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Chapter 8

Author: Sweet Plums
Maggots were crawling everywhere under the scorching summer sun, and the once lively negotiation expert now had to wear a mask and a hat just to step outside.

A journalist happened to capture a photo of Zack curled up before my grave.

The man who was always impeccably dressed in suits now wore a wrinkled shirt. His hair was disheveled, while his hand clutched a warped, scorched wedding ring.

Zack spent day and night in the cemetery, kneeling before my grave every single day.

His subordinate, Mason Langford, had come for him a few times. When he looked at the once spirited negotiation expert, who was now gaunt and hollow-eyed, he couldn't hold back his tears.

"Zack, go back. Serenity has already passed away."

Mason choked up as he reached out and tried to help Zack up.

"She isn't dead!" Zack snapped his head up.

His bloodshot eyes burned with a crazed obsession as he said, "Her DNA wasn't found at the explosion site, so she must still be alive!"

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