Before this, even when Stella had a row with Keegan, she would still treat them politely. However, the aggression just now was never seen before. He instinctively thought that something was about to happen.Marshall said, "However worse it was, you should never play the off-the-grid card. Stella had already decided in her heart. If we talked on behalf of Keegan, it would only be counterproductive."Vermont sighed, "You're right. I hope that son of a bitch would come back sooner. Or else no one could help him. "Albert knew about the news of Rainee's passing the night before her funeral procession. It was from a group chat among old classmates. He only knew when his classmates questioned him. He was a university schoolmate with Rainee. Many of these old schoolmates were mutual friends with both of them.Stella sent an obituary through her social media circle. The old schoolmates quickly saw it through everyone's sharing and started asking in the group chat."Albert, why did you not
Hylda gave Albert a glance. Rainee was still his wife, after all, and they married under the freedom of love. Even if the process they went through was unhappy, at least they used to truly love each other. Yet, he dared not ask this question now.'Should I go or not? Isn't this nonsense?' Hylda thought.She suppressed her emotions and said lowly, "Of course, you should go. Stella's still your daughter. With her mother passing away, the Kane family has someone visit. If the Kane family came, many of Rivera's elite would want to go there. You're Stella's dad. If you don't go, the others will look at the Jewell family as a joke."Albert then said worriedly, "We've talked about this. What if Stella makes a scene during the funeral? Then it wouldn't end easily.""She wouldn't," Hylda said nonchalantly. "Stella respects Rainee a lot. She would never make a scene with you at Rainee's funeral. Her mother would be turning in her grave."Albert pursed his lips. Hylda looked at him. How coul
"Keegan." Vermont twisted the bottle and took a sip. "I was finally able to contact him. He'd probably arrive at half past ten."Marshall paused and said in a low tone, "That's good."Vermont turned around and took a look inside the funeral parlor. "What about Stella?""Watching the mortician do the makeup," Marshall answered.Vermont shuddered and mumbled under his breath, "She really has a lot of guts."The funeral parlor had done Rainee's makeup as per Stella's instructions. The makeup artist was quite proficient. When they called for Stella to take a look, she immediately felt like she was seeing Rainee as she was years ago. Her hair was still black, and there was still flesh on her cheeks. When she did not smile, she seemed slightly serious. She lay there quietly as if she was asleep.The mortician asked Stella if she wanted to give Rainee shoes to wear. There was a saying in Rivera that when a close family member passes away, if her next of kin helps her wear shoes, the dec
The mess that was the Jewell family had already been talked about in the social circle like crazy. However, it was Rainee's funeral today. Although everyone wanted to, they did not say much. As the saying goes, "De mortuis nil nisi bene", only the good should remain for the dead. There was no need to cause a ruckus at other people's funerals.Yet Trevor seemed to not care for this. As soon as he entered, he heard Albert reprimanding Stella and could not help but feel bewildered.Based on the information Trevor had, besides the assertive personality of Rainee, she was actually a very outstanding woman.'Why did she pick this heartless, ungrateful thing for a husband?' Trevor thought to himself.Albert's figure froze, and he turned around, slightly irritated. He saw the unfamiliar face of a man and said with furrowed brows, "I'm talking to my daughter. Does an outsider need to butt in?"As Trevor was about to open his mouth, he heard Stella say, "Albert, it's my mother's funeral tod
The look on Cordelia's face improved. She then shot Dahlia a cold look before Cyrene walked her inside.Even Aurora was not happy with Dahlia.She specially told Dahlia not to interfere, but she did not listen. Even though terminating Stella's card would not kill Rainee, doing so at such a crucial time indirectly drove Rainee to her death.Obviously, Aurora was not upset that Rainee died, but she worried that Keegan would also put the blame on her when he got back."Aurora, walk your mom inside," Chandler said flatly, standing at the side."Okay," Aurora responded. Even though she did not feel like doing so, she walked toward Dahlia and held her arm anyway. "Mom, let's go in."Everybody else at the funeral gave way to the Kanes after they arrived.Pursing her lips, Cordelia walked inside with a solemn look on her face.She was walking a lot slower than she would usually. Marshall gave Cyrene a single white rose, and she handed it to Cordelia.Then, they paid their last respect
Vermont immediately stopped the mortician. "Hold up, her son-in-law is here. Let him pay his last respect!"The morticians stopped.Stella lifted her head.Keegan was wearing a suit when he walked into the mourning hall with a grim face.His eyes met with Stella's. Stella's gaze looked very nonchalant as if he was just a stranger to her.Keegan could not help but feel a little crept out.Vermont quickly approached Keegan and put a black armband around his right arm.Cordelia said after seeing how Keegan just stood there. "Keegan, go on and pay your last respect to your mother-in-law."Dahlia went to him and gave him a stalk of white rose. She said softly, "Put it in the coffin."Keegan recollected himself. He went to the coffin and placed the white rose in it.Cordelia frowned after seeing what he did, but she kept quiet anyway.Keegan was about to speak to Stella after doing so, but she turned away and said to the mortician, "Please nail the coffin now."Keegan pursed his
Vermont paused before he continued, "It's possible that your mother-in-law only passed away before her oxygen supply was disrupted."The look on Keegan's face turned ugly. "Do you know who they are?""No idea. However, I'm sure that they didn't do that for money because they left right after knowing that we were going to call the cops. The surveillance cameras in the hospital probably captured their faces, and we'll know who's behind everything once we have a look at the footage."Vermont paused again. "By the way, where have you been these days? I couldn't even call you. What were you doing? What about Aldor? Did he come back with you?""I was helping a friend of mine," Keegan said flatly."What is it about? Why so secretive?""My friend's identity is sensitive information," Keegan answered.Vermont stopped asking more questions after hearing that.'Sensitive information, huh? That person is either from the border or one of the boss man's friends. I'd better stay out of this.'
For a brief moment, Keegan thought that he heard Stella wrongly.Everyone else around him was just as shocked as him to hear that.Albert was exposed for having a love child and Rainee just passed away. Stella had no one to support her anymore in the Jewell family, yet she wanted to divorce Keegan before the Kane family abandoned her. It was just an insane thing to do.Keegan's gaze turned dark after he came back to his senses. "It's not the time to talk about this now."Albert got nervous too as he scolded, "Stella, what nonsense are you talking about?"Stella ignored him and said to Keegan, "To me, now's the best time. Didn't we agree on divorcing after you came back from this business trip? We should honor that agreement now that you're back. Let's make our way to the civil affairs office and get it done, so we won't have to meet again tomorrow."Keegan's face immediately turned cold.There were so many people at the cemetery looking at them, yet Stella asked him for a divorc