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Author: Rae-Rae
last update Last Updated: 2023-09-23 13:06:46

The next day, Emma woke up to the sound of her phone ringing.

It was nearly eight in the morning when the fucking phone rang loudly on her besides, swirling up from the bed. She mumbled something, swiped it without even checking the caller ID and said quite briskly.

"What?"

"Good morning to you too." Sam's voice ringed into the cell, though not delightfully, "Emma. Something's wrong."

"What?" She said, Her heart was thumping, she couldn't even get any sleep last night just by thinking of everything that happened.

"Elizabeth is dead." The words sounded foggy. Emma wasn't sure she heard it right, because her stomach twisted badly.

Her eyes brimming with some sort of liquid.

"Pardon?" She said, Yeah, that was it, she didn't hear it right, she tended not to hear things early in the morning, but again, this was Samantha's voice, sharp as day.

A devastated sigh, "Emma. I know it's hard, we are still running the autopsy, but before then, do try to take care of yourself. I will call later an
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