Chapter 164

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHLEY’s POV Tears were streaming down my cheeks when Lance finished his story. I shook my head in denial. My heart felt like being stabbed by a knife. Lily has died. Lily died because of breast cancer. I didn’t know she was sick. I thought she was fine because she looked so healthy the last time I saw her. “No...” I broke down, sobbing. Why did God take her away from us without letting me forgive her? There was another big hole in my heart because of losing her, and I couldn’t imagine the pain she had to endure while she was in the hospital, fighting for her life. The lump in my throat was getting bigger as I remembered how she’d been in my mind for the past week, how I’d tried to find forgiveness in my heart but I didn’t know why I couldn’t. Lucas was silently crying while staring at the envelope on the table in front of him. Lance had tears in his ey