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My legs buckled undere, and I collapsed. Tremors racked my body, as if I couldn't control them.

1 knew what it felt like to die. I had been through it

When the knife struck me, there was no pain at first.

I looked down Blot was spreading from my waist, soaking into my wedding dress. The knife still

learned in the light, its edge flashing, stained with my blood.

Introk a moment, but then the pain hit. It was sharp and brutal, and it was followed by overwhelming fear.

The fear of death. The fear of not knowing what comes after. I couldn't think about anything, except ping I didn't want to die.

But what about Famee? She was so young. How did the face her death?

She had been lying alone in that cold hospital room, surrounded by machines. She must've been terrified,

I covered my face with my hands, aching with sorrow. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.

Though my heart was gone, my whole body felt the weight of the pain.

I managed to get up. My legs unsteady and slowly moved toward Jeffrey.

Luke, equally stunned, stammered, "How can she be dead? I spoke with her doctor. She wasn't doing well, but she was stable. I promised I'd save her!"

Esmee had been the only one who saw what happened that night. She could have identified the killer.

And now, just when we needed her the most, she was gone.

A key piece of the puzzle was lost.

But it wasn't just the clue I cared about. It was Esmee's life.

She was real-She was a person.

I had been relieved my father had pulled her from

lose her life, I would have

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can go to the hospital

hadn't slept at all. His eyes

it seems like nothing I've said has

anger faded, replaced by a

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picked up a white one, but then switched

sound, the black

quiet way of telling Luke that, whether it was him or Carter, they were both just pieces in his game. He could change them out

knees were still sore from the

downstairs and rushed straight to the

doctor's office, police were there. Esmee's parents stood

as she demanded answers from the hospital. Why had

Beatrice wasn't the type to cause trouble for money.

there too. Esmee was his distant relative, and since my disappearance

walked past the grieving family and moved toward the

"Esmee.

I

fingers brushed against the fabric, but I couldn't see her. I

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

knelt beside her, my hands pressing down on the cold surface, feeling the weight of all my regret. "Chloe,

like a breath against my ear. For a moment, I thought it was just in my head. But when I looked up. Esmee was

like

After everything, after death itself, I

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my voice barely

get to see you... but I won't be

"Where are you going?"

fingers finding hers. Her hand was cool, smooth, like touching

knew I was holding

only thing I regret is that I won't be there for them when they're old.

then-the young man, the one who had picked her up at

be with him, to watch him build a life.

very eyes. This couldn't

man who killed