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.

and a

connecting with my

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unseen force was pulling me away, dragging me toward something

it hurts. Please,

could finish speaking, darkness closed in, and lost

I found Carter beneath

was holding me,

soul left

from once again, now back to being a spirit.. Realizing this, panic surged through me. I rushed toward

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my body

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

leave me. Please, don't go. Carter repeated,

to tell him that I was still here,

through his face, and

and over, to return to Zoey's body, but it felt as though something blocked me. I couldn't

couldn't return, her body would soon decay, and it would become a true corpse...

happen, I never would have gone to that

paced, searching for answers. Someone, anyone, please tell me how

spoke up. "Chloe will wake up any minute now. Don't

no one knew if I could ever wake up, Carter

nearest hospital, where doctors ran

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I was just unconscious.

no matter what they

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rate is normal. Why can't we get her to wake up?" one of the

Maybe Mrs. Bolton will wake up on

first, Luke had thought it was no big deal. He believed I had

at the hospital with

my eyes closed as

my face as he whispered, "Chloe, can

you, Carl. I'm right here." I shouted with

loneliness of being completely ignored by the world