He Came Back Ten Years Too Late Chapter 05

He Came Back Ten Years Too Late Chapter 05

Ethan didn’t understand my signing.

But he understood where was pointing.

The tension eased from his face, and he explained in an unusually gentle voice.

“Don’t worry. I won’t send you back there.

“Once we have Aiden, we’ll all go home. Then everything will be okay.”

By then, I could barely make out his words. All I knew was that he shook his head.

I remembered reading once

that when life neared its end, the senses gradually began to fail.

The roar in my ears

made me realize I no longer had the strength to go diving again.

But I still hadn’t saved enough to pay for bringing my son’s body home.

After a moment, I reached into my coat with trembling hands and pulled something out.

[Could you turn it into cash?]

This time, he understood what I meant.

Shock flashed across Ethan’s eyes.

His expression hardened.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You treasured this ring more than anything.”

I looked down at the butterflyfish diamond ring in my palm.

Back when I loved him most, I polished it three times a day.

Even underwater, I kept it tucked against my heart.

I held it out toward him.

Then I asked again: [Will you?]

Cassidy turned to Ethan, whose face had darkened.

“Don’t be mad at Jazz, Ethan.”

“She’s nothing like me. She never had to endure this kind of life. It’s only natural she’d be bitter.”

Her few words smoothed the frown between Ethan’s brows.

He gave a cold taugh

“Jasmine! Are you still throwing a fit? Do you really have to be this selfish and make Aiden keep suffering with you?”

“She’s right, Jazz. Even if you won’t think about the baby, you should at least go home and pay your respects to your mother.”

Cassidy moved closer, pretending to reason with me.

But what she whispered next dropped me into a frozen abyss.

“You don’t have to go back. I scattered that bitch’s ashes into the ocean.”

“They’ve probably drifted somewhere around here by now.”

“You can stay here with her and finally rest easy.”

A roar went off in my head.

I jerked my head up, but before my hand could touch her collar,

She crumpled backward, clutching her stomach and crying out in pain.

“Jazz, after ten years, you still won’t forgive me?”

“I can’t lose another baby. Do I have to get on my knees and beg you to leave me alone?”

As she spoke, she struggled as if to kneel in front of me.

Before I could react, Ethan shoved me hard enough to send me sprawling.

Ethan stared at me, his expression darker than I’d ever seen it.

“Jasmine! You haven’t changed one bit!”

“Then go spend a few more years in a psychiatric hospital.”

I stumbled and went down hard.

My body, held together by sheer will for so long, finally gave out under that shove,

A blinding pain tore through every bone.

A tremor ran through me, and I spat blood.

My consciousness slipped away.

At that exact moment, Ethan’s phone rang.

“Mr. Hayes, the child you sent us to retrieve from the psychiatric hospital…”

“He died ten years ago.”