Chapter 4

I followed Liam to the apartment where I had lived before I died.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Liam pounded on the door, his face etched with disgust and impatience.

He hammered on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

Just as he was about to leave, Martha, my landlady, came out.

The old lady lived right across the hall; she must have heard the commotion.

“Where’s Chloe Kingston?” Liam demanded.

Martha paused. “Chloe? Such a sweet girl. What a pity she had such bad luck and died so young.”

“Died? How could that be!

“Old lady, you’re quite a joker.”

Liam burst out laughing, completely disbelieving.

Yes, in his eyes, I was a menace.

And a menace, they say, lives a thousand years. How could I possibly die so easily?

But this time, I truly was dead.

“Who would joke about something like that?! Chloe really is dead.”

Liam continued to scoff. “Chloe Kingston, always so dramatic! Always pulling stunts for attention. I’m her brother; I know exactly what kind of person she is.

“She’s just rotten to the core, nothing like Serena. You tell her to stop playing games and go donate bone marrow to Mom, or I’ll make her regret it!”

Martha, her hair a wispy white, flared up in anger. She grabbed a broom and chased Liam out.

“I told you, Chloe’s dead! You, her family, killed her!

“Chloe’s been gone for six months now! How exactly are you going to ‘make her regret it’?

“Chloe truly had the worst luck, cursed with a family like yours!”

Liam, who had been dodging, froze.

“You’re not joking? Chloe Kingston is really dead? How… how can that be?”

“Get out! Get out! You heartless monster!”

Liam fled in a panic.