Chapter 59

The car drove out of the city center and finally reached a cemetery on the outskirts. Cassandra had come to pay her respects to Beatrice. She had just stepped out of the car when her phone rang—it was Evelyn. "Cass, are you there?" "Just got here," Cassandra replied. "Good. Pay my respects to Beatrice too," Evelyn said. Evelyn had a meeting with a famous director that morning and couldn't come along. She had already bought two bouquets of white lilies for Cassandra to place at Beatrice's grave and left them in the car. At that moment, Cassandra held both bouquets in her arms. When she heard someone in the background call out "Mr. Parham," she quickly said, "Evelyn, go handle your meeting. I'll hang up now." It had been five years, but Cassandra was still very familiar with this cemetery. She used to visit often, sharing all her thoughts and worries with Beatrice. She never thought of the cemetery as a gloomy place. To her, it was where people rested, surrounded by love—family