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."

obvious though she quickly masked it. She had been convinced Grandma wouldn't survive today, only for Mom to ruin her plans.

of her daze and

guessed that Anna's mind was racing, plotting how to ensure Grandina didn't survive.. Grandma was rushed to the hospital. My heart ached beyond words as I

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watching her fragile form

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she would find another way to silence her. Even with the omniscient perspective of a ghost,

"Grandma...

fervently, over and

as soon as the ambulance left the Sander residence, my spirit was forcibly anchored back there. I

my ashes. Grandma hadn't taken the human-skin Bible with her, so I had

and

truly existed. I would pay any

in her old age,

how long I knelt there. When I finally looked

my dad had just gotten off the

airport, they climbed into a modified off-road vehicle

the city was starkly different from home. Back in

here in Chedor, the farther they drove from the

window, I saw nothing but the ghostly outlines of distant mountain

about Chedor's mountains-they

for centuries, leaving the economy in ruins

thrived here, exploiting the

handed Luke a box of fast food. "Eat something.

go on starving

seemed Luke hadn't eaten much on the plane

a mix of anxiety and

was thinking Part of him desperately wanted to see me, while another

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