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.

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

set her

on her death certificate and did not even bother to

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

family’s indifference and selfishness long before Melissa did. The only thing that set their fates apart

and with the chance

of the eulogy, the attendees of the service, each with a stalk of white chrysanthemum in hand, encircled the casket three times in silence before they laid the flowers

the completion of this service, Melissa was to be completely

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 been me to

wails reverberated around the entire interior

pitiful, this poor soul

like Yvonne admitted so herself, on top of wriggling her way into the family as a mistress, she had also failed to take Melissa in hand ever since.

pushed further and further from her, she passed out on the spot, instantly plunging the entire scene into chaos

needs to be sent to

support. They brought Yvonne to the VIP lounge and went about preparing