All Chapters of She Killed Me to Save Her Lover: Chapter 11 - Chapter 17

Clara had been driven mad with fear. She spent her days clutching a pillow, muttering Leon's name endlessly. She insisted she hadn't wronged him, questioning why he haunted her. Though she claimed to trust only science, declaring that death was final and souls didn't exist, she remained terrified that Leon had returned for her.Sleep eluded her, and when exhaustion finally won, she'd wake screaming until her voice gave out. The neighbors had called the police so often about her screams that officers regularly visited, suggesting we move elsewhere after seeing her condition.Remembering Clara's love for the ocean, I used her savings to rent a small beach house. Though rundown, its proximity to the water seemed perfect.Today's storm brought heavy rain. Each thunderclap sent Clara pressing against me in terror. I stroked her back soothingly."Remember in college, when you were trapped in the lab during that storm?" I said softly. "You called me at eleven, crying."You said, 'Leon,

Clara's dead?No. It can't be true.I pushed past the woman at the door, shaking my head violently. She must be lying. Clara's playing a prank. She's hiding somewhere inside, waiting for me to find her.I searched the small two-bedroom apartment room by room. Every familiar corner, every possible hiding place. But Clara wasn't there.Desperate, I rushed back to the woman, gripping her arms. "Please, call Clara. I'm Caleb—I just need to see her. Tell her to come meet me."She shoved my hands away, her face cold. "Now you remember who you are, Caleb Carter?""She loved you so much. She ruined her medical career killing someone to get you a heart.""She could have been an incredible doctor. You made her throw it all away.""She sacrificed everything for you, but you couldn't let her go. You drowned her at the beach with your own hands."I drowned her?Impossible."No!" I stared at her, shaking my head. "I'd never hurt Clara. I love her. I couldn't do that."Her face twisted wi

**Caleb’s Perspective**During the physical exam in my senior year of high school, I was diagnosed with heart failure.At the time, my parents were going through a divorce. My father had gotten involved with another woman, and she was already pregnant. He planned to keep it a secret until after my college entrance exams, but the woman couldn’t wait. She went to my mom, knelt in front of her, and begged for a divorce, saying her child was about to be born.My dad didn’t have any reason to ask for a divorce at first, but my illness became his perfect excuse to abandon us. He said he didn’t have the money to save me. He needed a healthy child, not me—a worthless son on the verge of death.The day he left, it poured outside, and my mom held me, crying for what felt like forever. She begged me to take the college entrance exams, to fight for my future.I was determined to get into a good school, even if just for my mom. I had to survive.But then, my mom left too. The day my exams end