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This time, the employee’s tone was very stern, and he hung up after speaking.
Mom’s cold expression froze, and she stood motionless.
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It dawned on her, belatedly, that this might not be a prank.
Evergreen Funeral Home was the largest funeral home in the city.
Dad’s voice was heavy. “Before, no matter how disobedient Audrey was, she never went
out of contact for more than half a month.”
Michael stood frozen in place, his hand unconsciously rubbing the watch I had given
him.
Dylan paced back and forth, restless and agitated, his lips moving but unable to utter a
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single word.
The house was eerily silent for a moment.
Until, with a thud, everyone seemed to snap out of a trance.
Chloe, overwhelmed with grief, had fainted from crying.
Everyone rushed around in a panic, taking her to the hospital.
This also bought Chloe some time.
Chloe locked herself in the hospital room and called the funeral home, demanding my body be cremated.
In the dark hospital room, I watched Chloe’s contorted face, a chilling aura emanating from her.
“I’ll give you a million. Before dawn, burn that b*tch’s body and flush her ashes down the
drain.”
“You’ll do it whether you want to or not. She signed an anonymous organ donation, her body’s practically hollowed out. Do you think my parents will think your funeral home is
selling organs if they see her body?”
I was shocked. I hadn’t expected Chloe to know that I had signed an organ donation
agreement.
The cruelty and composure in her eyes were not something an eighteen–year–old girl should possess.
Thinking of all the times I had been manipulated and schemed against before, a sudden chill spread through my entire body.
After settling Chloe, the family rushed impatiently to Evergreen Funeral Home.
However, the funeral home employee denied everything.
“The facility has not received Audrey’s body. You might be mistaken.”
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Mom completely lost her patience with being mocked again and again.
“That conniving girl really did trick us!”
She fumed, turning to leave.
But Michael stopped her, his piercing eyes fixed on the employee.
“If I’m not mistaken, you were the one who took the call yesterday. I have a recording of
our conversation.”
“Now you’re suddenly going back on your word? Did your funeral home lose my body?”
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“I’m a lawyer. Funeral homes are responsible for safekeeping bodies. If you don’t tell the
truth, I’ll sue you!”
I turned my head to look at Michael. This was the first time my usually reserved and quiet
eldest brother had shown such outward emotion.
The employee, easily flustered, was quickly tricked into revealing information.
To keep his job, he led them to see the body that hadn’t yet been cremated.
The body, covered by a white sheet, was slowly wheeled out. Yet no one present dared to
unveil it.
The employee, his conscience not entirely gone, gave a warning.
“The deceased had signed multiple anonymous organ donation agreements. The body’s
condition is quite bad, so please prepare yourselves.”
Hearing this, everyone’s faces changed.
The employee pulled back the white sheet, revealing my face for them to confirm.
Dylan was closest. With just one look, his eyes reddened.
“Impossible! This can’t be!”
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He charged forward like a madman, pulling back most of the sheet, and saw my visibly
sunken abdomen.
