It was raining in Yarchville the next day. I held Grandma''s ashes and portrait, and with L and Antoine by my side, we buried her.


    The rain was especially cold in winter. It felt like ice. As I felt the raindrops falling on my body, I felt an ache in my chest,Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    soon, Grandma''s tombstone was erected. I was sitting next to it, and I reached out to touch it, but for some reason, I was afraid. Grandma used to feel soft and warm to the touch, but now, she was just ice cold.


    I closed my eyes and burted my head in my knees.


    was shielding me from the rain with an umbre, and she said tearfully, "Eve, if you feel sad, just cry. Okay?


    Cry? I wanted to, but I just couldn''t. The rainwas getting) heavier and heavier. The raindrops hit the ck umbre with a thud.


    It had never rained so heavily in Yardville in winter. It was as if the entire city was feeling gloomy.


    "You guys can leave first." I looked up at L and Antoine. "Thank you for staying with me for the past two days. It''s cold, so you should head home first. I''ll stay here for a while."


    "Eve" L crouched down beside me with her umbre and hugged me with her free hand "Don''t let your grief consume you. You still have me, your best friend, Tknow I''m not smart. You don''t tell me a lot of things because you''re afraid I''ll get worried and get hurt. But please believe me when I say I''ll always be by your side, no matter how stupid 1 am "


    She nced at the tombstone and ced her chin on my shoulder.


    My body was cold, but her embrace made me feel a tinge of warmth. "I''m fine. I tried to push her away, but I felt the warmth at tears on my neck.


    When my hand froze, L continued, "Eve, have you forgotten? We promised that we would support each other. If you feel sad, you have to tell me. I won''t find you annoting, for will Tabandon you. I''ll always be by your side. Please trust me I''m your best friend."


    A lot of memories came to my mind, but in the end, all of them felt distant and blurry. I didn''t want to do anything to hurt myself. I just wanted to go back to the day when the incident had happened.


    However, time would always move forward. Time couldn''t stop or rewind, b


    but I wanted it to slow.


    I wanted to be with Grandma so that when I mentioned or thought about her, 1 would feel as if she was still here with me and hadn''t left me yet. And


    I turned to look at L. When I saw her looking at me, her eyes swollen from crying, I felt another kind of guilt weighing down on my chest,


    yet


    I closed my eyes and forced myself to close off my emotions. Then, I said, "Okay, wait for ine in the car with Antoine. I''ll be there in terminutes."


    Since I had alreadypromised, the trace of you in the car


    fconcem on L''s face faded slightly. She let go of me and wiped away her tears. "Okay, Antoine and I will wait for


    Then, the said. "It''s freezing. Make sure you don''t catch a cold,"


    Lyle took off her scarf and put it on me. When she was about to leave, she looked back at me and said, "Eve, your grandma will always be by your side. When you''re at home, just think of it as her going out to buy groceries. When you''re at school, she''ll be at home thinking about you."


    My eyes welled up with tears instantly. I took a deep breath and gave L a smile. "I got it."


    L and Antoine also smiled at me before leaving. Grandma would always be here. It was just that we wouldn''t see each other anymore.


    The emotions I had suppressed seemed to bubble over at this moment. I leaned my forehead against Grandma''s portrait and said hoarsely, "Grandma, I''m sorry." I would never forgive myself. It was my fault that Grandma had been abused by Jack. It was my fault that Grandina had gone through so much pain in thest


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