Chapter 429 - Funeral (1/2)
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There was no business trip that went on for that long. The boy knew something was up and he wanted to understand what and why they were keeping it from him. But no one had the heart to tell him the truth.
”Where did she go to? And for how long will she be there?” Gu Zhou asked in a voice that showed how much he missed his elder sister.
”Don't they have phones there, why hasn't she called me?”
All the questions were coming so fast and hard, Edward had to tell the boy to calm down.
”Breathe Gu, just breathe. Amy will...Amy will call you when she can.”
Even he was choked by the lie and had to take the phone away from his mouth for a moment.
”What I need you to do now is eat and get your strength. Amy would want you to eat.”
Edward heard Gu sigh and read that as a positive sign. ”Okay. I'll go eat now.”
”Thank you Gu. Give the phone back to Chynna.”
”Okay.”
”I will call you later to check on you.”
”Thank you.”
Another shuffling ensued as Gu Zhou returned the phone to its owner.
Edward heard Chynna whisper something to the boy before saying a soft hello into the speaker.
”He should eat now.”
”Yeah, I told him to get his plate of food from the kitchen.”
There was a pause on both ends as the involved parties searched for how to say what was on both their minds.
”Edward,” Chynna called out concernedly.
Edward sighed before telling her, ”I'm trying to recover her body.”
”Jun Mo said so. You've tried before haven't you? What's changed now.”
”Well nothing except the approach. I drew up a plan that should make things much easier.”
In her house, wrapped warmly in a blanket on her window seat, Chynna nodded softly. ”How's that going?”
”Well so far, there's nothing yet and everyone we've asked seem oblivious. A few confirmed the gunshot, but no floating body has been seen by anyone.”
Chynna blew out a long breath. ”Don't exhaust yourself Ed. If they don't see her, we should just do a memorial service in her name.”
After Amy had died, no one had talked about a burial for a long time especially since her body hadn't been found.
A part of them, though no one would openly admit it, had been hoping she would return to the surface somehow, that he had survived the gunshot.