Chapter 1914


    Larkin and the Prior were talking outside, and Erica was wide awake.


    Listening to the Prior’s vague murmuring, Erica felt like she was being tortured.


    After a while, the Prior left and the door was pushed open.


    Larkin was back.


    Seeing that she was awake, he rushed over, sitting by her side.


    He asked, “Are you feeling okay?”


    Curling up with her knees, Erica shook her head slightly, “Larkin, I just wanted to help somebody. Why


    did Mary have to die because of my goodwill?”


    “It was an ident…” Larkin whispered, trying tofort her.


    “It wasn’t an ident.” Erica said, her face pale, shaking her head again, if I hadn’t helped Madeleine


    Winters, or… if I had taken Mary away from the monastery thest time, Mary wouldn’t have died.”


    After saying this, she looked at Larkin, tears welling up, “It was me! I killed Mary!”


    She couldn’t control the pain in her heart anymore and started crying loudly.


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    Larkin quickly hugged her, “It wasn’t you… It’s not your fault…


    Erica didn’t know if she heard him, she continued to cry her heart out.


    Until it started getting dark, Martin came to tell them that tonight was thest memorial service for Mary


    and asked if Erica and Larkin wanted to attend.


    Erica finally stood up and washed her face..


    With Larkin’spany, she returned to the ce for mourning Mary.


    All the monks and nuns in the monastery were there.


    Everyone stood silently, singing hymns for Mary together.


    Erica stood in a corner.


    Looking at Mary’s small portrait, tears kept rolling down her face.


    Larkin stood by her side, joining others in singing hymns for Mary


    As the night deepened, then the sky gradually lit up with the first light of dawn, thest night’s memorial


    service ended.


    Mary didn’t have any family.


    In the end, the small urn was ced into the monastery’s mourning hall.


    When the Prior put the urn in, he wiped it over and over with a clean handkerchief, then carefully


    ced it in.


    Afterwards, the monks and nuns in the monastery left one after another, leaving only Erica and her


    husband.


    Erica walked closer.


    In the mourning hall, there were smallpartments, and on the door of eachpartment, there was


    a photo of the deceased. Mary’s photo was her ID picture.


    Erica reached out, lightly touching it


    There were so many things she wanted to say, so many questions she wanted to ask.


    She wanted to ask if Mary was scared, if she was in pain, if she med her


    But when the words reached her lips, she couldn’t say anything


    This whole day and night, the felt like she had lost the ability to speak, unable to open her mouth


    In the end, Erica still couldn’t say anything, the ced all the food she had bought for Mary on the table


    said to Mary in her heart


    Then she


    Mary ifterlife for you, pleasee firid me and be my child Lets make this promise!”


    the walked out of the mourning hall the putude was butted in bright sunlight, another sunny day


    “Let’s take some


    ently suggested


    Erica nodded like a ghost, and let Larkin lead her to rest.