The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 586 Someone Of Great Importance

Thomas ought to feel the impetus to weep, except that his emotional state did not facilitate this. As much as he tried to scrunch up his face, he was unable to squeeze out even one sliver of tear.

Natalie took this all in from where she stood, and her almond-shaped eyes radiated with scorn.

Not only had this father chosen to pass on conducting an autopsy to understand the cause of the unforeseen death of his own daughter, but he even found it such a struggle to shed a tear or two at her funeral.

Thomas subsequently made his way to the center of the hall with a heavy heart to read out a eulogy.

Fabricated completely from a template, the entire text was bereft of even one iota of genuine emotion from start to end, with the only notable change to the messaging being Melissa’s name.

Thomas was on the verge of choking up several times as he went along, but his tears did not flow, just as it was for him right from the start.

With a somber expression appropriate for the sorrowful atmosphere of the occasion, Yara wiped at the barely damp corner of her eyes with her own veil.

Everything that had transpired here brought Natalie back to her memories from five years ago when she was sent to Mount Surya to recover from the extensive burns she suffered, in the care of Malcolm and Donna.

had asked Gerald about how Thomas and Yara dealt with her ‘body’ that was left behind in the

her

family had happily signed off on her death certificate and did not even bother to claim

a home for her ‘remains’ at a public cemetery where a marked grave was

before Melissa did. The only thing that set their fates apart was

at the very least, came out of it alive, and with

each with a stalk of white chrysanthemum in

this service, Melissa was to be

all my fault, Melissa! I must have committed too many sins, so much so that you were made to suffer them in my place! You’re so young. It should have

around the entire interior of the

this poor soul was doubtlessly detestable in her own

the family as a mistress, she had also failed to take Melissa in hand ever since. All these were criminal

being pushed further and further from her, she passed out on the spot, instantly plunging

wife has been overtaken by grief and needs to be sent to

to the VIP lounge