Edward, leading several of his teammates, hurriedly grabbed high-pressure water hoses and prepared to put out the fire, only to freeze in shock when they got to the bottom of the building, their faces twisted with horror.
They were too late.
Ignoring the horrific smear of blood, I dropped to my knees beside her mangled form.
She had jumped from the seventeenth floor; her body was not even intact.
I saw the fear on the faces of the onlookers, but when I thought that these bloody, mangled remains belonged to the little old lady who always looked at me with a warm smile, I lost all strength even to stand.
For a moment, Edward did not know what to say.
When she was alive, my mother-in-law had always been very kind to him and his teammates.
She used to bring homemade pastries to the stat
