Chapter 252

What or rather who I see causes my head to spin.

I see Kate, she’s watching me keenly. Her eyes are cold and her skin looks wrinkled.

She’s smiling widely, but her lips are without color. They’re purple and dead.

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I can feel my blood rushing through my body. It’s like an out-of-body experience.

I blink a few times to see whether she disappears, but it doesn’t work. She’s still in the backseat, staring at me via the rearview mirror.

A loud truck horn snaps me out of my trance and I press on the gas instinctively. The red light on the traffic light is already green, and all the cars that were in front of me have driven away.

I was the only one holding up the line.

My car responds and moves quickly as I join the other cars. The road is now a bit free, the traffic has dwindled.

I give a glance to the backseat via the rearview mirror, half expecting to see Kate, but I don’t.

It was just a figment of my imagination. My mind