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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.

her. I had been relieved my father had pulled her from that dangerous

to lose her life, I would

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he hadn't slept at all. His

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up a white one, but then switched it for a black

a sharp sound, the black piece landed

him or Carter, they

knees were still sore from the

and rushed

office, police were there. Esmee's parents stood

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

to cause trouble for money. She truly wanted to understand why her daughter was

too. Esmee was his distant relative, and since my

walked past the grieving family and moved toward the

"Esmee.

name, my hand trembling as I reached out, trying to lift the

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

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

her, my hands pressing down on the cold surface, feeling the weight of all my regret. "Chloe, it's

almost like a breath against my ear. For a moment, I thought it was just

like I remembered-bright, gentle,

could hardly believe it. After everything, after death itself, I was

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said her name, my voice barely

finally get to see you... but I

"Where are you going?"

her, my fingers finding hers. Her hand was cool, smooth, like

I was holding her

justice. "The only thing I regret

the one who had picked her up at the

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

form grew faint, her body disappearing before my very eyes. This couldn't be real. She had just

careful. The man who killed you, I saw him at the