your own life. Even if Susie deserved it,

Still, James understood him.

were Charles, he

her grief. Gently

but he never lived well. He worked so hard, made so much money, rose so high–just to gain the power to find Sharon sooner. We

He paused.

ghosts or souls before. But after meeting Lily, he wanted