Chapter 12
Kevin was stunned, his hands hanging limply.
The whole person felt as if struck by lightning, with the blood in his body freezing at that moment, his heart gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain almost suffocating him.
Morgue?
Lena, she… died?!
He didn’t believe it, so he immediately threw off the blanket, endured the burns on his back, and ran clumsily to the morgue.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw a dead body.
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Kevin trembled for a moment, staggered forward, and slowly reached out his hand to lift the white cloth covering the body. What met his eyes was
a burned face.
Boom!
The person almost fell to the ground.
He propped up the table with one hand, while the other hand trembled as
it touched the face. Although most of the skin had been burned, those eyes and eyebrows were too familiar to him.
She was Lena.
Kevin’s legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Not sure if the impact was too great, he fell to the ground and started
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vomiting, the acid in his stomach kept churning and stirring, causing him to clutch his stomach in pain.
At that moment, his assistant walked in, quickly helped him up, and said, “Mr. Halden, you are still injured, please take care of yourself. As for the cause of the fire…the Fire Station has reached a conclusion.”
Upon hearing this, Kevin lifted his head, tightly grasped his hand, and asked with red eyes, “What conclusion?”
He has regained some sanity now. How could the greenhouse catch fire? Unless…
“The verdict over there was that Mrs. Halden committed self–immolation, Kevin said, stunned. The conclusion matched his speculation perfectly.”
“Self–immolation?” Despite being mentally prepared, he found it difficult to accept when he heard those two words: “How could Lena have thought of self–immolation?”
Suddenly, he was filled with regret and stumbled to his knees beside Lena, muttering to himself:
“Is it because we argued these past few days? Even if you are angry with me, you can’t commit suicide. You can leave me, but can you bear to leave mom behind?”
When he mentioned Patricia, he immediately instructed his assistant, “Yes, go to the sanatorium now and check on Madam Marcer’s condition, and see if she knows anything. If she is unaware, do not tell her yet, I’m afraid she won’t be able to handle it.”
“Yes, the person responded and then left.”
Lena couldn’t bear to leave her mother behind. For her mother, she was willing to risk her life. How could she choose to commit suicide without
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“Lena…” Kevin lowered his head, his body trembling uncontrollably, a tear falling onto Lena’s hand, pleading, “Can you open your eyes and look at me?”
The people on the stage never responded.
Time passed slowly, and he felt as if all his energy had been drained. He slumped wearily against the edge of the desk.
It wasn’t until the assistant left and returned, gasping for breath, that he said to him, “Mr. Halden, the people over at the sanatorium said… said Madam Marcer passed away a long time ago.”
Kevin’s pupils dilated slightly, and he was taken aback, “What did you say?!”
He couldn’t believe it, but he also understood why Lena had chosen to seek death without hesitation.
“It’s true, to confirm, I even made a trip to the cemetery. They said it was probably five days ago that Mrs. Halden buried Madam Marcer’s ashes there.”
Five days ago, that was not…
Kevin’s face grew paler and paler. He hadn’t even finished digesting the news when someone said, “And…”
He glared and asked, “And what else?”
“And just yesterday, Madam Marcer’s ashes were taken away by someone, and that person was Ms. Callen.”
