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I noticed something strange. As long as we followed Samuel, we could leave the place that had bound us for so long.Toby had grown tired of being at the farmhouse after three years. So, I thought it was a good thing that we could venture out and see the outside world. Of course, Toby was thrilled. He constantly looked around and exclaimed in awe at everything he saw. However, it seemed we couldn't stray too far from Samuel. We followed him back to his villa.Toby stared at the luxuriously decorated villa with his mouth agape in astonishment. He had lived here before up until he was two years old. Perhaps he was too young to remember it.He flitted around excitedly while exploring every corner. Meanwhile, I drifted behind Samuel and followed him as he went into his study. I watched him make a call to the bank and freeze the bank account tied to the card he had given me.If he had paid closer attention, he might have realized that he hadn't received any transaction notifications fo
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Samuel grabbed his car keys and rushed out. Toby and I were forced to follow him to the hospital.In his hurried dash, Samuel collided with a man in the hospital lobby who was dressed in an expensive tailored suit.I recognized him—it was Daniel.Daniel stumbled back two steps. Once he steadied himself and saw it was Samuel, his face showed a hint of surprise.He jeered, "Well, if it isn't the man of the hour in Southton—Mr. Samuel Hoffman? What brings you to the hospital so late at night? What's the hurry?"Samuel muttered an apology hastily before bypassing him and running straight to the elevator.Daniel, however, was relentless. He followed Samuel at a brisk pace. He trailed him all the way to the inpatient department of the hematology ward.When they reached Violet's room, she wasn't there. Samuel immediately rushed to her attending physician's office. Upon learning that she was in the observation room and hadn't fallen into a coma but had simply fainted due to anemia, Samu
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The silence that followed was suffocating. It was broken only by the sound of Toby playing with the newly acquainted spirit of a little boy in the ward.I watched Samuel intently, curious about how he would react to hearing news of my death from someone else again.But, just as when Jessie told him I had died, his reaction was the same. He furrowed his brows at first, then his lips curled into a smirk."Well, who would've thought you would care so much about my wife, Mr. Jones? I don't know whether she's dead or alive. Yet, you seem to know better. Well, how did you know? Did she tell you herself? Or have you two been sneaking around to see each other under my nose all these years?"Why? Is it more thrilling this way? Well, I don't care. She's so filthy that I wouldn't even touch her. If you want her, you can have her."Something in me shattered completely. My heart ached, and my eyes stung. I guess I was overcome with the urge to cry. But now, I was nothing but a spirit. How coul
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After freezing the bank account, Samuel didn't receive my plea for help but instead got news from the private investigator.The investigator sent him several pieces of information, including screenshots of local news articles.One of the headlines read: "Shocking! Mother and son were found dead in their home days after their passing. Neighbors discovered their dead bodies."The article wasn't very long. While it didn't specify the village, it mentioned the name of the town where the village was located. The accompanying photo was of the small farmhouse where I had lived.Samuel was able to recognize it. He stared at the screenshot, frozen in place. He refused to believe it.He pulled out his phone and called me again, only to hear that the number was no longer in service. He then frantically tried calling me on WhatsApp. But of course, no one answered.Suddenly, it seemed as if something occurred to him. He opened his banking app on his phone and navigated to the account linked t
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Samuel collapsed onto the couch. He shook his head repeatedly as he muttered, "Impossible. I haven't forgiven her yet. How could she die?"I laughed through invisible tears. So, the reason I wasn't allowed to die was because he hadn't forgiven me yet.He picked up the phone from the floor and reopened his photo gallery to stare at the one and only picture of him and Toby together. As he looked at it, his shoulders began to tremble. Two drops of tears fell onto the phone screen.Suddenly, he stood up and bolted out of his villa. His hands were shaking as he drove. Once again, his car stopped outside the small farmhouse where Toby and I had lived. In just a few days, he had been here more times than in all the previous years combined.I didn't know whether to cry or laugh at that.This time, he opened the gate and walked straight to the front door of the house. He stood there for over ten seconds before pushing the door that had been closed for three years open.With a creak, the
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Violet left looking pale. She seemed to be just as unhinged, alternating between laughing and crying randomly at intervals.Samuel returned to the house and carefully cleaned my and Toby's urns.I forgot to mention that he had gone to the funeral home a few days ago and collected our ashes. The urns had accumulated a thick layer of dust, which he meticulously wiped away with a cloth.By now, I could no longer hold onto Toby. He had completely broken free from his earthly ties and could go wherever he wanted. But I was still trapped around Samuel.I knew it was time to say goodbye to Toby. That night, I held him in my arms after he'd spent the day playing.I told him a story about the next life. I said it was a world where we wouldn't be wandering, transparent souls. Instead, we would be normal people who could taste delicious food, play joyfully with friends, and attend school.His eyes lit up as he listened and said, "I'll wait for you in the next life, Mommy!"I hugged him tig
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By the third year after my death, my son and I were still wandering ghosts. Because of our deep ties to this world, we couldn't pass on from here.Meanwhile, my husband, Samuel Hoffman, had clawed his way up from the bottom of society. He had transformed into the most up-and-coming new star in the business world.I had betrayed him without hesitation during his most desperate times. So, he hated me. He hated me so much that he would skin me alive.Three years ago, he had forced me to donate my bone marrow to his childhood sweetheart, Violet Sampson. At that time, I had been deathly sick.Bone marrow aspiration was an invasive procedure. I didn't know if it was a botched operation or if my low immunity due to my inherent illness was to blame, but I suffered a severe systemic infection a week after the procedure. I then fell into a fever-induced coma and died at home.My three-year-old son, Toby Hoffman, was left uncared for. Eventually, he died by my side.In all those three years
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Violet left looking pale. She seemed to be just as unhinged, alternating between laughing and crying randomly at intervals.Samuel returned to the house and carefully cleaned my and Toby's urns.I forgot to mention that he had gone to the funeral home a few days ago and collected our ashes. The urns had accumulated a thick layer of dust, which he meticulously wiped away with a cloth.By now, I could no longer hold onto Toby. He had completely broken free from his earthly ties and could go wherever he wanted. But I was still trapped around Samuel.I knew it was time to say goodbye to Toby. That night, I held him in my arms after he'd spent the day playing.I told him a story about the next life. I said it was a world where we wouldn't be wandering, transparent souls. Instead, we would be normal people who could taste delicious food, play joyfully with friends, and attend school.His eyes lit up as he listened and said, "I'll wait for you in the next life, Mommy!"I hugged him tig
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Samuel collapsed onto the couch. He shook his head repeatedly as he muttered, "Impossible. I haven't forgiven her yet. How could she die?"I laughed through invisible tears. So, the reason I wasn't allowed to die was because he hadn't forgiven me yet.He picked up the phone from the floor and reopened his photo gallery to stare at the one and only picture of him and Toby together. As he looked at it, his shoulders began to tremble. Two drops of tears fell onto the phone screen.Suddenly, he stood up and bolted out of his villa. His hands were shaking as he drove. Once again, his car stopped outside the small farmhouse where Toby and I had lived. In just a few days, he had been here more times than in all the previous years combined.I didn't know whether to cry or laugh at that.This time, he opened the gate and walked straight to the front door of the house. He stood there for over ten seconds before pushing the door that had been closed for three years open.With a creak, the
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The silence that followed was suffocating. It was broken only by the sound of Toby playing with the newly acquainted spirit of a little boy in the ward.I watched Samuel intently, curious about how he would react to hearing news of my death from someone else again.But, just as when Jessie told him I had died, his reaction was the same. He furrowed his brows at first, then his lips curled into a smirk."Well, who would've thought you would care so much about my wife, Mr. Jones? I don't know whether she's dead or alive. Yet, you seem to know better. Well, how did you know? Did she tell you herself? Or have you two been sneaking around to see each other under my nose all these years?"Why? Is it more thrilling this way? Well, I don't care. She's so filthy that I wouldn't even touch her. If you want her, you can have her."Something in me shattered completely. My heart ached, and my eyes stung. I guess I was overcome with the urge to cry. But now, I was nothing but a spirit. How coul
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Half an hour later, Samuel pushed open the gate, which was already covered in cobwebs. The weeds in the courtyard had grown even taller than the grass by the gate. They reached up to his waist.It was clear that this place had been uninhabited for a long time.Samuel stood in the courtyard, hesitating whether to take another step forward.He had been here twice before, and he should have remembered that I kept the yard in excellent condition. It didn't look anything like this when he visited in the past.The first time he came here was to drop off Toby and me. Back then, two-year-old Toby had just been diagnosed with uremia caused by underdevelopment of his kidneys.He thought Toby was a jinx and bought this farmhouse in a remote village for us to move into. Every month, he transferred me 20 thousand dollars, which included the fees for Toby's dialysis treatment.The second time he came was to force me to go and do the HLA typing to see if my bone marrow was compatible with Viole
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I, of course, didn't show up within the three-day deadline he gave me.Samuel returned once more to the gate of my humble abode.Toby circled Samuel excitedly. He slipped his tiny, transparent hand into Samuel's hand that was hanging at his side.He turned back joyfully and shouted to me, "Mommy, I'm finally holding Daddy's hand!"My eyes stung, and I looked back at him with a forced smile.Over the years, Samuel had always believed that Toby was Daniel's child. He loathed him and refused to even spare him a glance.Although I had done a paternity test that confirmed they were biologically father and son, he still refused to believe it. He vehemently claimed I had paid someone to fake the results.After that terrible night, I had lost all his trust.I had asked him for a divorce, wanting to put an end to our toxic relationship.But he only glared at me with venom in his eyes and spat, "Kristen, I want you to remember this—you owe me one for the rest of your life. I told you th
