Chapter 436

The police set up a cordon to keep the crowd of onlookers away from the building. I took out my

phone and called Matthew.

The call went unanswered. I ran up to one of the policemen and asked anxiously, "Can you please

let m e in?"

"Are you an employee in this company?" the policeman asked with an expressionless face.

I froze for a moment before nodding, thinking that only employees were allowed to enter.

However, I did not expect the policeman to stop me." Stay back. You may enter once this is over."

What was I to do?

I was worried to death. While I was contemplating forcing my way in, someone grabbed my arm.

I was stunned when I looked up to see Matthew.

"I'm Miss Nietzsche’s son." Matthew handed his identification card to the policeman.

He glanced at it and nodded. "You may enter."

I trailed behind Matthew as we entered the office building of Zimmer Corporations. I kept looking up

at him in the elevator. Although he had an indifferent

expression, his face was as pale as a sheet.

Soon, the elevator dinged and the doors opened to reveal the rooftop. Nancy had climbed to the

ledge and was only one step away from being smashed into a pulp. The situation struck terror in

everyone’s heart.

"Mom!" Matthew called out to her in a quivering voice.

Nancy's body stiffened. She turned around and laughed through the pain. "Matthew, I'm so sorry,

but I have to go now."

"No!" Matthew’s pupils constricted because of fear. " Mom, please! Can you please come down?

Can you really bear leaving me alone like this?"

Nancy wept with a shake of her head. "Matthew, you’re old enough to take good care of yourself. If I

stay alive, I'll live in regret for the rest of my life. I don't want to be a burden to you. Your father lived

in agony for more than a decade, and all of it is my fault. It’s time I repent my sins. Now that he’s

dead, I can only go look for him and apologize.”

Her eyes went dull. It seemed that she had already decided to kill herself.

Matthew feared up. "Mom, I won't let you die. Even though Dad is dead, you still have me, don't

you? You haven't seen me get married and have children yet. Can you really bear to leave like

this?"

"I know that making such a decision will hurt you. You can blame me, but I really miss your father

very much." Nancy cupped her face with her hands and wailed. "It's all my fault. I caused you to

blame him. How could your father not love you? You’ve always been his beloved son.”

Matthew could no longer control himself. He stumbled toward her. "Mom, I'm begging you. Will you

please come down? Come down and we can talk this through. Can we have a heart-to-heart talk as

mother and son?"

Nancy smiled wryly and said, "Matthew, I've transferred all of my shares to you. You now hold more

shares than Quinn, and Zimmer Corporations is still yours! I can leave with peace of mind now."

"I don’t need any of those!" Matthew shouted.

Nancy showed a loving smile. "Goodbye, Matthew. Although your father and I won’t be by your side

anymore, please remember that we love you."

With that, her body tipped backward.

“Mom!” This scene caused Matthew’s heart to stop beating for a second.

The firefighters held him back as he tried to run after her. In a flurry, the situation grew out of control.

I felt my cheeks get wet as I instinctively looked up to the sky. Ah, it had started raining.

How could life be so fragile?

One’s life could be taken away in the blink of an eye. It was so easy to declare that two people were

never going to see each other again...

As soon as Matthew was sent to the hospital, the doctor gave him a tranquilizer. He sat rigidly on

the chair without moving as he stared blankly out of the window.

I stayed right next to him and kept him company for several hours.

Around four o'clock, I went downstairs to buy something to eat and took the chance to give Theo a

call.