Female Novel
Chapter 1794
Because it had been somebody close and beloved to her, Cindy had overlooked plenty of details thatmight have haunted her. She wasn’t sure how terrifying a corpse of a person who had died fromterminal illness would look as it lay in the morgue for a whole night.
Regardless, she didn’t think there was anything scary about death or its appearance, apart from theheartache that it brought.
She closed her eyes at that moment, pushing away unbidden memories, those which she had storedaway into the back of her mind for so many years.
While she knew things had been rough between Ian and Bryce in the past, it didn’t take away from thefact that she still felt bad about everything, though if she had a choice, she would rather not dwell on it.Nonetheless, her heart went out to Ian.
There were those who had hardly done anything to make life easier for another, and they might evenadd insult to injury on more than a reasonable number of occasions, but at the end of the day, theirdeaths would still be mourned with heavy hearts.
Presently, Cindy waited for a bit before taking out her phone and sending Ian a text. However, whenshe looked at the time, she figured that Ian would have too much going on to check his messages, letalone reply to her. That being said, she wasn’t too bothered about not hearing back from him.
She stayed in the gazebo for quite some time, and it wasn’t until after Aurora called her that she rose tomake her way home.
Meanwhile, Aurora seemed to be in much better spirits. She had barely eaten a morsel of food duringthe day, and she was whipping up spaghetti in the kitchen by the time Cindy returned.
Upon seeing the younger girl, Aurora asked, “Are you hungry? I could make you a plate.”
Cindy wasn’t hungry. All the inane thoughts that had flooded her mind earlier seemed to have filled herstomach as well.
As such, she turned down Aurora’s offer, and the latter merely shrugged as she went about plating herfood. When she was done, she brought her plate over to the dining table, then sat down as she queriedmildly, “Have you spoken to Ian? Did you ask if he was coping alright on his end?”
Cindy came over and took the seat across from Aurora. “I called him during the day, but I guess he wasbusy ushering in those who went to pay their last respects, and there were a lot of them. There didn’tseem to be anything else he was tied up with.”
Aurora nodded mutely, then took a bite of her food. “Well, that old man was in the industry for most ofhis life. It’s no surprise that so many of his acquaintances turned up at the parlor.” She suddenly let outa short, humorless laugh. “But you know what? I’d say he lived a pretty good life; he’s getting just asmuch recognition in death as he would if he were still alive.”
Having heard this, Cindy paused in thought and concluded that Aurora had a point.
After all, Bryce might not have had the best reputation when he had been alive, but he had spent abetter part of his life in great comfort. That much was true, even if his death had been less than perfect.
With that in mind, Cindy nodded slowly. “What, are you feeling a little disgruntled now that you’vethought about this?”
Aurora’s mouth opened and closed before she shook her head briefly. “I’m not so much disgruntled as Iam resigned. I mean, as things are, my grudges wouldn’t make a difference.” At the thought of this, alight scoff escaped her. “I heard that he was lucid for a moment before he died. I guess he must havehad a lot of worldly ties that would keep him going into the light. He probably had something importanthe wanted to say but never got to.” novelbin
Indeed, Bryce had died rather abruptly. According to Sean, the old man had had a brief moment oflucidity, but he never said a word then. On that note alone, perhaps Bryce really didn’t die quite sopeacefully.
Aurora seemed to have returned to her normal self as she dipped her head to eat another mouthful ofspaghetti. “We’ll leave as soon as the funeral is done and over with. It’s time to close this chapter forgood.”
Cindy leaned into her seat. “Yeah, the chapter is drawing to an end. Perhaps the Morgan Family will nolonger have anything to do with Ian.” The next time he comes back to the country, he would only meetup with his friends and no one else. As this crossed her mind, she suddenly thought of Logan.
All things aside, Logan had been calling Ian incessantly all this while, and although Cindy didn’t hearmuch of their conversation, she knew Logan made the calls out of genuine concern for Ian’s wellbeing.
Thus, Cindy pointed out matter-of-factly, “Ian has a solid network of friends. I’m sure they’ve been morethan helpful to him.”
Aurora nodded hastily. “Of course. I shudder to imagine the life he would have led if his friends hadn’tbeen there for him.”