When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 26 Witch Doctor’s Hands

“From now on, call me Mrs. Luke. Jensen and I are legally married. I’m the mistress of the Luke family.”

Sharon didn’t bother pretending anymore.

She’d promised Jensen she wouldn’t go public with their marriage just to keep it hidden from Natalie. But now that Natalie was dead, she could finally bask in the sunlight with no shame.

The bodyguards froze for a second. Seeing how dazed Jensen looked, they quickly snapped to attention.

“Ma’am!”

Sharon smiled, satisfied.

“Knock Mr. Luke out and get him to the hospital. The president of Luke Corp can’t be seen in public like a lunatic.”

The moment she said that, the bodyguards understood what needed to be done.

They stepped forward, still trying to reason with Jensen.

“Mr. Luke, Ms. Natalie is gone. Please, let her rest in peace.”

“Get lost!”

Jensen’s bloodshot eyes were wild with grief. His face had gone pale, and a smear of blood dripped from the corner of his lips. He was like a bow drawn far past its limit ready to snap.

–

Sharon gave a signal. The bodyguards didn’t hesitate anymore. One of them struck Jensen on the back of the neck, knocking him out cold. Carefully, they lifted him into the car.

The remains he’d been clutching slipped from his arms and hit the ground, bones cracking and shattering.

The coroner scowled.

haven’t done a DNA test yet. How am I supposed to file my report

We called the cops – it’s not our fault you got

The coroner was stunned.

can

Luke family doesn’t carry weight in Ocean City anymore? Or

invoked the Luke family name like

coroner swallowed

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the Luke family were practically royalty. With Jensen incapacitated and Sharon legally his wife, she spoke on their behalf and she was not someone he could

in the

–

life she’d always

–

been switched at birth for eighteen years – she’d finally found her place.

go

dead, and she was

didn’t believe she could lose

scene. Cremate Natalie’s remains. Bury her somewhere nearby. She was only the Summers family’s foster daughter. She doesn’t belong in

with that,

her orders

nearest crematorium. A small urn was quietly

out in the open to be picked clean by wild dogs. But she

–

Natalie meant to

Meanwhile, in Murica-

by helicopter. Along the way, he kept her alive with oxygen and