Chapter 58

RAINA 

He was gone. Just like that.

No words could capture the depth of my pain. It felt like someone had ripped my heart out and left me hollow. Dominic’s arms wrapped tightly around me and Grandma as we clung to each other, tears streaming down our faces. None of us could stop crying, and the sound of our grief filled the small, sterile room.

I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Grandpa’s still form as the nurse gently covered him with a white sheet. He looked so peaceful, like he was just sleeping. But the reality of it crushed me—he wasn’t in pain anymore because he wasn’t here anymore.

How long had he been suffering? How had none of us known? The questions swirled in my mind, threatening to drown me. A lump formed in my throat as another thought hit me: had he known he was going to die?

My tears fell harder. Why else would he have transferred everything to me just days before? He had to have known. It was almost as if he had been trying to prepar