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The Presidential Suite was luxurious beyond anything I'd experienced in years. Plush carpets,

elegant furniture, a bathroom larger than my entire cottage kitchen.

I ran my fingers along the marble countertop, feeling strangely detached from my

surroundings. The day with Lucas had been... nice. For brief moments, I'd forgotten the

crushing weight of grief that had become my constant companion.

But now, alone in this opulent suite, reality crashed back in. Lily was still gone. My

life was

still shattered. And no amount of go-kart racing or luxury accommodations could change that.

I filled the enormous bathtub with hot water, adding the lavender bath salts provided by the

hotel. My muscles ached from the day's activities, unaccustomed to so much movement after

months of grief-induced lethargy.

As I was about to undress, my phone rang with a video call from an unknown number. I

almost ignored it, but something-intuition perhaps-made me answer.

The screen remained black for several seconds. Then a voice spoke, distorted and

unrecognizable.

"Hello, Olivia. Missing something?"

The camera shifted, revealing a familiar object that made my blood freeze in my

veins. The Moonwood Ceremonial Urn containing Lily's ashes.

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washing over me.

voice cut in. "What

show Sacred Moonlight Cemetery, the

shadows across the gravestones.

urn again, come to your daughter's grave. Alone.

voice shaking

the voice replied simply. "You

call ended abruptly, leaving me

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grabbed my coat and purse. I didn't bother changing out of

even putting on proper shoes. Nothing mattered except

the service elevator to avoid being seen by Lucas

trembled as I hailed a

Moonlight Cemetery.

second stretching into eternity as I imagined what might

ashes were all I had left

losing them was unbearable.

at the driver and ran through the cemetery

pounding in my chest. The moonlight illuminated the path to Lily's grave,

walked countless times before..

I approached, I saw a figure standing beside my

Urn sat precariously on the edge

recognizing her even in the dim

playing on her lips. "You

such a

me my daughter's ashes," I demanded,

to the urn, her fingers brushing its

wrong move and little Lily

froze, terror gripping my heart.

already?" Victoria laughed, the sound echoing through

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urn, cradling it with mock tenderness.

worthless child."

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