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186 : Is She Alive?

VERENA

“What?!” Dad is the first to react, followed by me. My hand flies to my chest and I hear my heart thumping against the palm of my skin.

Norton nods and hands him the test reports. Dad flips through the pages, his eyes reading the document while his eyebrows furrow. Maria walks in and looks at us with a questioning gaze. “What happened?”

Dad lifts his gaze and looks at me, a look of pure horror etched on his facial features. My legs suddenly feel like jelly and my head spins. I don’t know how to react to this. A part of me wanted Dad to be right and my gut feeling to be wrong.

But it turns out it was right. Mom’s body isn’t inside the coffin. Just like Elijah reported Theon’s body going missing and Nixie’s body being replaced by some other person’s dead body.

Dad looks pale and Maria and I gasp when he loses his balance. Norton and I grab him from both sides and make him sit on the couch. Dad places a hand on his head while his other hand goes to me, gripping it for support.

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