Semua Bab When I'm Gone: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Mom slammed on the brakes. The tires screamed against the pavement.I flew straight out of the car.Dad's forehead crashed hard into the dashboard.I rushed back, wanting to blow gently on the red mark on his forehead, but then Mom's phone rang.I leaned over to look. The caller was Adrian.Mom frowned at Dad, then answered. Adrian's soft voice came through."Meredith, I miss you so much. I miss the baby in your belly too."I froze for a moment, and Dad turned to look at her at the same time.Mom did not notice at all. Her expression turned unusually gentle as she spoke. "Don't be silly. Be good."I'll be back soon."After hanging up, she coldly told Dad to get out. "Stop making a scene, Daniel. You're an adult. Don't throw childish tantrums."That's enough. We'll talk when I get back."I'll send you the address. Take a cab to the villa yourself. I've already had your things moved there. Pack them up, but don't touch the primary bedroom. I'm pregnant with Adrian's child, an

Mom frowned.Just then, Adrian hissed and clutched his ankle. "It hurts..."Daniel pushed me just now. It hurts so badly... Meredith, did my old ankle injury flare up? I'm scared...""I'll take you to the hospital!"Mom instantly pushed Dad's words to the back of her mind. She helped Adrian up and hurried away.Before leaving the room, she turned back and gave Dad a cold look. "Daniel!"If anything happens to Adrian, I'll make it so you can't live and can't die."The room was soon empty.Dad sat on the floor in a daze.I went to hug him.His tears fell like broken beads, landing on me again and again. They burned so badly it hurt, and they made me want to cry too.I did not know how long passed before he finally braced himself and staggered to his feet."Caleb."He murmured my name softly. "I have to get Caleb back..."He stumbled out of the room.Along the way, countless people stared at him strangely. Many pointed at him and whispered."Isn't that the man everyone onl

When she arrived at the hospital, she did not go to the office where my death certificate was waiting.Instead, she went straight to Adrian's room.Before she pushed the door open, she heard Adrian talking with an unfamiliar woman inside.The woman asked, "Are you sure our plan is foolproof?"With Meredith's temper, if she finds out the truth, she'll make us pay."Adrian did not care. "That's true for you, not for me."You know how much Meredith loves me. She believes whatever I say. For my sake, she even caused her own child to die and drove that idiot Daniel into the river."Even if she learns that I did it all on purpose -- that I deliberately made her leave Caleb at the rest stop, hired someone to hit him with a truck, hid the fact that Caleb was dead, and pushed Daniel to the edge, so what?"She loves me that much. I'll say a few words, and she'll forgive me."The unfamiliar woman raised an eyebrow. "Really? You're that confident."Adrian curled his lip. "You have the ne

He was staying at Serena Blake's house.Serena was Dad's high school classmate. They were good friends, though in my memory, they had not met very often.But every time they did, Serena always brought me gifts.She was a really wonderful person.She must have been the one who saved him.I floated over to Serena and thanked her.She could not hear me. She carried a bowl of soup into the room. "Eat a little, Daniel."Still thinking about Caleb?"Two clear lines of tears slid down Dad's cheeks. I anxiously tried to wipe them away, but my fingers passed through his face."Yeah," Dad said hoarsely. "Caleb must regret being my child."I shook my head wildly. "No, no, Dad!"Caleb's happiest thing in this life was being Dad's child!"Serena hesitated, then patted his shoulder. "The dead are gone, Daniel. If Caleb knew you were like this now, he would worry about you too."He loved you most. Are you going to make him unable to let go even after he leaves?"Dad paused. In the end,