Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Haarely glanced at the photograph before nausea churned my stomach. With a swift motion, I tossed in

aside.

Carter, unfazed, methodically sifted through each image. The final photograph wasn't of Sadie. Instead, it was Silas's grave. The photo had been alte

Before Silas's headstone lay a human head, blood seeping from every orifice, with a striking red mole on the forehead.

The head was mine.

Carter's fingers tightened around the edges of the photos, his knuckles pale, veins bulging across the back

of his hand

"She's sending a message. She wants to use my head as an offering for Silas."

Kemp adjusted his glasses, his voice steady. "Ms. Gardner, from now on, all deliveries will be screened in advance. Something like this will not happen again."

"All the secretarial stall-are they from Bill's team? Any outsiders?" Carter asked sharply.

"No outsiders, Mr. Bolton, Every single one of them has been with Mr. Gardner for at least a decade. They're reliable, Kemp assured him.

"Keep it that way. Outsiders should have no access to Ms. Gardner," Carter reminded him firmly.

"Understood."

Bill's company might have been new, but his team was composed of trusted personnel he'd brought over. There was no room for breaches.

After finishing my work, I went to the funeral home. Sadie's body was already being cremated.

It had been two months since I last saw Monica, but she was nearly unrecognizable now.

The once carefully maintained face, which had undergone numerous cosmetic surgeries, was now riddled with blemishes and scars, likely worsened by neglect or abuse.

Time hadn't been kind to her aging features, and without money to sustain her lavish upkeep, she appeared haggard and strange.

"Oh, my poor daughter! Her anguished wails echoed as I approached.

Beside her stood Zack, who had also changed. He'd lost a considerable amount of weight, and though his belly had shrunk, his once-round face now bore sharp, malicious contours. His eyes brimmed with malice, devoid of any grief or tenderness.

It was no surprise. This was the daughter who had called another man father for 20 years. Even after the

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had never once addressed

respect, Sadie had hurled insults at him during every encounter. Zack

snapped, "Our daughter's being cremated right now! How can you stand there without shedding a single tear? She's your flesh and blood!" "Daughter?" Zack sneered, his voice dripping with venom. "She never once acknowledged me while she was alive.

cutting like a blade. He was describing a

flawed parents,

neck and checks already bore the marks of prior fights, evidence of their

skirmishes.

sense-when they had

often their home turned into a battlefield? Zark, however, didn't hesitate. He slapped her across the

that slap, blood

she raised her head, her eyes met Bill's cold, unforgiving

it makes sense; even he said nothing, she had

nearly poisoned Bill,

a comfortable settlement to ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent. But her greed consumed her.

it, she tried

truth, she and

been filled with

crematorium staff brought out the urn. "Who's the next of

Bill stepped forward. Tll take it," he said

sobbing the moment the urn rested in

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I never thought you'd still care for Sadie. She had been

cold and unfeeling. He said. "You're mistaken. I don't care for her. I hate her. I only took her ashes because I promised her I'd handle her burial and find her a proper resting place."

long before her death, and even in her final moments, she was surrounded by disgrace. Her

a burial plot, she likely wouldn't even have a place to

planted a magnolia tree by her grave and erected a simple tombstone- The inscription

in death, Bill had not forgiven

your debts to Zoey. Bill sat quietly at her grave. "In

to her."

a bouquet of chrysanthemums by the tombstone, severing all ties to

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headstone-a snapshot from her time with the Gardners. She

pampered princess, she now faces a tragic

weighed down by the tragedy of

far; therefore, I made

fresh bouquet of chrysanthemums rested there, alongside a single

recognized it immediately-it had been Sadie's,

Anna had been here?

eye, and I commanded the bodyguards, "Catch

dragged before

here to pay respects!