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⚠️ Content Warning:
This chapter includes death, grief, mental health breakdown, and false accusations.
It may be emotionally triggering for sensitive readers.
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The morning air was colder than it should've been.
Too quiet. Too still.
Liv woke to a call she never wanted to answer.
> "I'm sorry… but Nia passed away early this morning."
For a moment, she couldn't breathe. Her heart didn't beat. The world stopped.
> No. This isn't real. I just saw her. She was alive. She moved—
But reality had no mercy.
The hospital claimed she went into sudden cardiac arrest. A bad reaction. An unexpected medication error. No one could explain why a stable patient's vitals collapsed overnight.
And the nurse who had been assigned to her? Gone.
Resigned. Vanished. No contact. No trace.
Just like that, Liv became the only one left to blame.
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Day One of the Nightmare
Doctors whispered behind clipboards. Staff avoided eye contact. No one had answers, only suspicion.
Liv sat in her empty apartment, surrounded by silence. The apartment once filled with her sister's laughter now echoed only with emptiness.
Detectives questioned her twice.
Zavian visited, offering soft words and stiff hugs.
Kavian never came.
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Day Two – The Funeral
It rained.
Because of course it did.
The service was small. Their parents stood in silence, rigid and dry-eyed.
Liv couldn't stop shaking. Her fingers clutched the edge of Nia's framed photo like it was a lifeline.
> She didn't deserve this. She worked so hard. She was supposed to see the world. To grow old. To smile again…
Liv fell to her knees when they lowered the casket.
She cried until her throat gave out.
And no one stopped her.
Because even the sky was grieving.
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Weeks Passed
She stopped going to the company.
The empire they had built—brick by brick—meant nothing now.
Without Nia, every room felt haunted. Every victory felt hollow.
Liv barely ate. She barely slept.
The investigation dragged on.
And still, no one could find the nurse.
Liv's name wasn't officially charged, but the weight of suspicion clung to her like ash.
> Was it an accident?
Was it murder?
Or something worse?
She replayed every moment from that night over and over.
The shock on Zavian's face. The calm in Kavian's voice. The missing files. The guilt that never left her chest.
But more than anything…
She remembered Nia's hand twitching.
Like she was trying to reach her.
And Liv hadn't moved.
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And Then Came Silence
There was no closure.
Only rumors.
And grief.
And questions that refused to fade.
But somewhere, deep beneath the heartbreak…
A part of Liv began to burn.
> Someone did this.
And I will find out who.
No matter what it costs.
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[End of Chapter 6]
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> Healing takes time. ....