Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Damian explained everything, recounting how Jeffrey and Carl had been working in secret, investigating Alisa and trying to expose those supporting her.

They knew she was not acting alone and had planned to reveal the network behind her.

Apparently, Alisa had been trying to keep her pregnancy viable until six months, when medical intervention could give her baby a chance.

She was just two weeks shy of that mark and had been staying secluded in her room.

However, Jeffrey made a cold decision. He added a miscarriage–inducing drug to her late- night snack, ensuring the child would not survive.

As harsh as it was, he could not allow a child from someone with such malicious intent to threaten the family in the future.

Alisa panicked when she realized she was losing the baby. Too afraid to alert anyone in the household, she secretly contacted her people to help her.

What she did not know was that Jeffrey had set a trap. Her attempts to fix the situation only led to the exposure of those aiding her.

The plan was flawless. I could not help but admire how well it was executed, though I regretted not witnessing it unfold myself.

“And the baby?” I asked, feeling a mix of emotions.

Damian shook his head. “It was too early–barely five and a half months. The baby didn’t survive long enough to take its first breath.”

Alisa had fought so hard to save that baby. Just half a month more, and it might have lived.

I remembered how she once told me it was a girl, and I could tell she had been sincere about her hope for her child.

out as the murderer?” I pressed.

sleeping, Mr.

is it?” I asked

the severed head, those horrifying photos, and the threats you received, everything pointed to a woman about five–foot–five tall. At first, all clues seemed to lead to Wisteria. However, Mr. Carter realized something–it didn’t add up. If someone like Wisteria wanted you dead,

than this”

The

the back never sat

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me overlook a lot, but I always had this gut

was to divert

A murder happening so soon after we returned–it couldn’t have been her. She wouldn’t have had time to get back here unless she snuck in, and even

did return, it would’ve required a carefully planned identity change. However, Mr. Carter pieced together clues that pointed away from Wisteria. Whether she’s alive or not, this case isn’t her doing. Someone deliberately used her name to scare

see,” I

everything–the murder scene, the severed head, the photos of my supposed death–all to break

because Carl kept me so well–protected. So she went after

make me live in constant fear, thinking Wisteria was always watching me. In the early stages of pregnancy, the development of the embryo is so delicate, and

certainly was not

for the obvious signs of her own miscarriage over the past couple of weeks and she did not have time to

me up, but it all backfired. In that moment of miscarriage, she must

her is vulnerable at times

remembered–when Alisa looked at my belly and said the baby must

child, yet she resented my pregnancy, especially with how healthy

sure that did not happen, letting her face the consequences of her actions.

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