Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 403 Are You Surprised?

Whitney had already handed me her phone. If I used it to contact someone outside, my chances of escape would greatly increase.

She clearly wanted me to leave, not to be trapped here like her.

Yet, deep down, a part of her still wanted to see me again.

Her emotions conflicted throughout the day.

I wiped her tears and made a gesture to her.

If we leave, we leave together.

"Leave?"

She shook her head. "He'll never let me go. I know too much. Even if I die, it will be by his side."

As expected, Whitney had completely lost the desire to escape. I shook my head and tried to tell her how beautiful the outside world was... "Since the world is so wonderful, you shouldn't stay here with me. Chloe, you must run if you get a

chance..."

Whitney was only 25, yet the light in her eyes resembled someone at the end of their life.

It shouldn't be this way.

I felt tears of frustration welling up. I wanted to speak, to reason with her, but no words would come.

The limitations of my sign language made it impossible to fully convey my thoughts.

Finally, I managed to tell her with gestures.

I won't leave you. I'll protect you. We'll get out of here together

Perhaps not wanting to upset me further, she nodded vaguely.

I sighed.

Her mind was trapped in the confines of the past 20 years. It wasn't something I could change in a day or two, nor with just a few words.

to show her that

taught me that love still existed in this world, that I hadn't been abandoned, and that I was still cherished. Whitney, having suffered even more deeply, needed time and

Chloe, you asked me

had tried to kill me and I wanted to know

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as she washed up. "She's Yael and Taylor's biological

answer caught me off

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speculated about Amber's connection to Carter, wondering what had motivated

the mother of the Carlyn

He'd never referred to her as

was. Turned out she was married to the late patriarch of the Carlyns. Amber's desire

ulterior motives for staying close

she wanted something, surely she would've taken

one mystery only seemed to

about Amber. What

her

already suspected

toward the Carlyn brothers. It's probably because of

question on the fogged mirror. "Do you

of her.

expression and tried to comfort me. "Chloe, be careful. She'll definitely show up at my

I nodded.

didn't clean my face,

in Whitney's sleepwear. it felt as if

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our parents but would often cling to me. Late at night, she would stand outside my door, clutching

wearing my clothes and jumping out from hidden corners to

of the Sander siblings, she was the most lively and cheerful