Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 305 The Preemptive Attack

Chapter 305 The Preemptive Attack

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1 still didn't understand what the Boltons had done to Oliver or why Jeffrey had said those things.

Anna's loss was irreversible. There was no going back.

I walked over to the operating table. Anna lay there, mb.

Her face was ghostly pale, slick with cold sweat. She seemed to be hanging on by a thread.

The doctor explained she was resistant to anesthesia, meaning the procedure would have to be done without it.

The earlier efforts to save her had taken everything from her. She was already drowning in the sorrow of losing someone close, and now her child was gone, too

She stared at me as I approached, her eyes unfocused. Whether it was from the shock or delirium, she seemed to mistake me for Chloe.

Her voice cracked with fear. You're back. Is this your revenge?"

Then, in the next breath, she begged, "Please, give me Silas back. And my baby-don't take him. He's innocent. If you must, take my life instead."

I was about to ask her more when the doctor intervened "Ma'am, we need to start the D&C now. Please step outside."

"Okay, I whispered.

I turned and left.

before. I knew how cruel the

not yet formed, but Anna's was. Her baby had

the room, the smell of blood still clung to me. I went to the terrace, where the cold wind helped clear

cup of hot milk. "Ma'am,

fine. Go on. I just need a moment," I said, my voice

nodded. "Alright," she said, leaving

of food. He set it out

something." he said

sighed. "Carl, I can't. Not

harder than I expected. We hadn't gotten anything useful from him, and now he was gone. It left a dark cloud

305 The Preemptive

Silas's death has been

up quickly.

soup toward me. "Eat, and I'll

"Gee, what a cliffhanger."

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choice but to quickly finish the soup. Once I was done, I turned to Carter and said, "Alright, I've caten. Now, tell me what

took a deep breath before speaking. "It wasn't poison someone gave him. He hid it in his teeth. All he had to do was bite

seen something like that in a movie once, but never imagined

from the start? Why only

toward the operating room, where I could hear Anna's faint screams through the