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 ringing filled my

wasn't sure if it was my original self connecting with my soul, but it felt like my head was going to

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pulling me away, dragging me toward something I

hurts. Please, hurry, let's

speaking, darkness closed

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

he was holding me, then who was

soul

at my hands. They looked the same as when had been a spirit. I had separated from once again, now back to being a spirit.. Realizing this, panic surged through me. I rushed toward

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my body

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

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

that I

out, my hand passed through his

and over, to return to Zoey's body, but it felt as though something blocked

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

would happen, I never would have gone to

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

"Chloe will wake up any minute

no one knew if I could ever

doctors ran a series of tests. They confirmed that

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I was just unconscious.

what they tried,

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

wait a little longer? All the tests are normal. Maybe Mrs. Bolton will wake up on her own." The tests all came back

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

both of them stayed at the hospital with

closed as

hand moved gently across my face as he whispered, "Chloe, can you hear

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

being completely ignored