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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came out, she had never once addressed Zack

at him during every encounter.

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

blade. He was describing a dead woman-a

such flawed parents, how could she

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

skirmishes.

made sense-when they had money, she was

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

from that slap, blood

her eyes met Bill's cold, unforgiving

he said nothing, she had

poisoned Bill, for

given her a comfortable settlement to ensure her financial security if she

it, she tried to

truth, she and Zack deserved

this moment, she should have been

out the urn. "Who's the next of

could speak, Bill stepped forward. Tll take it," he said

the moment the

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Sadie. She had been your daughter for 20 years. You're a better

only took her ashes because I promised her I'd handle her burial and find her a proper resting place." Monica fell silent, her

death, and even in her final moments, she was surrounded by disgrace. Her parents lacked the resources to plan a

spending money to purchase her a burial plot, she

grave and

Bill had not

of your debts to Zoey. Bill sat quietly at

to her."

chrysanthemums by the tombstone, severing all ties

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stared at the photo engraved on the headstone-a snapshot from her time with the Gardners.

as a pampered princess, she now faces a tragic

down by the tragedy

made

rested there, alongside a single

it immediately-it had been Sadie's, worn

Anna had been here?

eye, and I commanded

before me,

to pay respects!