108 Attempts to Forget You novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Timothy’s knuckles whitened around the divorce certificate, his thumb tracing Shirley’s sharp signature. He still couldn’t believe it.

Overhead lights hummed in the garage when he suddenly grabbed the bodyguard’s collar.

“What else did she say that day?”

“Did she leave any message?”

“Mr. Mitchell…..” The bodyguard staggered from the chokehold.

“Madam’s wrist wound keeps bleeding, but she only asked me to give you this gift.”

“And…” He pulled a kraft paper envelope from his chest. “This is for the Campbell family.”

Timothy snatched the envelope and tore it open.

On the yellowed stationery, Shirley’s handwriting remained neat and precise.

“Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Campbell, enclosed are the documents to cut all ties with family and the savings passbook. To be honest, when I think about it carefully, I shouldn’t have been found in the first place. The papers sever our relationship, while the passbook repays your

upbringing. From this moment forward, I am no longer a daughter of the Campbell family…”

Timothy’s hands trembled uncontrollably.

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He felt with absolute certainty that Shirley truly intended to leave forever.

“Take this to the Campbell manor.

“Right away, Mr. Mitchell.”

Half an hour after the bodyguard left, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell called.

Timothy took a deep breath before answering. Mrs. Campbell’s frantic voice nearly burst through the receiver.

“Timothy! Has Shirley contacted you? She left papers to cut all ties with family at home!”

Timothy’s nails dug deep into his palms.

“Why would I know?” He let out a cold laugh.

“You can’t even control your own daughter. What are you asking me for?”

“What’s this attitude!”

Mrs. Campbell’s voice trembled.

“If it weren’t for you and Patricia… Shirley wouldn’t have―”

“Enough! Were your hands clean? Your family fortune went entirely to Patricia. What right do you have to lecture me?”

Timothy slammed the phone down. It thudded heavily against the car hood.

A gust of wind blew by, bringing a chill, and he suddenly remembered when Shirley was around, she always took care of every detail.

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She kept doing those ordinary little things without fail.

Timothy slumped into his seat, and when he pulled out his cigarette case, he found it empty.

His frustration deepened.

“Timothy, Shirley was indeed badly hurt at the time.” His assistant’s voice suddenly rang out.

“She said… she said if she didn’t do some things now, she might never get the chance.”

For the first time, Timothy realized that Shirley, who used to quietly fix the buttons on his suit cuffs and cook porridge all night when he had a stomachache, might have been pushed too far away by his own hands.

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