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Kamen had always her to the determined, hopeful young women in my mind. Just the other day, the doctor said she wasn't in any indice danger. She was stable

My legs buckled undere, and I collapsed. Tremors racked my body, as if I couldn't control them.

1 knew what it felt like to die. I had been through it

When the knife struck me, there was no pain at first.

I looked down Blot was spreading from my waist, soaking into my wedding dress. The knife still

learned in the light, its edge flashing, stained with my blood.

Introk a moment, but then the pain hit. It was sharp and brutal, and it was followed by overwhelming fear.

The fear of death. The fear of not knowing what comes after. I couldn't think about anything, except ping I didn't want to die.

But what about Famee? She was so young. How did the face her death?

She had been lying alone in that cold hospital room, surrounded by machines. She must've been terrified,

I covered my face with my hands, aching with sorrow. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.

Though my heart was gone, my whole body felt the weight of the pain.

I managed to get up. My legs unsteady and slowly moved toward Jeffrey.

Luke, equally stunned, stammered, "How can she be dead? I spoke with her doctor. She wasn't doing well, but she was stable. I promised I'd save her!"

Esmee had been the only one who saw what happened that night. She could have identified the killer.

And now, just when we needed her the most, she was gone.

A key piece of the puzzle was lost.

But it wasn't just the clue I cared about. It was Esmee's life.

She was real-She was a person.

bell for her. I had been relieved my

would return only to lose her life, I would have wished she stayed in

as you're alive, there's always

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can go to the hospital yourself, Jeffrey

slept at all. His eyes were dark

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into the box of chess pieces, picked up a white one,

the black piece landed

was his quiet way of telling Luke that, whether it was him or Carter, they were both just pieces in his

changed. His knees were still sore from the mountain, and the pain

limped downstairs and rushed straight to the

Esmee's doctor's office, police were there. Esmee's

demanded answers from the hospital. Why had her daughter suddenly died

Beatrice wasn't the type to cause trouble for money.

know anything about medicine, was there too. Esmee was his distant relative, and since my disappearance was tied to him,

the grieving family and moved toward the body covered

"Esmee.

her name, my hand trembling as I

the fabric, but I couldn't see her. I didn't even get

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

the cold

moment, I thought it was just in my head. But when I looked up. Esmee was standing

was just like I remembered-bright, gentle,

After everything, after death itself, I was seeing someone like me. A

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her name, my voice

finally get to see you...

"Where are you going?"

hers. Her hand was

I was holding her

parents, still fighting for her justice. "The only thing I regret is that I won't be there for

him then-the young man, the one who had

looked at him longingly, her voice soft. "I was never good enough for him, not after, what happened in Chedor. He's such a good person, and he deserves someone better. I wanted to be with him, to watch him build a life. I wanted to give him flowers at his wedding, tell him how much I loved him. But I

disappearing before my very eyes. This couldn't be real. She

much time. Be careful. The man who killed you, I saw him at