When she got back home, Clara first went to the cemetery.
In front of her mother-in-law's tombstone, she placed a bouquet of fresh flowers and knelt down respectfully. "Mom, Clara is here to see you. The day you left, I promised you I would guard the Monse family, but now... I have to break that promise." Her eyes stung with tears.
After visiting her mother-in-law, she settled all the employees' salaries and closed the restaurant for good. When she returned to the bedroom and opened the wardrobe to pack some things, she froze. The wardrobe was full of small clothes she had bought for their three children—from the year their eldest was born to their youngest, for every season, inside and out.
She picked up the clothes, buried her face in them, and tears poured down uncontrollably. Over t
