Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 192 You've Come Back

Chapter 192 You've Come Back

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What is he doing here? How long has he been here? And more importantly, how much has he seen?

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After Carter's last outburst, Lake had been stripped of his roles. Preoccupied with his recovery, his presence within the Boltons had all but faded.

1 assumed he wouldn't show up today, given his strained ties with Anna. But I forgot-there was a time when he used to sit with me in the backyard, stargazi

For him to be here in this heavy snowfall, he must be mourning the past we shared.

I never imagined he'd catch me red-handed.

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Before I could jump down, Luke snatched the journal.

He stared at me, his intuition undoubtedly telling him this was important.

"Why were you in Chloe's room? This belongs to her, doesn't it?"

So he did see.

I had Carter distract the rest of the Sanders family, thinking that would give me the leeway I needed. What

I didn't anticipate was Luke coming to the Sanders residence-let alone running straight into me.

explain, but before I could speak, Luke

ready to come to light, not

had a knack for taking things in

contents, quickly realizing

things? And how did you find it so easily when even the

pounding, but I forced myself

fainted in front of her statue because I heard her

nothing, his expression a

her. That's why I told Carter about her remains being g inside the statue. Otherwise, why do you think the police searched your house?" His brow furrowed,

how else would I have found this diary? It might hold the truth about her death. That's why I

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heart could be swayed, so

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want to seek justice for her? Do you

trace of hesitation breaking through. "You think the Sanders had something to

my emotions conflicted. Even though didn't want any entanglement with him, the situation had escalated beyond my control. When it came to Chloe, Luke and I shared a common interest. For now, I could only feign an

group of ignorant fools, were completely in the dark, almost as if

had harbored suspicions for a

police,

call, but if you alert the wrong people and waste the message Chloe gave her life to send, I won't

fixed his gaze on me. "Before she left, did she say anything else?

voice trembled. "Did she mention

how many ways

only caught bits and pieces. After that, you know what happened-I passed out, her statue shattered,

had been the only one who could see me before I disappeared. While others doubted my

But in exchange, I need to

had no choice but to agree. After all, there was no third

can't