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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 her from that dangerous

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

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looked like he hadn't slept at all. His

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

sound, the black piece

way of telling Luke that, whether it was him or Carter, they were both

to his room, showered quickly, and changed. His knees were still sore from the mountain, and the pain hadn't

and rushed straight to the

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

answers from the hospital. Why had

knew Beatrice wasn't the type to cause trouble for money. She truly wanted to understand

Esmee was his distant relative, and since my disappearance was

the grieving family and moved toward the body covered with a white

"Esmee.

my hand trembling as I reached out, trying to lift

fingers brushed against the fabric, but I couldn't see her. I

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

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

like a breath against my ear. For a moment, I thought it was just in my head. But when I looked up. Esmee was standing next

just like I remembered-bright,

itself, I was seeing someone like me. A ghost.

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said her name, my voice

you... but I

"Where are you going?"

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

knew I was

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young man, the one who had picked her

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

very eyes. This couldn't

The man who killed you, I saw him at the