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 sharp

self connecting with my soul, but it

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force was pulling me away, dragging me toward something I didn't

Please, hurry,

finish speaking, darkness

found Carter beneath me, holding

holding me, then who

soul left Zoey's

They looked the same as when had been a spirit. I had separated from once

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my body

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 soul would

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

him that I was still here, that

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

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

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

I never would have

searching for answers. Someone, anyone, please tell

up. "Chloe will wake up any minute now.

knew if I could ever wake up,

nearest hospital, where doctors ran a

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I was just unconscious.

strange thing was, no matter what

1

She's only unconscious, her heart rate is normal. Why can't we

should we wait a little longer? All the tests are normal. Maybe Mrs. Bolton will wake up on her own." The tests all came back normal, so the doctors couldn't do

He believed I had just fainted from

stayed at the hospital

motionless, my eyes closed as if I were

as he whispered,

Carl. I'm right here." I shouted with everything I had, but

completely ignored