Chapter 46 Wedding turns into funeral 3

She peeked into the room and found Jaime sitting in the corner like an abandoned puppy, his head bowed. It was a scene too painful to bear. She didn't bother him, she knew he needed quiet right now. She turned on her heel and sat in the kitchen, eating alone.

Mr. Miro was cremated. They put his ashes in an expensive ceramic vase and kept it in the temple. The house is filled with incense and smoke of the deceased. The complete silence upon entering an empty house was not what Vivian expected to experience after getting married. She realized that her mother had once again lost her husband.

This life is unpredictable. She leaves her painful past to enter a troubled future.

After a quiet meal with Juke who kept asking where his grandfather was, Vivian spent more than an hour cleaning up and washing the dishes before going to bed. Jaime has graduated, preparing to sit in the CEO chair the day after tomorrow. Vivian didn't know how Jaime got over the pain after losing his parents.

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