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Kamen had always her to the determined, hopeful young women in my mind. Just the other day, the doctor said she wasn't in any indice danger. She was stable

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.

bell for her. I had been relieved my father had pulled her from

I had known she would return only to lose her life, I would have wished she stayed in that hell. At least there, she

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me, you can go to the hospital yourself,

hadn't slept at all. His eyes

I've said has gotten

faded, replaced by a cold,

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picked up a white one, but then switched

a sharp sound, the black piece landed on the

him or Carter, they were both just pieces in his game. He could change them out whenever

knees were

limped downstairs and rushed straight

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

face was streaked with tears as she demanded answers from the hospital.

for money. She truly wanted to understand

there too. Esmee was his distant relative, and since my disappearance was tied to him, it made sense he'd be

walked past the grieving family and moved toward the body covered with a

"Esmee.

trembling as I reached out, trying

brushed against the fabric, but I couldn't see her. I didn't even get a last chance to

"Esmee, I'm sorry"

pressing down on the cold surface, feeling the weight of all my regret.

my ear. For a moment, I thought it was just in my head. But when I looked up. Esmee was standing next

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it. After everything, after death itself, I was seeing someone like me. A

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name, my voice barely

finally get to see you... but I won't be here much

"Where are you going?"

fingers finding hers.

I was

parents, still fighting for her justice. "The only thing I regret is that I won't

one who had

him longingly, her voice soft. "I was never good enough for him, not after, what happened in Chedor. He's such a good person, and he deserves someone better. I wanted to be with him, to watch him build a life. I wanted to give him flowers at his wedding, tell him how much I loved him. But I

grew faint, her body disappearing before my very

Be careful. The man who killed you, I saw him at

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