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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never once addressed Zack as

respect, Sadie had hurled insults at him during every

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

in the air, cutting like a blade. He was describing a dead woman-a

her vicious nature from. With such flawed parents, how could she have grown up to be anything else?

bore the marks

skirmishes.

they had

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

slap, blood trickling from the corner of her

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

makes sense; even he said nothing,

poisoned Bill, for the

ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent. But her greed

couldn't get it,

truth, she and

been filled with

brought out the urn. "Who's

Monica could speak, Bill stepped forward. Tll take

the moment the urn

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for Sadie. She had been your

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

her final moments, she was surrounded by disgrace. Her parents lacked the

her a burial plot, she likely wouldn't even have a

we quickly buried Sadie. They planted a magnolia tree by her grave

in death, Bill

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

to her."

all ties to the girl

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the headstone-a snapshot from her time with the

a pampered princess,

down by the tragedy

made a trip to

bouquet of chrysanthemums rested there,

had been

Anna had been here?

and

before me, trembling

pay respects! I