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

with my soul, but it felt

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unseen force was pulling

hurts. Please, hurry, let's

speaking, darkness

I came to, I found Carter beneath

he was holding

soul left Zoey's

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

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my body

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 soul would leave once

me. Please, don't go. Carter

that I was still here, that

reached out, my hand passed through his face,

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

I couldn't return, her body would soon decay, and it would

had known this would happen, I never would have gone

Someone, anyone, please tell

up. "Chloe will wake up any minute

one knew if I could ever wake up,

to the nearest hospital, where doctors ran

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I was just unconscious.

matter what they tried, they couldn't wake

1

She's only unconscious, her heart rate is normal. Why can't we get her to wake up?" one

we wait a little longer? All the tests are normal. Maybe Mrs. Bolton

big deal. He believed I had just fainted from stress. But

them stayed at the hospital with me, waiting for me to wake

lay motionless, my eyes closed as if I

my face as

here." I shouted with everything I had, but

completely ignored by the world