My Ex-Husband Always Knew That I Had Cheated on Him

Chapter 363: Chapter 361: Murder and Silencing

"Mom!"

Chloe Simpson rushed towards the ICU like a madwoman, but before she could enter, she was stopped by a nurse.

"Nurse Simpson, please wait. Let us try to save her first."

She had been working as a supervising nurse in the emergency department, so the nurses here recognized her.

Soon, Liam Thompson also arrived.

"Mom will be alright, won’t she, Uncle Sam?"

She stood at the ICU door, looking at Liam Thompson as if clinging to the last straw of hope.

It seemed that if only Liam Thompson said everything would be fine, Emily Sterling would indeed be alright.

"Yes, that’s right, your mom will definitely be fine. Although she didn’t become a doctor to save lives, as a nurse, she took care of every patient wholeheartedly."

"She’s such a kind person; Heaven surely wouldn’t have the heart to take her so cruelly."

Liam Thompson seemed to be comforting Chloe but was also comforting himself.

However, just as he finished speaking, the resuscitation in the ICU stopped.

The monitoring equipment let out a long beep.

Chloe Simpson seemed as if the Grim Reaper had descended; she showed no reaction at all.

Liam Thompson was the same.

After a long time, she let out a long wail: "Mom!"

Then, she recklessly rushed inside.

"Mom, you’re my only family in this world. How could you bear to leave me?"

"Mom, didn’t we agree to leave together? How could you break your word?"

"Mom, who’ll stay with me after you’re gone?"

"Mom, you’re my only mother. If you leave, I’ll have no mom anymore, ah, sob sob sob..."

As she cried, she became incoherent, unable to utter another word.

Tears flowed like a flood from a broken dam.

Liam Thompson couldn’t help but pound the wall with all his might, leaning on the ICU wall, his shoulders shaking as he cried bitterly.

He had waited half a lifetime, and only in the last two days had Emily Sterling relented.

Unexpectedly, her change of mind turned into their final goodbye.

Emily Sterling had worked at Ansun Hospital her whole life; the nurses and doctors there knew her well.

And they all felt saddened by her passing.

"Nurse Simpson, please accept our condolences."

"Dr. Thompson, please accept our condolences."

They had nothing else to say, just that one line.

In a place like a hospital, especially at the emergency department, they had seen too many departures from life.

All they could do was say that one sentence; there was nothing else they could do.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the most cruel, and the most inevitable, things in this world.

That night, Chloe Simpson cried herself into a faint countless times.

Liam Thompson, while grieving, had to take care of Chloe. After just one night, he seemed to have aged ten years; over half of his hair had turned white.

"Uncle Sam, you..."

The next day, when Chloe opened her eyes and saw Liam Thompson, she couldn’t believe her eyes.

"It’s okay, Chloe, I’m fine. Even though your mom is gone, you still have me with you."

In front of Chloe, Liam Thompson could only remain strong.

"..."

Chloe said nothing, forcing back her tears, she and Liam Thompson handled Emily Sterling’s funeral arrangements.

"Chloe, with your mom gone, I’m even more worried about you being on your own. Why don’t you stay, so I can still look after you."

While wiping Emily Sterling’s photo on the gravestone, Liam Thompson spoke.

"No, Uncle Sam, my mom always hoped for me to leave while she was alive. It was her last wish. I will live the rest of my life happily, just as she wished."

Chloe did not agree. After returning from the cemetery, she decisively set out on her journey to leave.

At the train station, she bought the nearest train ticket. Just as she was about to scan the code, her phone received a message.

[Your mom was murdered. The boy who hit her is already dead, silenced.]

Along with the message, there was also a death photo.