Ida, her face full of concern, bent down to help me. "Diana, what are you saying?"

In the next moment, when Jeff couldn't see, she shot me a victorious smile, whispering in a voice only the two of us could hear, "Want me to convince him? Fine."

"Kneel and beg me."

"Fine!" I couldn't afford to think if she was telling the truth or not. All I wanted was to save my mother-in-law's ashes.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I knocked my head on the ground several times, leaving red marks on my forehead.

"Diana!" Ida suddenly cried out, collapsing to the ground.

I looked up, bewildered. Just moments ago, Ida had been standing tall, but now she sat on the floor, crying like a delicate flower in the rain. "I was just trying to help you up. Why did you push me?"

"And you even warned me to stay away from Jeff."