slapped him hard across the face.
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“It’s you! You’re the one who killed my sister!”
Alpha Nolan was the calmest person in the room, quietly taking out two reports from his backpack.
“Blaming everything on me while you live your carefree lives, huh?”
“We’re all guilty here, all responsible for hurting Odelia. She was diagnosed with severe depression three years ago, and a few months ago, she was found to have late–stage stomach cancer. Yet none of us cared, not even bothering to ask how she was doing.”
“We didn’t even ask if she was happy!”
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My eyes focused on my mother, eagerly waiting for her reaction, but now, it seemed she would only disappoint me.
Sitting there with a blank expression, she watched the surveillance footage from before my death and then at the few people crying and arguing in front of her.
It was as if she were just an uninterested spectator, uninvolved in everything.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she stood up and spat out viciously.
“She deserved it! She was a problem from the start! Facing some troubles and she chose to jump into the sea? Serves her right! It’s peace now that she’s gone!”
I drifted slowly in front of her, gently brushing my hand against her face.
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“Mom, why is it that when my sister has depression, it’s life’s injustice, but for me, it’s deserved?”
I wasn’t sure if she sensed anything, but I saw my mother tremble, pick up her bag, and walk away.
I wanted to follow but couldn’t leave Alpha Nolan’s side.
Finally, my body was retrieved from the
water.
I had long since become swollen and decomposed, almost unrecognizable.
Even my own spirit couldn’t help but retch at the sight.
Yet Alpha Nolan gently embraced me,
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breaking down in tears.
At this moment, he would never again sense the unique fragrance that belonged to his mate, nor would he struggle with choosing between me and Sylvia because of my identity.
Sometimes it’s so helpless.
The more you want to distance yourself, the more others display their deep emotions in front of you.
Can past hurts be so easily forgiven?
Impossible.
The pain always remains.
Sylvia snidely remarked from the side, “You didn’t seem so devoted when you left her at
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the altar. Why the act now?”
Alpha Nolan’s face turned pale, weakly defending, “Wasn’t it because of your suicide?”
Sylvia sneered, “What does my suicide have to do with you? Was I looking for you?”
“Mom asked me to see you at the hospital…”
As these words came out, everyone fell silent.
That’s when I realized, my mother hadn’t even come to the site of my retrieval.
I guess she really did despise me.
My ashes were scattered into the lake; I had mentioned this to Alpha Nolan before.
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I didn’t expect him to forget all his promises, but remember this.
Every day, he would walk by the lake.
Today, he found my mom collapsed in the grass by the lake.
He hesitated for a moment, then helped her up, “Ma’am, are you okay? Should I take you to the hospital?”
“Have you seen a gold ring? A small gold ring… I’m looking for my gold ring.”
There seemed to be many onlookers.
They couldn’t help but comment, “This crazy woman has been by the lake for days, suddenly looking for some gold ring. There’s no gold ring.”
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My mom shouted angrily at the crowd, “What do you know! I just want my gold ring… I need my gold ring!”
Alpha Nolan, who once deeply respected my mom, now displayed only disgust.
He thought she came to the lake to honor me, but instead, she was searching for some gold ring.
Nevertheless, he still took her to the hospital.
