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.

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

back to that moment, the memory of

worry," Luke said,

I'll be

tell him I didn't need

before I could, Luke broke into a sudden fit of

napkins. "Do

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He smiled weakly.

Chloe. I'm just glad you still

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Inst worried about you. I'm just worried you won't be able to keep control of the car. 14 preder on to cond Luke's smile faded. He wiped his mouth with a tissue, and I noticed

issues had taken a serious turn. He was

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

him. I didn't want him to get lost in the past. "Luke, that's over now. If you're trying to make me feel sorry for you, trying to make me care because you're letting your health go, then you're wrong" "When you

knew your stomach was bad. Back then, I loved you. But now, I don't. I fixed your stomach, and if you don't want

front of you, would you even look

"No.

Something cracked.

festival was getting near. Fireworks began to light up the

at the display, my voice quiet "Luke, when you ran away from

river, holding my phone, the last number I called wasn't the police-it

you

knew you were with Anna. I should've called 911, but deep down, I knew I was done. If that was my last

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

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 I afraid of dying, or was it the pain of your betrayal? I died, but my soul couldn't leave you. I wasnt

when I couldn't pull away. I had to watch your coldness, your indifference, your betrayal. That's when I realized: I didn't truly give up on you when I died. It was when I became a spirit. I started waking up from my obsession

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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 when I could finally step into