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Chapter 38: Epilogue
DARLENE
I know Frank was a troublesome person but he didn't deserve to die before changing his ways.
I can't even place a finger to when he stopped being a good person and turned out to be a criminal! How I wish he didn't hang himself! Oh no!
This is definitely gonna be a sad moment for his parents. I know they will blame us, just like they did with Kate's death but what more can we do? We can't just change nature.
Things have already happened and we've no option but to accept them as they are!
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It's a Monday morning and I've already dropped Shone to school. It's exactly three months since Frank was buried and we were all surprised by the fact that his parents never blamed us. I wonder what's going on in their minds.
After dropping him, I drive to work all alone since Jeff is attending to some other business stuff therefore he woke up very early to
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