Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 312 Sudden Departure

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What stood before me was a wax figure, nearly identical to me in size and detail. The craftsmanship was so precise, it felt unnatural-every detail, even the texture of the skin, looked real.

But it was the eyes that caught my attention the most. They seemed alive, just like mine.

No artist, no matter how skilled, could create eyes this convincing. They had to be real eyes.

And then I realized-the eyes were mine.

Anger surged through me, and my teeth clenched. How could these people be so heartless? What had 1 done to deserve this?

They killed me, and now they were turning my body into a grotesque display. Not even the dignity of a proper burial.

Tears welled up in my eyes as 1 shakily reached out to touch the wax figure.

My eyes were there, staring back at me, but what about my organs?

Were they also turned into sickening art, like the intestinal beads I had seen earlier?

As my fingers lightly touched the figure's eyes, a disturbing, garbled voice suddenly filled my head.

""Hurry, she's not dead. Take her heart."

"The surgery went well."

"She's gone? What a shame. Silas didn't hold back. Such a beautiful face, ruined."

"Peel off her skin, make it into a book. The rest can be used for a drum."

"Her eyes are lovely, though. Let's make a nice wax figure for them."

"As for the rest of her organs, just send them to her family

The voices echoed in my mind, distant and unclear. I didn't recognize them, but they felt like the final thoughts before my death.

The pain in my head worsened, the voices growing louder.

Instinctively, I cradled my head, trying to block it out. "No!" I whispered, my voice shaky.

"Zoey! What's happening?" Carter's voice broke through the noise.

He pulled me close, but I couldn't stop crying. My tears soaked his shirt.

continued, and a sharp ringing filled

my soul, but it felt like my head was

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if some unseen force was pulling me away, dragging

hurts. Please, hurry, let's

darkness closed in, and

I came to, I found Carter beneath me, holding me

if he was holding me, then

my soul left Zoey's

my hands. They looked the same as when had been a spirit. I had separated from once again, now back to being a

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my body

didn't want to leave. I had fought too hard to return to a physical form. I couldn't just slip back into being a spirit again. Carter had already placed me in the car, but he seemed to sense something was wrong. His face was pale with fear. Luke, still unaware of the gravity of the situation, tried to reassure Carter. "Don't worry. Chloe just fainted. She'll be fine." But I knew better. Carter was terrified. He remembered what had happened before-how my soul had left Zoey's body. Now, seeing me like this, he was shaking. He was scared my

don't go. Carter repeated, his voice

I was still here, that I

when I reached out, my hand passed through his face, and my voice didn't reach

over and over, to return to Zoey's body, but

already gone. If I couldn't return, her body would soon decay, and it would become a true

I had known this would happen, I never would have gone

searching for answers. Someone, anyone, please tell me

"Chloe will wake

I could ever wake up,

hospital, where doctors ran a series of tests. They confirmed that my

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I was just unconscious.

was, no matter what they tried, they

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is normal. Why

the tests are normal. Maybe Mrs. Bolton

was no big deal. He believed I had just fainted from stress. But now,

both of them stayed at the hospital with me, waiting

lay motionless, my eyes closed as if I

across my face as he whispered,

right here." I shouted with everything I had, but my

being completely ignored