Chapter 177
I didn’t know how long Lyla had been calling my name. When I returned to my senses, I saw that her face was covered with tears. “Eve, look at me. Don’t scare Eve. Please just look at me.”
1 Minked my swollen eyes Ltried to smile at her, but couldn’t even do so. My tears simply kept rolling down my cheeks.
“Lyla, I don’t have any relatives anymore. Grandma doesn’t want me anymore. She left because she was upset with me.”
Lyla glanced at Grandina in new arms and leaned over to hug me. “You still have me. I’ll be by your side. Your grandmother isn’t abandoning you. She just wanted to test because she was too tired.” “Really looked down at Grandma Her face looked really peaceful, just like usual.
Lylahugged m
Ime tighter. She said, “Yeah. Trust me, Eve.”
Many people from the property management, police station, and hospital arrived. Lyla pulled me aside, and I watched the police take statements and check the surveillance footage.
I saw the doctor come in, but he didn’t take any emergency measures. He simply offered his condolences.
Antoine contacted the funeral home, and I watched the people there wipe Grandma’s face and change her clothes. Then, they were going to take her away. They were going to take Gandima away. 1 quickly walked over to them and grabbed Grandma’s hand. “Don’t touch my grandmother. She’s just asleep. Don’t take her away. She’ll wake up soon.”
“Ms. Wiley, I’m so sorry for your loss, but if you do this, she won’t be able to rest in peace.” The staff from the funeral home tried to pull me away, but I simply tefused to let go of Grandma’s hand Lyla walked over to me in tears: She advised, “Don’t do this, Eve. She’s already gone. We must let her rest in peace.”
“No” I sobbed. “I don’t want to. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t left just now, Grandma would’ve been fine.” I slapped myself in the face. I yelled, “It’s all my fault! Why am I not the one who’s dead?” While holding Grandma’s hand, I knelt on the ground and wailed. Lyla bugged me and cried along with me. “Eve, don’t think like that. You can’t say things like that.
Antoine heard the noise in the bedroom and came in, 5
Seeing how emotional I was, he hit me on the back of the head.
My vision wenn dark, and I fell backward. 20 minutes later, I woke up.
When opened my eyes again, I still hoped that whatever had happened just now was just a dream.
However, in the next second, my hopes were dashed when I saw Lyla push the door open, her eyes blondshot.
lifted my larder and walked out of the room. I asked, “Where’s Grandma?”
Lyla held my hand at explained, “Antoine has taken her to the funeral home. I stayed behind to wait for you.”
s again.
I paused, and my tears rolled down my checks:
“Eve” Lyla also started to cry when she saw me crying..
I took a few deep breaths to compose myself. Then, I grabbed my coat and said, “Let’s go see Grandma”
On the way down, Lyla didn’t let me drive. Instead,
the called her family’s driver
The sky gradually brightened. I opened the car window, and the cool breeze on my fa compose myself properly
face woke ine up. By the time I arrived at the funeral home, I was able to
The mortuary cosmetologist was grooming Grandma again. I wanted to go in and keep her company. Lyla wanted to tag along, but I refused.
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