The person on the other end of the line asked how to deal with Byron’s body. It seemed that the execution was done.
Back at the Keller family's residence, Beatrice abandoned her usual cold demeanor and forced a smile at everyone. "Give me a little time. Everyone needs to stay here tonight, and no one should leave."
Then she instructed the butler to arrange for the evening meal.
"I'll excuse myself for now," she said, hurrying upstairs.
I exchanged a glance with Ivanna, and she turned to the others, saying, "Feel free to make yourselves at home. We really need to stay with her today. None of you should leave, alright? Chloe and I will go upstairs to check on her."
Then she looked at Theo and said, "Take care of everyone, Theo."
When Finn saw me and Ivanna going upstairs, he seemed to relax a bit before immediately calling Theo and the others over.
I had stayed here before, so I was relatively familiar with the layout. I quickly found Beatrice in the study. She was holding a photo frame and crying silently.
When she saw me enter, she hastily wiped her tears and gestured toward the sofa in the study, saying, "Please, have a seat."
Ivanna walked over to her. "Beatrice, if you need to cry, just let it out. Let go of everything and forget about it from now on."
Beatrice held out the photo frame she was holding, revealing a picture of the Keller family. Her grandparents were there, and Helen was between them, smiling. Helen had been young and innocent back then, radiating pure joy.
The picture exuded a sense of peace, warmth, and happiness.
But now, everyone in the photo had vanished from the world.
Beatrice showed us the photo through choked sobs. "They're all gone. It feels like it was all just a dream, like they were never here... but what about me? Can you tell me who I am? Why was I in that dream? It was clearly just a dream."
My nose tingled with emotion. Yes, it had all been like a dream, fleeting and transient. Had this calamity been brought about by kindness, or was it the distortion of human nature? Who could say for sure?
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This story would be interesting if there weren't so many garbled paragraphs. Half sentences and missed paragraphs. It's too much, give us a proper story. I'm done reading...
Atlas literally took Chloe away from Ryan Ryan needs to go back and reinforce to be able to be head-on Caz that's the only place he's lacking...