Twisted Ties of Love (Izabella Salotti and Brett) novel Chapter 576

Brett was gone.

Izabella stared blankly at the document in front of her, transferring his last belongings to her. She remembered the bitter words she had once hurled at him during a spell of amnesia, "Brett, why couldn't it have been you?"

That was when she watched, powerless, as her four-month pregnancy ended in tragedy, the life she carried cruelly taken from her.

Yes, she truly hated him.

She hated him before she lost her memory, after she regained it, and even in her past life when she had decided to end it all as a form of revenge against Brett. But she never actually wished him dead.

Now, she was letting go of the past, trying not to hate him anymore. But Brett was already gone.

Their last encounter was in the hospital that day. She wasn't mistaken; it had been him.

Liam had said, “President Windham passed peacefully, without much pain. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, and a gentle breeze was blowing. He sat in your favorite rocking chair on the porch, holding the wedding dress he had designed for you, and just fell asleep. Before he went, he said he really missed the sound of cicadas this year.”

But cicadas don't survive winter, and those that emerge in July don't sing in April.

Liam's eyes brimmed with tears at the mention of Brett.

“He went through a lot to transfer this estate to you. Please accept it.”

Brett's death was as quiet as his departure; no funeral, just Liam returning his ashes to J City to rest in the Windham family crypt, just as he had said, next to his parents, facing the sea.

Albin never thought he'd see Brett again in the form of ashes in a small urn. On the day of the internment, the weather was gray, and a light rain fell.

Albin stood by, tears falling as he remembered the past. He said that Brett's childhood dream was to become a doctor.

Very few knew that Brett, the obedient and sensible child, had such aspirations. Surrounded by loving parents who supported his choices and praised his intelligence, Brett outshined his peers in maturity, with perhaps only Casey, who used to be Cameron, as his equal playmate.

When Brett shared his dream of becoming a doctor, his parents encouraged him, saying they'd come to him if they were ever ill.

He had replied, "If I become a doctor, I won't let you get sick."

But Patrick, upon hearing this, had been stern, "A child should have ambitions early on. What's so great about being a doctor?"

Eventually, Brett chose the path laid out by the Windham family, a path trodden by all its members before him, and became a businessman driven solely by profit.

Wealth, fame, power – he had it all, except the love and family bonds he craved the most.

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