Hector's hand slowly moved downward until it got to her wrist as he led her to the morgue.

With her head down, Raegan followed him obediently. Her steps were light as if she was a ghost.

The staff led them in, lowered his head, and left.

There was a body on a cold iron bed. A white sheet was over it.

With her back against the door, Raegan stood frozen for a good minute. She then took one painstaking step after another.

Her entire body was trembling as she lifted the white sheet. Save for the pale lips, her grandmother Looked Like she was asleep.

How could this woman be dead? No, she must be having one of those deep slumbers.

This thought gave Raegan a glimmer of hope. With a smile, she said softly, “It's time to wake up, grandma. You are pulling my legs, aren't you? Is this because I didn't take you back to your house? My car is ready. Get up, let's go right now..."

Not a single muscle moved on the old woman's face. Even her eyelashes didn't flutter. Seeing this, Raegan reached under the white cloth to hold her grandmother's cold and stiff hand. She choked with sobs, “Grandma, I don't want anything anymore. I want nothing else than to live in your house with you. Is that okay?"

Raegan leaned her head against her grandmother's chest, speaking in a very soft and gentle voice.

“Say something, please. Even if it's a single word. Don't leave me alone..."

Despite calling out for a long time, her grandmother still didn't wake up. Raegan held her grandmother's face and finally cried out.

It wasn't a sob or a whimper. This time, it was a heart-wrenching cry.

The cry was so poignant that it could melt the heart of the devil himself.

"Grandma, you can't do this to me. How am I supposed to live without you? Come back to me. I'm not ready yet..."

Her cry echoed in the room, but there was no response.

It had been over an hour since Raegan sat on the bench in the corridor. She completed the necessary procedures and contacted the funeral home in Tenassie.

She was determined to bury her grandmother in her hometown.

Tenassie was over 600 kilometers from here. Even if the body was transported overnight, it would only get there by morning at the earliest.

Kendra, the attending nurse of Raegan's grandmother, stayed by her side. She even urged Raegan to take a rest in one of the wards, but Raegan insisted on staying where she was. She wanted to be as close as she could to her grandmother.