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Haarely glanced at the photograph before nausea churned my stomach. With a swift motion, I tossed in

aside.

Carter, unfazed, methodically sifted through each image. The final photograph wasn't of Sadie. Instead, it was Silas's grave. The photo had been alte

Before Silas's headstone lay a human head, blood seeping from every orifice, with a striking red mole on the forehead.

The head was mine.

Carter's fingers tightened around the edges of the photos, his knuckles pale, veins bulging across the back

of his hand

"She's sending a message. She wants to use my head as an offering for Silas."

Kemp adjusted his glasses, his voice steady. "Ms. Gardner, from now on, all deliveries will be screened in advance. Something like this will not happen again."

"All the secretarial stall-are they from Bill's team? Any outsiders?" Carter asked sharply.

"No outsiders, Mr. Bolton, Every single one of them has been with Mr. Gardner for at least a decade. They're reliable, Kemp assured him.

"Keep it that way. Outsiders should have no access to Ms. Gardner," Carter reminded him firmly.

"Understood."

Bill's company might have been new, but his team was composed of trusted personnel he'd brought over. There was no room for breaches.

After finishing my work, I went to the funeral home. Sadie's body was already being cremated.

It had been two months since I last saw Monica, but she was nearly unrecognizable now.

The once carefully maintained face, which had undergone numerous cosmetic surgeries, was now riddled with blemishes and scars, likely worsened by neglect or abuse.

Time hadn't been kind to her aging features, and without money to sustain her lavish upkeep, she appeared haggard and strange.

"Oh, my poor daughter! Her anguished wails echoed as I approached.

Beside her stood Zack, who had also changed. He'd lost a considerable amount of weight, and though his belly had shrunk, his once-round face now bore sharp, malicious contours. His eyes brimmed with malice, devoid of any grief or tenderness.

no surprise. This was the daughter who had called another man father for 20

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had never once addressed Zack as

him during every encounter. Zack

being cremated right now! How can you stand there without shedding a single tear? She's your flesh and blood!" "Daughter?" Zack sneered, his voice dripping with venom. "She never once acknowledged me while she was alive.

the air, cutting like a blade. He was describing

flawed parents,

marks of prior fights, evidence of their

skirmishes.

made sense-when they had money,

from the innocence of youth, their love couldn't even sustain civility. Who knew how often their home turned into a

that slap, blood trickling from the corner of her

she raised her head, her eyes met Bill's cold, unforgiving

he said nothing, she had

poisoned Bill, for

settlement to ensure her financial security if she had simply remained silent. But her greed

get it, she tried to destroy

truth, she and Zack deserved

should have been filled with shame and covered

out the

speak, Bill stepped forward. Tll take

the moment the urn

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Sadie. She had been your daughter for 20 years. You're a

because I promised her I'd handle her burial and find her a proper resting place." Monica fell silent, her tears drying as

reputation long before her death, and even in her final moments, she

it weren't for Bill spending money to purchase her a burial plot, she likely wouldn't even have

we had the ashes, we quickly buried Sadie. They planted a magnolia tree by her grave

in death, Bill had

of your debts to Zoey. Bill sat quietly at

to her."

the tombstone, severing all ties to the girl he

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headstone-a snapshot from her time with the Gardners. She wore a lavish gown,

pampered princess,

my heart weighed down by the tragedy of

I made

of chrysanthemums rested there, alongside a

had been Sadie's, worn just the night

Anna had been here?

figure caught my eye, and I