Chapter 236
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The person standing outside the door was Tyrone.
"Miss, Liam has already brought Mr. Derek's ashes back to his home. His burial date has also been chosen, which is November 4th."
Bertha frowned slightly.
November 4th?
There are only three days left, why are they in such a hurry?
Derek's funeral was helped by Venn and Liam. Organized by Victoria.
After returning from S city, Venn heard about this.
Even though Derek died because of Bertha, Venn wasn't moved in his heart. He knew Bertha wouldn't accept this result, so he held a funeral for her to help ease her guilt somewhat.
With Venn's presence, no press or media agency dares to spread the news, even rich families do not dare to talk nonsense.
Derek's funeral was truly humble.
During these three days, the weather in City X was very bad.
It's always raining, and every time I walk I feel cold.
On the day of his funeral, the weather was even darker, thunder and lightning were rumbling, and the cold was bone-chilling.
A heavy rain poured down, and the whole city of X was immersed in a gloomy atmosphere.
In front of the cemetery, each black umbrella is neatly arranged. From a distance, the scene is both cold and scary.
Not many people came, only relatives of Tibble's family and a few close associates, who took turns paying their respects.
Mrs. Victoria hugged the jar containing her son's ashes, crying until it hurt. She cried for three days, her tears had dried up. If she didn't try to support herself to complete her son's funeral, she would have died. Perhaps that woman also collapsed.
Rose cried without a sound, in her heart she couldn't help but feel pity, she kept screaming "brother".
The atmosphere was extremely painful and sad.
Under the tree outside the cemetery, Bertha was wearing a black dress, she had no makeup, and her eyes were red but still calm, she stood quietly looking at the scene inside the cemetery.
Her bodyguards also stepped in to pay their respects to Derek.
Bertha didn't hold an umbrella, she just stood quietly under the canopy of the tree, her whole body was wet, and her thin figure seemed even more lonely, but she was not at all disheveled.
Venn quickly saw Bertha, he held an umbrella and walked towards her.
Seeing her lips turn purple from the cold, Venn was very hurt, he immediately took off his vest and put it on her.
Bertha shook her head in refusal.
"He's dead, why do you have to torment yourself like that? If you continue like this, you'll fall sick, listen to me, okay? If he was still alive, he definitely wouldn't want you to feel guilty like this."
Hearing the last sentence, Bertha let go of her hand and let Venn wrap his shirt around her.
Venn pushed back the hair that fell from her face and sighed. "He will be buried soon, do you want to go there and say a few last words to him?"
Bertha lowered her eyelids, she did not respond, nor did she move forward.
Inside the cemetery, people had begun to bury Derek.
Suddenly, a lawyer wearing a suit and leather shoes appeared from nowhere and gave Victoria two letters.
"Mrs. Victoria, this is the letter Mr. Derek left for you. He told me to give it to you at the funeral. I hope you can open it and read it. It's best if you read it alone."
Tears had not yet dried on Mrs. Victoria's face, trembled as she accepted two letters, one was written for her, and the other left the recipient section blank.
She opened the first letter and read it.
Suddenly, as soon as she read the contents of the letter, the sorrowful expression on her face gradually turned stiff.
The rain became heavier and heavier, the bodyguard stood to cover Mrs. with an umbrella. Victoria.
She went to an empty place to read the letter.
No one saw her face suddenly change from sadness and sadness to something unimaginable.
She held the letter tightly in her hand, her eyes were extremely complicated. After struggling with her thoughts for a while, she put the letter away and returned to Derek's grave.
"Mom, what did brother say?"
Mrs. Victoria seemed lost, not paying attention to Rose like she didn't hear her daughter's question.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me. What did he say?"
Rose was about to take the letter from Mrs. Victoria to read, but she didn't let her do so. Rose felt strange and insisted on watching.
During an emergency, in front of everyone, Mrs. Victoria quickly crumpled the letter that she had previously opened and read, then she stuffed it into her mouth and swallowed it.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Mrs. Victoria…"
Everyone was confused by Mrs. Victoria's actions.
Mrs. Victoria didn't explain, she immediately rushed out into the pouring rain, sat down, hugged Derek's tombstone, and cried bitterly. "My son. You are so young, why did you leave, not caring about me and your sister..."
She kept screaming until she lost her voice. Seeing that scene, everyone couldn't hold back their tears. Everyone's noses were stinging, their eyes showed sympathy.
Mrs. Victoria is a rich landlady. She has always maintained the attitude and dignity of a lady. This is the first time people have seen Mrs. Victoria not care about her image, in front of so many people, she just hugs the tombstone and cries pitifully, but in the end, no one thinks her actions are strange.
Even the fact that Mrs. Victoria swallowed the letter also received sympathy from everyone. The person who died was the child with the most future in Tibble's family.
It is truly excruciatingly painful.
Bertha stood from afar and saw that scene, her eyes just turned red, absolutely not a single tear shed and her face remained calm as usual.
No one could see behind the coat that Venn put on her, Bertha's fingertips tightened into her palm as if her heart had gone numb, she could no longer feel the pain of flesh too.
