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

had hurled insults at him during every encounter. Zack had no love

blood!" "Daughter?" Zack sneered, his voice dripping with

air, cutting like a blade. He was describing

such flawed parents, how could she have grown up to be anything else? Driven to madness,

bore the marks of prior fights, evidence of their frequent

skirmishes.

sense-when they had money,

Who knew how often their home turned into a battlefield? Zark, however,

that slap,

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

it makes sense; even he said

had nearly poisoned Bill, for

with her, he would have at least given her a comfortable settlement to ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent. But her greed consumed her. Having already lived

get it, she tried to

and Zack deserved each

moment, she should have been filled with shame and covered

crematorium staff brought out the

stepped forward. Tll take it," he said

moment the urn rested

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

expression was 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

had already lost her reputation long before her death, and even in her final moments, she was surrounded by disgrace. Her parents lacked

Bill spending money to purchase her a burial

magnolia tree by her grave and erected a simple tombstone- The inscription on her tombstone read Sadie Harrison, not Sadie

in death, Bill had not forgiven

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

to her."

by the tombstone, severing all ties to

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headstone-a snapshot from her time with the Gardners.

princess, she now faces

heart weighed down by the tragedy

wasn't far; therefore, I made a

rested there, alongside

had been Sadie's,

Anna had been here?

my eye, and I

was dragged before

pay respects!