Chapter 3

I watched as the color drained from Jonathan's face. He clenched his fists, and panic crossed his face.

"D-Did Madeline really die in a car accident?" he asked. His voice was trembling. "I thought that was a scam call."

The police officer frowned. "If you weren't sure, you should have called your wife or checked with the traffic police and the hospital. It wouldn't have taken long. Your wife passed away two months and thirteen days ago. Didn't it seem strange that you couldn't reach her?"

But back then, Jonathan had been preoccupied with Selena, who had just undergone a heart transplant. He hadn't had a moment to think of me.

Now, he seemed unable to accept that I was gone. "Madeline was always so careful on the road. How could she have been in a car accident?" he demanded with displeasure.

"She went to the bakery to pick up a birthday cake, and a drunk driver hit her," the police officer explained.

Jonathan froze upon hearing that. His face grew paler. Suddenly, it dawned on hi