"Brian, my mom was torn apart by a truck while delivering medicine to you. Come with me now to see her one last time.
"After that, you'll no longer be my father!"
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"Your mom told you to say this, right?
"Tell her to die sooner and stop bothering me!"
Brian had completely lost his patience, or maybe he had never had any patience for my affairs.
I was also shocked.
The first thing he thought upon hearing news of my death was that I was playing a trick on him.
He thought I was lying.
It seemed like he didn't care about my life or death at all.
The other colleagues chimed in.
"This time, she's really gone too far. We just closed a big deal and were celebrating, but she had to ruin everyone's mood."
"They say behind every successful man, there's a woman, but it seems like the woman behind Mr. Mason isn't his wife."
"Having a child cause such a scene is indeed over the top."
From their words, it was clear they credited Winnie for closing the deal.
I had become the person holding Brian back.
Lily didn't expect her father to say such things either.
Soon, my body would be sent for cremation.
By then, Brian wouldn't even get to see me one last time.
She was so anxious that tears almost fell from her eyes.
"This isn't something my mom told me to say. She's really in the hospital, I'm not joking with you.
"Dad, why don't you believe me?
"Dad, come see mom one last time. If you wait any longer, you won't even see her body."
At that moment, only I knew how wronged Lily felt.
Brian didn't believe it at all and dragged my daughter out of the company.
"Your mom just called me dozens of times. She's alive and well. There's no way something happened to her.
"If it were your mom instead of you, I would have kicked her already."
I knew he would do it.
Since Winnie appeared, Brian had completely lost patience with me, and his attitude had deteriorated drastically.
"You'll regret this!"
With those words, Lily wiped her tears and ran into the pouring rain.
She didn't go home but went straight to the hospital.
After confirming that Brian wouldn't come to see me one last time, Lily agreed to have my body sent for cremation.
I truly felt sorry for Lily.
I had let my young daughter watch her mother's body being consumed by fire.
I couldn't fully understand Lily's pain, and my hatred for Brian deepened even more.
Seven days later!
After spending enough time outside, Brian finally returned home.