Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 516 New Year

Zoey shot Harlan an annoyed look. “What are you doing here?”

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He looked a little travel–worn as if he had just rushed over from somewhere far away. But at least he seemed better than the last time I saw him, when he was stuck in a cast.

I let out a small sigh of relief. After all, he had gotten hurt because of us.

If he had died in that accident, I would never have forgiven myself.

I had no idea how things were progressing between him and Zocy, but one thing was certain–he still had feelings for her.

You could always tell when a man was truly in love.

Just like now–his eyes, his entire world, were only filled with Zocy.

In his hand wasn’t his usual briefcase, but a food container. “Didn’t you say you love my staff’s cooking? I asked him to make something for you before I came. I kept it warm on the way–it should still be hot. Try it.”

Zoey’s retort caught in her throat. “Huh? Oh. Fine.”

Then, Harlan turned to Carter. “I heard Chloe made it back alive. Where is she? I even brought something

she likes.”

He really had to pick that topic, didn’t he?

Zoey shot him a warning glance, but Harlan just frowned. “What’s wrong with your eye? Got dust in it? Want me to blow it out?”

Without another word, she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of the room.

I turned to Carter. “He didn’t mean anything by it. Don’t let it bother you.”

“I’m fine.”

But he wasn’t fine. The weight of everything still lingered in his gaze, heavy and unresolved. I knew what was tormenting him–me, but I had no way to fix it.

I wanted to return to my body, but something invisible, something I couldn’t understand, kept me from getting close.

Carter grew quieter

still beating. By all medical accounts, I was alive. But I wouldn’t wake up. The

to bring me back,

the flickering flame and our children’s reactions to know that I was

time passed, the babies‘ vision improved. At first, they could only see me within a short distance. But now, they could spot

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others, they never saw me as something otherworldly. Wherever I moved, their tiny eyes followed, reacting to me just like any baby would react to their

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nanny would chuckle. “Look at them. It’s like an invisible

masters.”

had no

that what the babies saw–what

could stay with them like this forever, maybe it wouldn’t be

… What would happen when

that they had a mother they

blink of an eye. The twins were now three

winter. Christmas came again, and with it, the reminder of my

every single day. The nurses whispered about how they had never

them, nodding along. “I know, right? Even

Carter everywhere. Most of the time, I never left

the babies back to the Bolton Residence, and Jeffrey was

had changed a lot. He had prepared a gift for

red as he listened to Carter introduce their names, nodding

good. Everett and Everly …

he staggered as he left as if

day… My

now,

A once–in–a–lifetime experience.

twins to visit my

carefully wrapped basket of hydrangeas, covered in frost. Luke limped away in

favorite. But wasn’t it

gazing at my own gravestone. The photo etched

my own face.

and at the same time

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Carter murmured. “What about