Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chap ee Coins The Carlyn Residen, perched on the mountainside, stunning and elegant, with every corner drawing admiration from my classmates

A webart, "This heaven de honge. Do you live here with Mr. Taylor?

"Will we be interrupting your family

"Not at all they're excited to have so many classmates over for my birthday," he said with a laugh.

I pressed further, your brother married?

tot yet, but he does have someone he cares about"

"I saw him with a girl named Whitney before. Is the his girlfriend?"

Watchers Yard closely as I asked.

"Yes, Taylor likes Whitney, but her health isn't great. She can't handle the wind, so she stays inside most of the time the weaks out sometimes, which makes my brother angry." shack by how casually Yarl spoke about it, making me wonder if I had misjudged him.

"What illness does Whitney have? Her face looked so pale when I saw her."

"She has a heart condition. Taylor's very protective of her, afraid that anything might trigger it. That's why he keeps her indoors all the time"

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Just then, I caught a glimpse of a woman standing by the window on the top floor. Most of her body was Judden behind the curtains, so I couldn't get a good look.

"Wow, Yael, your house is amazing! You're so low-key, always taking the subway. If we hadn't seen it, we wouldn't have imagined you lived in such a villa!" a classmate exclaimed. Sadie snorted. "His villa is just average."

She might not have had the wealth of an heiress anymore, but she still wanted to appear like she did.

Yael remained calm and smiled, "Yes, it's nothing compared to the Gardners. Come inside, it's too cold out

here."

I shifted my attention away from the woman on the top floor, though Yael's explanation seemed flawless. I still wanted to see Whitney for myself.

filled with red wines, candles, champagne,

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enjoy because of Yael, but you live like this every

face went blank for a moment. Her days of living as a high-profile heiress were long over,

of people around me were curious about my background and where

she wasn't about

sip from a champagne glass, but

was about to start, I quietly excused myself to use the

headed straight there. Based on the shadow I had seen earlier,

knocked-gently on

inside. I told you,

me, Whitney,"

froze, obviously still remembering my voice. Are you Ms.

"Yes, open the door."

sounded from the door, followed by a click as it

such a strong impression on me the first time

adorned with tiny bells, making her look like a bird trapped in a cage. I couldn't help but feel

a heart condition, she didn't

why are

after we parted ways last time, I couldn't stop thinking about you. You need help, right? There's no one around now. Just tell me the truth. I'll help you? "Ms. Gardner, we barely know each other. Why would you be so

cautious-it was only our second meeting, and I probably

to her.

things

a wave of tension swept over us both. "Ms. Gardner,

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be awkward, but nothing more. Hiding would only make things harder to explain Sull, she was