Chapter 70
If everything before was a coincidence, I could confirm that Amber must have learned about my death, or she wouldn’t give out items that contained my ashes to my loved ones. At first, it was Shane. Now, she had targeted Grandma and the rest of my family.
I couldn’t wrap my head around her actions. When I was alive, she took away everything that had belonged to me. Why did she still refuse to let me rest in peace? Why did she have to act like a psychopath?
She acted boldly because she was confident that my death would remain a secret forever.
Right. I had been reduced to ashes. As time passed, people would forget about me, thinking I was dead or missing.
Wouldn’t that mean I had to exist in the form of a spirit? When would this come to an end?
I appeared beside Grandma, looking dejected. The sight of her pale and aged face broke my
heart.
At that moment, Rebecca showed up carrying a bowl of soup. “Mrs. Schultz Senior, it’s getting late. You haven’t had much for dinner. Why don’t you take some soup and get some good rest? I’m sure Ms. Allison is doing just fine.”
Grandma remarked, “You saw those shameless jerks, didn’t you? I wonder what
them obsessed with her.
Amber did to a
“Ally has not been seen from that night onward. She is a good kid, and she won’t go missing without reaching out to me, no matter how mad she is at her family. I’m quite sure something bad has happened to her.”
Only those who truly loved me, like Grandma, would care about my whereabouts.
“Mrs. Schultz Senior, you’re really fond of overthinking. I’d wager that Ms. Allison is just mad at Mr. Lundberg, and she wouldn’t want to expose her location by contacting you. To me, she seems dead set on giving Mr. Lundberg a hard time.”
“But the men I sent to look for Ally came back empty–handed. She has never left home for this long without leaving behind a trace. Remember that blood–stained wedding dress? I…”
Grandma had all the reason to worry about my disappearance after discovering that wedding dress. Without that crucial evidence, she could have easily explained away my disappearance.
Rebecca mused, “I went to inquire about the wedding dress at the police station. The police. did not find any of Ms. Allison’s personal belongings, just the dress.
If Ms. Allison had perished, we would have found her body after many weeks, but we didn’t. Right?”
Grandma was not reassured. “Still, I’m worried…
Rebecca let out a sigh. “Mrs. Schultz Senior, Ms. Allison is a woman in her 20s, not a child. We live in a lawful society, and she always heads out with security details.
“She will be fine. She’s just heartbroken. Young people nowadays love to leave home for all sorts of reasons. I bet she has traveled to a nice place to heal from the hurt.
“You need to worry more about yourself. If you lose any more weight, Ms. Allison will when she gets home.”
Grandma looked much better after hearing Rebecca’s advice. “Fine. Hand me the soup.”
“Sure.” Rebecca gladly offered Grandma the bowl of soup and coaxed the old lady to finish it.
Exhaustion had caught up with Grandma. Rebecca pointed at the bone china tableware, asking, “Mrs. Schultz Senior, what do we do with that stuff?”
Rebecca knew that Grandma disliked Amber. All the supplements Amber previously sent to
Grandma had been thrown out.
“In the name of Jesus, I shall keep that tableware I’ll just think of it as a prayer for Ally so she will come home soon,” Grandma declared.
A soft sigh escaped my mouth. I thought, “Dear Grandma, I will never come home no matter how hard you pray.”
Anyway, the tableware did provide Grandma with psychological comfort. keeping the nightmares at bay.
I stayed by Grandma’s bedside, watching over her until she finally fell asleep. As a spirit, I lacked five senses and did not feel exhausted. Since my death, I had spent every moment–day
and night–awake.
The only solace was that I was no longer tethered to Shane. Instead, I could travel to wherever my ashes resided.
