Chapter 43

Serene’s POV

Today is Aunt Esmeralda’s funeral. Even though I didn’t want to go out, I still forced myself. It’s hard because Aunt Esmeralda might sulk when she doesn’t see me. She might even haunt me. We are currently at the cemetery, blessing Auntie’s coffin. One by one, we threw the white roses on her coffin while lowering it to the ground.

Many of those who sympathized were crying, mostly her friends. I looked at the Sy family. They don’t cry, but they know that deep inside they are hurting too much. Especially Mr. Sy. He loved his wife more than anything in this world. We all stayed until we were the only ones left. Me, Ardin, Mr. Sy, Iigo, my brother Liam, Mira, Khalix, Kevin, Rojan, and Vincent I haven’t seen Leinard since he told me the bad news.

I heard that he left the country to take care of their business there. Now he just confirms my suspicion that he has something to do with it. We all left to rest. This day has been too long for us. It’s only