Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 344 I'm His Muse

Chapter 344 I'm His Muse

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I smiled and gently declined, "I don't think your exhibition is quite ready yet, is it? Don't worry, I'll definitely come and support you once it officially openi Yael pressed. "That works, but I was actually hoping you could give me some advice.

"I don't know anything about sculpture, Yael. You're overestimating me."

Yael said. "I've watched your live competition. Your paintings are really beautiful. Art is all connected. I believe you can give me some wonderful inspiration."

He wasn't shy about it at all. If he wasn't genuinely naive, he was being overly arrogant.

"Okay, we'll talk more when we have the chance, but I have to head home today. When is your exhibition opening?"

"I still have one major piece I haven't finished yet, but

He looked at me, then smiled brightly. "Tve just found my inspiration, so I'll finish it soon."

It was such a brilliant smile, yet when it met my eyes, I felt a chill down my spine. I quickly found an excuse and left, getting into the car.

Once I was back inside the car, the warmth of the heater enveloped me from all sides. It took a while for me to feel the warmth return to my body.

That night, Anna had disappeared around here, and his exhibition was coincidentally in the same area. Could it be that Anna was hiding at the Carlyns' place?

Grandmother had warned me to be cautious of the Carlines, and Carter had been helping me search for information about them, but we still hadn't found any leads. If only...

"What are you thinking?" Carter's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. He waved his hand in front of my

face.

I snapped back to the moment, realizing the car had somehow stopped outside his office.

"Carter!"

excitement and asked, "Do you think it's possible that what Grandmother meant by 'be careful of the Carlyns' was misheard by me? Maybe she was speaking unclearly, and I thought she said The Carlines. We had

went to the Sanders to ask my dad about the Carlyns, he became evasive as

gently and comforted, "Calm down. If your guess is right, then there's a trace to

started recalling

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said your sister is still alive, held captive by

Whitney... she's my

clicked into place. All the

wonder I felt such a strange connection when I first saw her. She's my sister, and those monsters did what to her? Kept her locked up like a bird in a

suffered all these years. Carter, I'm so heartbroken. Why did

of what my sister must-have endured all this time, living a life worse

the last time I saw her-inside the

than an object for

me to stay away from

know I was her sister, she was still so

trying to protect me in her own way, pushing me

the unspoken connection... how could I turn

another one. What if, back then, Silas had only caused

disbelief. "So you think her

life?"

of rejection. Wouldn't it make you better knowing

feel

was in someone else's body, I'd be furious. But if that

child. She was the youngest in the family, so innocent, a little slow to learn, but always so clingy. I was more independent, so the boys spoiled her. I used to refer to her as a princess because she was so delicate. If it weren't for that incident... Carter wiped away the tears from my eyes and said, "Chloe, you two still have a lot of time to be together. Don't

agreed, "Right, Carter. By the way, Yael has carved so many stone sculptures. Do you think it's possible that the sculpture of me in my marriage home