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Elliot clenched his fists, voice hoarse and furious. “Felix don’t play games with me. I came to see Lauren- why the hell would you bring me to a cemetery?”
The car rolled to a stop. Felix stepped out with a bouquet of fresh flowers. Nancy followed him in silence.
They didn’t even look at Elliot
They simply walked ahead..
Elliot stumbled after them, his mind in chaos, refusing to accept what was becoming more and more obvious.
“No… no, this can’t be… I’m just overthinking it. Lauren can’t be… nothing could’ve happened to her..” he muitered, voice trembling, laced with despair.
His legs felt like they were made of lead. Every step was agony. Still, he forced himself to follow.
This isn’t real. It can’t be
The graveyard was deathly still. Only their footsteps echoed over the stone path.
Felix and Nancy finally stopped at a small tombstone. Together, they knelt and gently placed the flowers
before it.
“Hi, Mommy,” Nancy whispered. “Dad and I came to visit you.”
Elliot’s pace slowed. He approached cautiously.
And then he saw it.
Carved clearly into the white stone. Beloved Wife – Lauren
Everything inside him shattered.
“No–1” His scream pierced the quiet. “No, no, this can’t be real! You’re lying! She was fine when I went to prison! There’s no way she’s dead!”
His tears came violently, unstoppable, and his whole body trembled.
Felix looked at him, calm and cold. “Today is the tenth anniversary of her death
Ten years? Lauren had been gone for ten years?
That meant… she died right after he was sent to prison?
“No. No, I don’t belleve you, Elliot shouted, voice cracking. “You’re doing this to punish me, to make me suffer! You’re lying. Felix!”
“If you say Lauren’s dead one more time, I swear I’ll-
“You shut up!” Nancy snapped, stepping forward. Her small face was twisted in fury. “You don’t get to talk about my dad like that! You and your entire family are the reason my mom is dead. I hate you!”
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Elliot’s mind went blank.
She’s really gone? Lauren… she died? But then I left, she was still alive… how could this happen?
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Felix’s gaze was like ice. Lauren was deaf. Lame. Missing a kidney. During the transplant, they drugged her with ovulation stimulants and forcibly extracted over a dozen eggs. Even with the best care, her body was already failing
“And Sharon and George still weren’t done.”
“They kidnapped her. Poured boiling water over her. Beat her until-
“Stop!” Elliot clutched his ears, shaking violently. “Don’t please don’t… I didn’t know. I swear, I didn’t know it got that bad. I thought….
He couldn’t finish. His voice collapsed into silence. Only guilt remained.
“You thought,” Felix said, voice bitter with contempt. “And all your thoughts–your excuses–are what‘ pushed her over the edge. She died without ever hearing an apology. She died without ever feeling loved by her family.”
Elliot dropped to the ground. He clawed at his scalp, pulling his hair like he wanted to tear himself apart.
“Lauren- I’m sorry… I’m so sorry…”
“And now you’re sorry?” Felix snapped. “What good is that? Her life was destroyed by your hands.”
With a violent cough, Elliot spat out blood.
He tried to rise, but his limbs wouldn’t respond. He collapsed again, body limp and useless.
He looked up at the gravestone through teary, swollen eyes. Lauren’s photo stared back–soft, kind, smiling.
Like a blade through his chest.
It hurt so much he couldn’t breathe.
Another mouthful of blood burst from his lips, spraying onto the base of the tombstone.
Felix frowned in disgust, visibly displeased.
Nancy didn’t hesitate. She shoved Elliot aside with force. “Don’t touch her. You’re dirtying her.”
She pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the blood from the marble.
Though she was just a child, the way she looked at the tombstone was full of reverence–like she was guarding something sacred.
Her tiny hands moved carefully, lovingly, treating that space like the most precious thing in the world. Elliot looked up at her, eyes bloodshot and hollow.
He turned to Felix, voice shaking. “You… you told her everything, didn’t you?”
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Felix looked down at hini, eyes cold and unrepentant. I did.”
Fury flared in Elliot’s face. “She’s just a kid! How could you tell her all that? How could you dump that kind of pain on her shoulders?”
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