Chapter 688 Even I Could Not Keep Her Alive (2/2)

I will let you do whatever you want, okay?

You must have been angry with me. If you want to see father and mother, I will call them over right away, okay? Please, don't sleep any more...”

Cloris passed away quietly in his arms.

Muffled sobs wracked against his chest, as though someone had taken the air from his lungs and left him like that.

On this very day, the woman he loved most in his life slowly slipped away to heaven.

She

d out to check if she was breathing. That was when his face froze in an incredulous expression.

”Cloris is...”

”Shut up!”

Mrs. Lu interrupted her husband, as if she knew what he was going to say, but somehow stopping him from saying would make it untrue. In that moment the sure knowledge that life would go on without her daughter undid her completely.

She held Cloris and shook her by the shoulder, trying to wake her up. ”Cloris, can you hear what mom is saying? Wake up! Don't sleep any more, okay?”

”Enough!” Sean pushed Mrs. Lu away abruptly and placed Cloris neatly on the bed. ”She's dead.”

Yes, she was.

Sean never thought he could accept the fact that she was gone, but looking at her peaceful face gave him solace and his heart gradually calmed down.

”Sean!” Mrs. Lu's voice suddenly turned bitter, ”You killed her, didn't you? Why are you doing this? Can't you just let her be?”

Before they could even rejoice their daughter's return, she was taken away from them again. They never got to tell her they loved her one last time. They didn't get to hold her close, before she slipped away. They never even got to look into her loving, beautiful face, which always brought them so much happiness, before she died. No one could swallow the bitterness of this truth. The awful hollowness, the waves of wretchedness that threatened to engulf their mind, body and soul.

Suddenly, Mr. Lu snapped at Sean. ”How did Cloris die? You will have to answer for her death!”

Sean pursed his lips tightly into a straight line. After a long time, he finally opened his mouth. ”... Cancer.”