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."

survive today, only for Mom to

out of her daze and nodded.

couldn't have guessed that Anna's mind was racing, plotting how to ensure Grandina didn't survive.. Grandma was rushed

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watching her fragile form

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

"Grandma...

fervently, over and over, for her

residence, my spirit was forcibly anchored back there. I couldn't

taken the human-skin Bible with her,

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

would pay any price to ensure Grandma's

deserved peace in her old age,

finally looked up, the surroundings had changed. I was back

my dad had just gotten off the plane.

modified off-road vehicle that looked sturdy

in our country,

Chedor, the farther they drove from the city, the more desolate

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

about Chedor's

centuries, leaving the economy in ruins and its people struggling to survive

the chaos to commit

food. "Eat something. We'll

go on starving like

seemed Luke hadn't eaten much

mix

of him desperately wanted to see me, while

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