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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she had never once addressed Zack

of respect, Sadie had hurled insults at him during every

a single tear? She's your flesh and blood!" "Daughter?" Zack sneered,

hung in the air, cutting like a blade. He was

With such flawed parents, how

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

skirmishes.

had money, she

couldn't even sustain civility. Who knew how often their home turned into

a daze from that slap, blood trickling from the corner of

her eyes met Bill's

even he said nothing,

had nearly poisoned Bill,

least given her a comfortable settlement to ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent.

she couldn't get it, she tried to destroy

and Zack deserved each

have been filled with

staff brought out the

speak, Bill stepped forward.

began sobbing the moment the urn rested in Bill's

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we did to you, I never thought you'd still care for Sadie. She had been your daughter for 20

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

spending money to purchase her a burial plot, she likely wouldn't even have

Sadie. They planted a magnolia tree by her grave and erected

in death, Bill

your debts to Zoey. Bill sat quietly at her grave. "In the afterlife, make sure

to her."

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the photo engraved on the headstone-a snapshot from her time with the Gardners. She wore a lavish gown, her face brimming with

as a pampered princess,

sighed heavily, my heart weighed down by the tragedy of it

made a trip to visit his

fresh bouquet of chrysanthemums rested there, alongside a single

recognized it immediately-it had been Sadie's, worn just the night

Anna had been here?

and I commanded the bodyguards, "Catch

dragged before me, trembling and

here to pay respects! I wasn't stealing