The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 94

  • Chapter 3

  • Then inspiration struck. I threw myself across Dave’s body, wailing. “Baby, what are we going to do? If we don’t get you cremated before 11 AM, your soul won’t find peace!

  • The other families in the waiting room turned to stare.

  • 1 dropped to my knees, clasping my hands. “In my grandmother’s culture, there’s a belief that cremation has to happen before 11 AM, or the soul can’t cross over. Please. I’m begging you could we possibly go ahead of you?”

  • Some looked sympathetic, others skeptical, most just uncomfortable.

  • I pulled out my phone. “I’ll send each family $3,000 through Venmo right now.”

  • Money talks. They agreed immediately.

  • After transferring the cash, I wheeled Dave toward the cremation chamber.

  • I noticed his middle finger twitching. Still trying to flip me off, even at the end.

  • I leaned down and whispered, “Scared now, aren’t you? Should’ve thought about this before you

  • decided to screw me over.”

  • The crematorium technician asked me to wait in the lobby.

  • I pressed a thousand–dollar bill into his hand. “Please, let me stay with my husband until the very

  • end.”

  • “Rest in peace, darling,” I said sweetly as I helped slide him into the chamber and hit the ignition

  • button.

  • The flames roared to life.

  • Moments later, the doors burst open.

  • Carol and Mike had made it.

  • When Carol saw the flames through the chamber window, she collapsed in a dead faint.

  • Nightc

  • 80.3%

  • “Shut it down! He’s not dead? Mike showed, rushing toward the control.

  • I said

  • dead and signed

  • you’re saying he’s alive? Want

  • Mike froze, trembling

  • saw dds coming

  • alive in our

  • knew he was looking at serious jail time if he

  • license would be toast.

  • there for a second,” the

  • was alive going in, he sure ain’t

  • Dave’s arm shot up inside the chamber.

  • I jumped.

  • worry about that,” the technician said casually.

  • from the heat. Happens all the

  • “Oh, thank goodness!”

  • and I both

  • was Dave’s final

  • doubled over and threw

  • of being an accessory to murder

  • doc?” I

  • 80.5%

  • gasped, collapsing to his

  • back to

  • ashes and his belongings, then headed straight to my

  • down in tears and hangged her

  • house to help me

  • herself to death, doing double shifts at

  • had failed her then.

  • we’re

  • Mom had raised me solo, working

  • my favorite meatloaf with mac and cheese–comfort food she rarely splurged

  • mentioned something interesting.

  • a Mega Millions jackpot ticket last week–just a quick pick with a 4x

  • and

  • coffee table, but

  • that someone had won $200 million with a ticket from that same

  • store.

  • “But what can

  • out the ticket and checked the store number. It matched the convenience store

  • found your ticket. We

  • actually won $200

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