Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

16:57 Mon, 24 Feb

Even after Her Death

Chapter 517 Take Me With You

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I couldn’t control my body; an unseen force yanked me forward, my speed whipping past Carter, tousling

his hair.

While everyone’s attention was on Everett, Carter seemed to sense something was amiss and turned in the direction I was being pulled away.

“Chloe?”

There was no response. Everett, clearly alarmed, began searching for me immediately.

When they realized I was no longer in the room, not only Everett but even Everly started to cry.

Carter grew visibly uneasy. Something was very wrong!

He couldn’t console his two children; their time together must’ve been so long that he could feel my presence even without seeing me. But now, he felt nothing!

He distinctly felt a draft, an impossibility in the warmth of the room. Upon feeling it, a hollowness washed over him.

“Chloe, are you still here?” He flicked a lighter, the flame’s soft glow casting light over his face.

In the past, Chloe would always come to blow out the flame whenever he did this.

But tonight, she didn’t. A sharp pang hit Carter’s heart; he sensed it. In this vast room, Chloe was gone!

scare me, where

and Carter, pale–faced, scanned for

Nothing. Nowhere!

children’s wails, Carter flung open the door and bolted outside. The wind and snow howled, creating an

are you? Don’t scare me!” he called out in desperation.

followed him. “Mr.

and stumbled, collapsing into a thick snowbank. Falling hard into the snow, he struggled to his feet, repeating his desperate plea, “Chloe, you can’t be gone!” He drove

sped through the storm, racing to the hospital. Damian followed closely, horrified by the reckless speed in the treacherous weather. Carter was terrified–terrified of receiving the

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gripped the steering wheel, his voice barely audible. “Damian, do you think she’ll be okay? I haven’t heard any news from the hospital yet.”

He bit his lip, unsure

he said it,

was the hospital. Usually, he would answer immediately, but

suggested softly. “If it’s about Mrs. Chloe, at least you should see her one last time and not have

time when Chloe died alone in the snow, a memory that haunted him. Could he really bear to

went unanswered, but Carter made his decision. “Let’s go in

composure, but as he stepped out of the

Carter.” Damian’s heart ached for him. Carter seemed strong outside, but inside, he

walk to the hospital room felt like an eternity, and he steeled himself for the worst.

for the worst

situation.” The head

second. Carter’s eyes were hollow, his

took a deep breath. “Mrs.

her. “Disappeared? What do

a death announcement?

ago, a nurse checked, everything was fine. But just now,