All Chapters of The Ghost of Lost Love: Chapter 11

On the day of my funeral, Grayson did what he thought was right. He dressed in the black suit I had always loved, showing up at my funeral with an air of solemnity. Liam had initially tried to stop him from coming, but in the end, Mom had convinced him. After all, Grayson was my legal spouse. Friends and family gathered to say their farewells. What did it matter? I was gone, and it wasn't as though they could speak ill of me now, not while my body was being buried in the ground. Even my mother-in-law came. She was already a frail, tiny woman, but seeing her there made her appear decades older. Grayson knelt before my gravestone, convinced he was performing some act of atonement. But to me, his presence was nothing more than repulsive. After the funeral, he returned to the small apartment. Alice, starved for three days, lay there, barely clinging to life. The moment she saw Grayson, fear overtook her—a fear she couldn't hide."Grayson, I know I was wrong," Alice said, her voice