Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 473 Wisteria Still Alive?

I had a strange and unsettling nightmare.

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Ethan and Jake, who had already passed away, appeared before me with lifeless expressions and rigid movements, resembling the undead.

A sinister voice, chilling like something from a horror film, echoed from their mouths. "Chloe, why didn't you help me?"

""Ethan, it wasn't my fault, I swear it wasn't!"

I tried to run, but just as I moved, my body crumbled into pieces.

Then, a head materialized-a bespectacled man I'd seen only once-now a disembodied head, floating eerily around me. "Chloe, my death was so tragic-return my life to me!"

"No!" I screamed.

The nightmare ended as I jolted awake, and Carter, who had been dozing off beside the bed, instantly turned his gaze to me. "Chloe, it's okay. Don't be scared. I'm right here," he said gently.

It took a moment for me to fully come back to reality, and then I threw myself into Carter's arms.

Cold sweat drenched my back as I clung tightly to Carter's arm. "Carl, there was... a head."

He softly ran his hand over my hair. "It's all right, it's all taken care of. Captain Tucker has handled everything. Don't worry."

"Who was behind it?" I asked, my voice trembling.

"Damian apprehended a guy disguised as a delivery worker," he explained. "The man admitted someone hired him to drop off the package at our house. I've already told the property management to handle all deliveries from now on."

Just the thought of packages made me terrified to even glance at another cardboard box.

Each time I shut my eyes, that image of the bloodied head with its gaping wounds would flash before me. "Ugh..."

Shoving Carter aside, I bolted to the bathroom, where I doubled over and vomited violently.

All I had eaten earlier was a small bowl of cereal, so nothing but remnants of it came up.

heaving when your stomach is empty-desperately trying to

repeatedly until I was

gently patting my back and offering a cup of warm water to

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painfully, and tears blurred my vision,

are you all

stood in the doorway, and a wave of exhaustion washed over me-I didn't have

to pull myself up and ask, "I'm

brought me

beside me, he held my hand and gently asked, "Do you feel like

looked frail and drained. "I don't

to eat something-you've got a baby in

with a warm towel. "You

"Alright," I replied softly.

anyone else, he headed to the

way here, I heard we still don't

water, my mind in a daze. "When I first heard about

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could finish, Whitney cut me off. "It's not

quickly added, "Actually, he's not as we thought. He doesn't harbor such a deep grudge against the Sanders. Yes, he sees the Sanders' actions as wrong, but that's all in the past now!" "But Mr. Carlyn's obsession is overwhelming. From a young age, he was taught that revenge was

intention of hurting you again. He let you go several times, hoping you'd distance yourself from them. He was exhausted by the hatred that had consumed him, but he couldn't escape his past. Things had already gone wrong, and all he could do was keep making mistakes. He admitted that he couldn't go back, which is why

could someone like that come after you again? If he wanted to

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didn't expect Whitney to defend

care about him."

has no connection to the Carlyns. They wouldn't take someone's life just because that person tried to reach out to them." "Then who do you believe the murderer is? Someone killing at random and delivering the head

killed matches someone from that organization. But Taylor always shielded me and kept me out of their affairs, so I don't know the details. Once, I accidentally walked into a room and saw someone cutting apart a body. It frightened me so badly I couldn't sleep for three days, and I still

ever met this Luther you