Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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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.

been relieved my father had pulled

I had known she would return only to lose her life, I would have wished she stayed in that hell. At least there, she was

long as you're alive, there's always

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don't believe me, you can go to the hospital yourself,

all. His eyes were dark weighed down by

seems like nothing I've said has gotten through

by a cold, calculating

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pieces, picked up a white one,

the black piece

was his quiet way of telling Luke that, whether it was him or Carter, they

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

and rushed straight to the

at Esmee's doctor's office, police were there. Esmee's parents stood

streaked with tears as she demanded answers from the hospital. Why had her daughter suddenly died

type to cause trouble for money. She truly

Esmee was his distant relative,

and moved toward the body

"Esmee.

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

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

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

her, my hands pressing down on the cold

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

like

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

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name, my voice barely

you... but I won't be here

"Where are you going?"

her, my fingers finding hers. Her hand was

I was holding her

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

saw him then-the young man, the one who had picked her up at the airport

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

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

man who killed