Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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The Boltons didn't have the necessary equipment, and with Sheila's cries echoing in the background, she was quickly rushed to the hospital.

Luke studied me for a moment. "Did you make that happen on purpose?"

I hesitated. "I won't lie-I did want her to fall. But I didn't push her. It was just a thought. Who knew she'd actually slip? Still, it's for the best. Now she won't be able to cause any more problems for the Boltons." After everything with Silas, I couldn't let Sheila remain unharmed. She was too much of a danger.

Maybe fate stepped in before I could do anything.

As the evening wore on. Anna remained under house arrest, and Sheila was on her way to the hospital.

I received a call from Carter. "Chloe, do you want to come to the shop?"

Just hearing those words made my heart race. I felt a chill run through me as I responded, my voice trembling, "Yes, I'm on my way.

"Be careful on the road," he said. "Don't rush. I'll be waiting for you."

I ended the call quickly. It was done. Carter had made it to the basement. He wouldn't reach out until everything was secure.

Luke, overhearing my conversation, spoke up. "I'll drive you."

Now, he was aligned with us, another piece on the chessboard, just like me. He was as eager as I was to uncover the truth.

But I wasn't about to take any chances. I had a bodyguard with me as we headed to the shop.

Sitting in the passenger seat, I couldn't shake the tension. If the riverbank was ground zero, the shop was where torment claimed me.

Silas had stabbed me. At that moment, I had only been losing blood, but I wasn't dead yet.

was taken to the basement, uncertain of how or when it would all come to

drifting back to that moment, the memory of the stone chamber, the image of myself trapped

don't worry," Luke said, noticing

what happens, I'll be with

him

could, Luke broke into a sudden fit of

him two napkins. "Do you want

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He smiled weakly.

I'm just

a

tenderness with sharp response. "Don't get the wrong des Inst worried about you. I'm just worried you won't be able to

serious

he said softly, as if lost in the past. "Yould make me some syrup every season change. When

wrong" "When

I loved you. But now, I don't. I fixed your stomach, and if you don't want that anymore, fine. Let it go." My voice was cold. I saw his hands tighten on

you, would you even look

"No.

Something cracked.

Fireworks began to

you ran away from

But when I was stabbed by the river, holding my phone, the last number I called wasn't the police-it was you. Even as I lay

you

with Anna. I should've called 911, but deep down, I knew I

"Chloe..." Luke's voice trembled.

calmly. "If you had shown even a little care in that phone call, maybe I wouldn't have died with such bitterness. In my final moments, I saw fireworks in the sky. After I came back to life, the sound of them terrified me for a long time." "Was

betrayal. That's when I realized: I didn't truly give up on you when I died. It was when I became

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looking for me. On that rooftop, I saw you two together, and something clicked inside me. I knew I could step away. In that moment, I let go of our history. I let go of the hate and the love I had for you. That's