Chapter 7

At the funeral, I kept reading my mother's stuff that the doctor delivered to me.

It was her diary.

On the last page, she wrote. [My dear baby, please forgive me.

[Please don't be sad if I didn't make it. I never left you. I just went to another world. I'm still by your side.

[Evey, you'll live a better life without me holding you back...]

Each word pierced my heart like a dagger.

The diary was written before Chase came to me.

It turned out that my mother had known it all along.

I squatted down and burst into tears.

A pair of leather shoes appeared before me.

With a hoarse voice, I exclaimed, "My mom is dead!

"Are you satisfied now?"

I glared at Chase, eyes red and swollen. "Why wasn't it you who died?"

Chase's Adam's apple bobbed as he smirked.

"I have been through your current feelings a long time ago.

"What goes up must come down!"

Clenching my fists, I prepared to lunge at Chase.

But before I could, someone rushed over.

It was Cindy Madison, my best friend.

She e