Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Billionaire Is 55

Chapter 55 The Search at Chedor

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Chapter 55 The Search at Chedor

The room was in complete disarray. Outside, the wind howled violently, and the rain slanted through the open window, soaking the scriptures near it Grandma lay motionless on the ground. I didn't know if she had lost consciousness or ......

I couldn't bring myself to finish that thought.

Scattered shands of broken porcelain littered the floor.

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My mom had always been respectable toward Grandma. Though she sometimes complained about her in private, she cared for her deep down. Seeing this horrifying scene, she screamed and rushed over in a panic.

Anna clearly hadn't expected my mom to show up so suddenly. A flicker of malice flashed in her eyes but was quickly masked by another expression. "Mom, Grandma suddenly went mad and attacked me. I tried to help her, but I couldn't catch her in time. It's my fault that she fell..."

Anna's face still bore faint marks from the slap Grandma had landed earlier.

My mom didn't suspect anything.

If I hadn't witnessed everything myself, I might have been fooled by her flawless performance.

Mom, still calling for Mrs. Lambert, hurried to Grandma's side.

"Penelope' Penelope!"

Grandma didn't move or respond in any way.

Seeing her lying there so helplessly broke my heart. I tried to wake her up by yelling desperately until my voice was bourse "Grandma, wake up! Please, wake up!"

My mom placed her trembling fingers under Grandma's nose. Was she as terrified as I was that Grandma had passed away?

Finally, relief washed over her face. "She's alive. She must've just fainted."

today, only for Mom to

of her daze and nodded. "Yes,

racing, plotting how to ensure Grandina didn't survive.. Grandma

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The Search

watching her fragile form

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had narrowly escaped death. Anna wouldn't give up. Sooner or later, she would find another way to silence her. Even with the omniscient perspective of a ghost, I couldn't change

"Grandma...

fervently, over and over, for

Sander residence, my spirit was

only exist within the range of my ashes. Grandma hadn't taken the human-skin Bible

do was return to the altar and kneel before the blessed virgin statue Grandma often prayed

would pay any price to

old age, not this torment brought

didn't know how long I knelt there. When I finally looked up, the surroundings had changed. I was

and my dad had just gotten off the plane. The sky over

a modified off-road vehicle that looked

different from home. Back in our country,

in Chedor, the farther they drove

but the ghostly outlines of distant

about Chedor's mountains-they were

been fractured by war for centuries, leaving the economy in ruins and its people

thrived here, exploiting the chaos to commit

fast food. "Eat something. We'll meet the person in about

go on starving like

seemed Luke hadn't eaten

a mix of anxiety

could guess what he was thinking Part of him

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