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At that moment, the sound of a key turning in the door echoed through the room. Scarlette’s eyes brightened,
and she immediately began crawling toward the door, knowing her father was home. Caden entered and
scooped Scarlette up with a smile.
Alicia walked over, pretending to complain. “Scarlette’s beca little rascal. Look at the mess she’s made of
the house.”
Caden chuckled, pressing a kiss to Scarlette’s cheek. “I'll take the afternoon off to stay hwith both of you.”
He went to wash his hands, but Alicia noticed something was off. He seemed distracted, using the wrong towel
to dry his hands.
“Hey, what's going on?” Alicia asked, concern creeping into her voice. “Why do you look so upset?”
Caden hesitated, meeting her gaze before responding slowly, “I got a call from Corey's lawyer today. Apparently,
Corey made a will last month. All of his clean assets... They're for you.”
The word “will” caused Alicia’s heart to skip a beat. She looked closely at Caden, trying to read his face. “Corey's
always been impulsive. You shouldn't read too much into it,” she said, trying to ease the tension.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut Caden’s gaze darkened, and he sighed deeply. “There’s more.” He paused for a moment before finally
speaking, his voice barely above a whisper. “Alicia... Corey’s dead.”
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On the day of Gemma'’s funeral, Corey had entrusted Alicia with a simple yet somber request: to bury him quietly
after his death.
Corey acknowledged that he had committed countless wrongs in his life, and a grand funeral felt undeserved.
His only wish was for his ashes to be scattered somewhere after cremation. At the time, Alicia had brushed off
his words as an emotional outburst, a fleeting moment of grief. He was only in his thirties—how could a man who
had worked so hard to build his career suddenly let it all go?
But when Alicia saw Corey's lifeless body, she realized he had longed for death for stime. He looked like a
shadow of the man he once was. His body was gaunt, his face hollow and sunken, almost unrecognizable. The
once-dignified man, who had cared so deeply about appearances, now lay in wrinkled clothes, his face unshaven
and rugged. Needle marks marred his arms, darkened by bruises from severe malnutrition.
Corey's fists were tightly clenched, stiff with rigor mortis. It took seffort to pry them open, and when they
did, a small photograph was found crumpled in his palm. It was a two-inch picture of a younger Corey and
Gemma, their faces shy but hopeful, their bright eyes radiating joy and dreams of a better future.
It was taken the year they left the
orphanage—the year Corey had made
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Alicia's eyelashes fluttered as she
fought back the bitterness swelling in
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her chest. She whispered, “Let Grey
keep it. Let him takedtWithhim.
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not being a good brother, saying he
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didn't want to meet Gemma in the
next life. But Alicia knew better. Corey
could never let go of Gemma, not
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