When Sharon woke up, she was in the villa. Opening her eyes, she felt that the ceiling was familiar and the scent around her as well.
"You're awake?"
The moment she opened her eyes, Stanley raised his hand and signaled the doctors to enter. Softly, he whispered to Sharon, "Sharon, do you feel uncomfortable? I'll get the doctor to check on you."
Laying there, Sharon did not move at all. It was as if she did not hear his words.
Stanley pursed his lips and reached out to touch her. "Sharon?"
However, Sharon's gaze was dull as she stared at the ceiling. There was no reaction from her, and it felt like she had no perception of the outside world at all.
By then, Stanley started to panic. After knocking her out at the hospital and bringing her home, she had not been sleeping well. When she was dreaming, her emotions were unstable. Her brows were tightly furrowed, and she was constantly crying. Furthermore, she kept muttering to herself...
Now that she had woken up, he was scared out of wits to see her in such a motionless state.
"Sharon?" Stanley touched her face. There was faint distress in his voice, "Could you say something to me, please?"
Stanley talked to Sharon for a long time but failed to get any reaction from her. Seeing her like that, he felt his heart aching, but there was nothing he could do about it.
In the end, the doctor came over to examine her body and explained hesitantly, "Mrs. Jones's body is weak, and the baby is also very unstable." Then, he said to Sharon, "For the sake of the baby, Mrs. Jones, you have to snap out of this..."
When it came to her child, Sharon slowly showed some reaction. Her eyes moved, and she opened her mouth to say something.
Hurriedly, Stanley went over and asked, "Sharon, what did you say?"
In a hoarse voice, Sharon said, "I want to see my father's body."
Hearing that, Stanley froze. After a long while, he nodded and said, "I've already dealt with it. He is in the funeral parlor. You can visit him at any time."
With that, Sharon's eyelashes fluttered violently for a moment. She closed her eyes, and tears were streaming down from the corner of her eyes. Then, she opened her eyes again and slowly sat up from the bed. "Take me there right now."
As long as she was willing to speak, Stanley could do anything for her. Immediately, he stood up and said, "Okay, I'll take you there."
Then, Sharon stood up and tried to walk. Due to her weak body, her legs were like jelly, and she almost lost her balance. After only two steps, she staggered and almost fell.
"Sharon!" Stanley promptly hugged her. His dark eyes were full of worry. "You're in poor health. I think you should rest at home first. Then, I'll arrange..."
"I'm fine. I'm going to see my dad." Before he could finish, Sharon interrupted him. Then, she pushed him away and came out of his arms. "Take me to him!"
Stanley looked at her with a complex gaze. A moment later, he bent down to carry her, then walked straight out.
Sharon was startled for a moment before she started to thrash around, "Let me down! What are you doing?"
"Don't move!" Stanley said in a low voice, "I'll take you there."
After Sharon's unsuccessful attempt in breaking away from Stanely, she was breathless. In the end, she had no strength left and she was too lazy to move. It seemed that she had given in and allowed him to carry her into the car. With that, she followed him to the funeral parlor.
It was as if the heavens were mourning for her father's death. As soon as Sharon got down from the car, the sky changed, and it started drizzling.
The people at the funeral parlor had been waiting for them. Upon their arrival, they quickly led the way.Upon their arrival, the people at the funeral parlor had been waiting for them. When they saw them coming, they quickly led the way.
The body of Sharon's father was frozen in a chill box. When Sharon lifted the white cloth, she could no longer hold it in and started to cry on her father's body. Stanley, who was watching by the side, clenched his fist tightly. His heart ached for Sharon, but at the same time, he was raging with anger.
"Isai Jones, just you wait!" One day, he would personally kill him!
Sharon cried for a long time. In the end, her throat was hoarse, and no tears were coming out. She stood beside her father's body in a daze. Stretching out her trembling hand, she pulled down the white cloth...
"Sharon, don't!" Stanley wanted to stop her, but it was too late.
Pulling down the white cloth, Sharon saw that her father's upper body had already been mended with dense stitches. Those ugly and terrifying stitches were bent and curved as they intertwined across her father's body.
Although Sharon wanted to cry, her tears seemed to have dried up, and not a single drop rolled down anymore.
All of a sudden, she remembered that time when she was still a child, her father would anxiously carry her to the hospital whenever she had caught a cold, and he would blame himself endlessly. While her father held her in his arms, he would say to her, "My princess, daddy's so sorry for not taking good care of you, and now you're sick."
He was always busy with work and would sometimes come home late. However, whenever she was hungry, he would immediately go into the kitchen to cook for her even before he could change out of his work clothes.
There were many more warm and small memories she had shared with her father. In the past, Sharon thought that she would be able to live a simple but happy life forever. However, unexpected things could happen at any time, and as luck would have it, something had happened to her father.
And now, her father was dead.
She was fatherless now.
From now on, she would live alone in this world, and no one would love her as her father did.
"Dad, could you come back to life?"
Sharon could not control herself anymore. She knelt on the ground, covered her face, and began to sob helplessly.
"Dad, could you please come back to life!"
Seeing Sharon kneel on the ground, Stanely followed. As he got on his knees, his back was straight, and his thin lips were tightly pursed together. In front of Sharon's father, he heavily kowtowed three times.
"You don't have the right to kneel before my dad!" Sharon snapped. Her voice filled with grief and resentment.
Stanley's figure swayed as he raised his head, and Sharon was staring at him with a pair of red and swollen eyes, "I'm telling you to get up! You don't have the right to kneel before him!"
Slowly, Stanley stood up, and his long eyelashes trembled. He came to her and said, "I know that you hate me now, but now is not the time to do this. Sharon, the most important thing now is to let your father rest in peace."
Sarcastically, Sharon laughed, "Rest in peace? He was murdered by your family. He died with injustice, and he will never be able to rest in peace!"
"Sharon..." Stanley's heart ached with pity for her. Now, she looked as if she had lost everything. Feeling a heart-wrenching pain, Stanley wanted to hug her. However, Sharon forcefully waved his hand away and screamed, "Do not put your hands on me!"
By then, Sharon's emotion was out of control. Her face was full of rage and despair. Looking at her current state, Stanley felt more pain than someone killing himself. Also, her alienation was like a knife stabbing at his heart.
As he could not withstand it any longer, Stanley forcefully pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. "Sharon, I'm sorry, my love... It's all my fault for not protecting your father. I'm sorry for you and your father. Please don't be like this, okay? I swear to god that I will avenge your father and not let him die like this. I will make Isai Jones pay for everything he has done! Sharon, please..."
Stanley repeated his words over and over again. Not knowing how long it took, but Sharon, who had been struggling, slowly stopped. Motionlessly, she lay in Stanley's embrace. After a long time, she said in a low and hoarse voice, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'm going to let my father rest in peace. I can't just let him lay here like this."
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