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I'm Dead, but She Wants Me to Take the Fall

I'm Dead, but She Wants Me to Take the Fall

短篇故事 · Romance
作者:  Love in Heat已完成
語言: English
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故事簡介

After Death

Tragic Love

Plot Twists

Marriage

Regret

Childhood Sweethearts

Bias

Five years after my death, my wife, Charlotte Blake, once again asks me to take the fall for Leo Cane, her first love, in his drunk driving case. She barges into my home with fabricated evidence but finds no trace of me anywhere. Left with no other choice, she knocks on my neighbor's door. My neighbor tells her something unexpected. "Shane Foster? He's been dead for a long time. I heard the victim's family from the case he was convicted for wasn't satisfied with the verdict. "They abducted him the day he got out of prison and tortured him for three days straight." Charlotte refuses to believe it. She furiously accuses me of making up any lie to escape responsibility. She storms at the neighbor, shouting, "You think I don't know Shane paid you to cover for him? "Tell him there's no use in hiding. If he doesn't contact me within three days, he won't get a single cent of child support for that bastard." But she doesn't know that the person Leo killed in that drunk driving accident is the very "bastard" she keeps referring to.

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7 章節
Chapter 1
Charlotte Blake sat at the dining table, absent-mindedly poking at her food. Her mother, Margaret Carter, assumed work was wearing her down and put a spare rib on her plate.Just then, Charlotte's phone buzzed. It was her secretary again."I'll take this call," she said, stepping out onto the balcony. She lowered her voice and said, "Go ahead.""Ms. Blake… We still haven't located Shane Foster. No one answered the door when we went to his last known address, and his former supervisor said he'd never returned to work after his release.""What the hell am I paying you for?" Charlotte spat through gritted teeth. "A grown man doesn't just disappear. Keep digging. Check every place he goes and question all his friends and coworkers."The person on the other end responded hesitantly. Charlotte hung up and took a deep breath, then turned to meet Margaret's questioning gaze."Lottie, what's wrong?" her mother asked. "More trouble at the company?""Ah… Yes. It's nothing, Mom. Just a sm
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Chapter 2
I watched from above as Charlotte stormed into her flashy sports car. The engine roared, shattering the evening's silence.She didn't even glance at the old neighborhood I'd lived in for years. With a sharp turn of the wheel, she sped toward the upscale apartments on the west side of the city. I knew she was going to find Leo.The scenery outside the window blurred into streaks of color. I had no choice but to follow, tethered to her motion by a force I couldn't break.Five years had passed, and I thought I'd grown numb to her life. But watching her rush with such desperate urgency to another man, the old wound tore open afresh. A familiar, crushing ache tightened in my chest right where my heart used to be.Charlotte's car stopped in front of a brightly lit apartment building. She didn't wait for the elevator doors to fully open before forcing her way out. When the doors parted, Leo was already standing in his doorway, still in his bathrobe. Upon seeing her, his brow immediately
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Chapter 3
The next day, Charlotte, who had been so confident and self-assured before, waited in vain for any response from me. I had been hovering outside her office window since dawn, watching her tap her phone impatiently for the third time as her expression darkened."Shane, how dare you ignore me..." She slammed her phone face down on the desk, her chest heaving. "So you finally grew a backbone, huh?"Charlotte thought that withholding our daughter's child support money would make me cave like before and that I'd show up obediently. But now, every threat she sent went unanswered.By afternoon, she couldn't sit still anymore. She grabbed her car keys and rushed out.I followed her as she drove all the way to the north side of town, to the place that had once been our home. Since we separated and I moved out alone with my daughter, I hadn't returned.Charlotte parked the car and stared at the familiar villa, her expression somewhat distant. The roses in the garden had long since died, lea
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Chapter 4
Charlotte was livid, kicking the door open and walking out without looking back. She had just slid into the driver's seat when her phone rang with a number she didn't recognize.The voice on the other end asked, "Hello. Are you Lily Foster's family member?" Charlotte frowned. On any other day, she would have coldly responded, "No," and ended the call without another word. But something about being back in that old house had gotten under her skin. She hesitated, then answered despite herself, "...Yes. What is this about?"The voice on the other end was calm and professional."I'm calling from Westhill Funeral Home. The ashes of the deceased, Lily Foster, have been in our care for nearly a month. When can we expect you to come and collect them?"Charlotte looked confused, her fingers tightening around the steering wheel."...What are you talking about? What ashes?" she snapped."As stated, the deceased's remains have been held here since her passing, with no one coming forward
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Chapter 5
When Charlotte learned the truth, she looked utterly lost.Following the address Liza had given her, she stumbled to the most secluded corner of Westhill Memorial Park. Just as she had been told, a small, plain headstone stood there. Carved into its surface were only two stark words of my name, without a photo or dates.Charlotte reached out, her fingertips touching the rough, icy surface of the headstone before jerking back in fear. She stood there for what felt like forever, until the sky began to darken. Slowly, her legs gave out, and she sank to her knees before the headstone. Her shoulders shook uncontrollably, and stifled, broken sobs escaped her throat.I hovered nearby, watching this display of utter devastation, and felt only confusion.Shouldn't she be glad I was dead? Finally, nothing stood between her and Leo. Why had she spared me only cold contempt while I lived, yet now wore this mask of profound grief?Charlotte wept for a long time in the biting cold. Before lea
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Chapter 6
Charlotte all but stumbled out of the front door, desperate to escape the judgment in her father's eyes and the devastating truth that had just shattered her world.She drove back to the company at breakneck speed, her face drained of color. She rushed into her office and confronted the stunned Liza, her voice ragged as she demanded, "Send more people to keep investigating. Dig into the case Shane took the fall eight years ago."Also, track Leo's every movement since he returned to the country—where he went, who he saw, especially everywhere he drove. I want every single detail traced down to the last detail."Liza, shocked by her unprecedented loss of composure, quickly obeyed and left.Just then, someone knocked on the office door. Her personal attorney stood in the doorway, his expression more solemn than she had ever seen it."Ms. Blake."He entered the office, closed the door softly behind him, and spoke in a low tone.Charlotte gripped the edge of the desk, steadying herse
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Chapter 7
Charlotte saw no point in confronting Leo. The proof was laid out, cold and undeniable. To question him further would be to punish her own stupidity all over again.She sat on the cold floor, mustering her last ounce of strength to pick up the phone with its shattered screen to make several calls. Her voice was hoarse, yet carried an unsettling calm. "Liza, withdraw all legal support for Leo effective immediately. Settle any outstanding commissions for Leo's lawyer and his team. "As of now, we have no further dealings with Leo. Also, notify the bank to freeze all supplementary cards and any accounts under my name that he has access to."Each instruction was clear and cold, without a trace of hesitation. Charlotte's sudden decisiveness clearly startled the people on the other end of the line, but not one of them dared to ask a question.With the final call made, it was as if the last of her strength left her. The phone fell from her hand, its screen going dark.Yet, she did not
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