Next One Is a Babe Chapter 1794

Because it had been somebody close and beloved to her, Cindy had overlooked plenty of details that

might have haunted her. She wasn’t sure how terrifying a corpse of a person who had died from

terminal illness would look as it lay in the morgue for a whole night.

Regardless, she didn’t think there was anything scary about death or its appearance, apart from the

heartache that it brought.

She closed her eyes at that moment, pushing away unbidden memories, those which she had stored

away into the back of her mind for so many years.

While she knew things had been rough between Ian and Bryce in the past, it didn’t take away from the

fact that she still felt bad about everything, though if she had a choice, she would rather not dwell on it.

Nonetheless, her heart went out to Ian.

There were those who had hardly done anything to make life easier for another, and they might even

add insult to injury on more than a reasonable number of occasions, but at the end of the day, their

deaths would still be mourned with heavy hearts.

Presently, Cindy waited for a bit before taking out her phone and sending Ian a text. However, when

she looked at the time, she figured that Ian would have too much going on to check his messages, let

alone reply to her. That being said, she wasn’t too bothered about not hearing back from him.

She stayed in the gazebo for quite some time, and it wasn’t until after Aurora called her that she rose to

make her way home.

Meanwhile, Aurora seemed to be in much better spirits. She had barely eaten a morsel of food during

the day, and she was whipping up spaghetti in the kitchen by the time Cindy returned.

Upon seeing the younger girl, Aurora asked, “Are you hungry? I could make you a plate.”

Cindy wasn’t hungry. All the inane thoughts that had flooded her mind earlier seemed to have filled her

stomach as well.

As such, she turned down Aurora’s offer, and the latter merely shrugged as she went about plating her

food. When she was done, she brought her plate over to the dining table, then sat down as she queried

mildly, “Have you spoken to Ian? Did you ask if he was coping alright on his end?”

Cindy came over and took the seat across from Aurora. “I called him during the day, but I guess he was

busy ushering in those who went to pay their last respects, and there were a lot of them. There didn’t

seem to be anything else he was tied up with.”

Aurora nodded mutely, then took a bite of her food. “Well, that old man was in the industry for most of

his life. It’s no surprise that so many of his acquaintances turned up at the parlor.” She suddenly let out

a short, humorless laugh. “But you know what? I’d say he lived a pretty good life; he’s getting just as

much recognition in death as he would if he were still alive.”

Having heard this, Cindy paused in thought and concluded that Aurora had a point.

After all, Bryce might not have had the best reputation when he had been alive, but he had spent a

better part of his life in great comfort. That much was true, even if his death had been less than perfect.

With that in mind, Cindy nodded slowly. “What, are you feeling a little disgruntled now that you’ve

thought about this?”

Aurora’s mouth opened and closed before she shook her head briefly. “I’m not so much disgruntled as I

am resigned. I mean, as things are, my grudges wouldn’t make a difference.” At the thought of this, a

light scoff escaped her. “I heard that he was lucid for a moment before he died. I guess he must have

had a lot of worldly ties that would keep him going into the light. He probably had something important

he wanted to say but never got to.”

Indeed, Bryce had died rather abruptly. According to Sean, the old man had had a brief moment of

lucidity, but he never said a word then. On that note alone, perhaps Bryce really didn’t die quite so

peacefully.

Aurora seemed to have returned to her normal self as she dipped her head to eat another mouthful of

spaghetti. “We’ll leave as soon as the funeral is done and over with. It’s time to close this chapter for

good.”

Cindy leaned into her seat. “Yeah, the chapter is drawing to an end. Perhaps the Morgan Family will no

longer have anything to do with Ian.” The next time he comes back to the country, he would only meet

up with his friends and no one else. As this crossed her mind, she suddenly thought of Logan.

All things aside, Logan had been calling Ian incessantly all this while, and although Cindy didn’t hear

much of their conversation, she knew Logan made the calls out of genuine concern for Ian’s wellbeing.

Thus, Cindy pointed out matter-of-factly, “Ian has a solid network of friends. I’m sure they’ve been more

than helpful to him.”

Aurora nodded hastily. “Of course. I shudder to imagine the life he would have led if his friends hadn’t

been there for him.”