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 as her

respect, Sadie had hurled insults at him during every encounter. Zack had no

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. You

blade. He was describing

Sadie had inherited her vicious nature from. With such flawed parents, how could she

checks already bore the marks

skirmishes.

sense-when they had money, she was

now, without money and far from the innocence of youth, their love couldn't even sustain civility. Who knew how often their home turned into a battlefield? Zark, however, didn't hesitate. He slapped her

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

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

he said nothing, she had

had nearly poisoned Bill, for

settlement to ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent. But her greed consumed her. Having already lived in luxury, she wanted Bill's love

it, she tried to destroy

and Zack deserved each

have been filled

the urn. "Who's the next of

speak, Bill stepped forward. Tll

began sobbing the moment the urn

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care for Sadie. She had been your daughter

because I promised

before her death, and even in her final moments, she was surrounded by

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

her grave and erected a

death, Bill had not

debts to Zoey. Bill sat quietly

to her."

by the tombstone, severing all ties to the girl he had once treated as

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

perceived as a pampered princess, she now

weighed down by the tragedy

therefore, I made

of chrysanthemums rested there, alongside a single

been Sadie's, worn just the

Anna had been here?

and I commanded

before me, trembling and

just here to pay respects!