All eyes turned to the furious Matthew. An elderly neighbor spoke up. "What are you trying to do? You're a monster."
"Shut up!" Matthew roared, angrily approaching while pointing his finger at me. "Chloe, what more do you want? My mom is dead... Dead!"
He let out a hysterical yell, then angrily advanced. However, when he saw Atlas standing beside me, he abruptly stopped.
He glared at me and continued, "How dare you take her away? Do you want to ruin my family? I still have to handle the funeral. She has to stay to handle the funeral!"
My gaze was icy as I said, "Your mom doesn't want to see her."
I left the hospital with my family, leaving Matthew shouting behind.
Back home, my mom asked, "What about Grace’s funeral? What should we do?"
I glanced at my mother, leaning weakly into her embrace. "Mom, we've already sent her off. She has a son. I've done what I could and what I shouldn't do, too. I have a clear conscience. It's enough now."
Everyone understood what I meant and nodded.
Ivanna took a step forward. "Don't overthink it. Matthew is nothing more than a monster. Melanie deserves any punishment she gets. She’s a disgrace to humanity."
"I won't overthink it. I have a tough battle to fight," I muttered and then approached Grace’s room. "I need some time alone."
Opening the door, I walked in slowly. The room still seemed to hold her familiar presence. I could only see Grace's face as I sat on the bed. Her smiles, tears, and kind words to me, even when she scolded me.
Now, she was gone and would never return.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom
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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...