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

while ago, when you were so anxious and barely sleeping, Mr. Carter took it upon himself

is it?”

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, she wouldn’t be so obvious. Even her past actions were far more calculated

than this”

The

in the back never

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lot, but I always had this gut feeling

divert attention to

that cliff on Rosbel Island. Even if she survived, we barely stayed in Jaford before returning to Snowville. 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

required a carefully planned identity change. However, Mr. Carter pieced together clues that pointed away from Wisteria.

see,” I

it slip, and she used that knowledge to frame Wisteria. She staged everything–the murder scene, the severed head, the photos of my supposed death–all to break

get close enough to harm me physically because Carl kept me so well–protected. So she went after me psychologically, hoping the stress would make me miscarry.”

in constant fear, thinking Wisteria was always watching me. In the early stages of pregnancy, the development of the

was not someone

not been for the obvious signs of her own miscarriage over the past couple of weeks and she did not have time to focus on me, she might have resorted to other ways of

all backfired. In

her is vulnerable at times

clicked when I remembered–when Alisa looked at my belly and said the baby must be doing well, there was a

even keep her own child, yet she resented

even wished for my pregnancy to end, but Carter made sure that did not happen,

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