Even After Death by Lilting Champ

In the Miller residence, the man on the bed moved his fingers.

Then, he shouted, “Liv!” Opening his eyes, he sat up and looked around him in terror.

Janice sighed in relief.

“You’re finally awake.

You’ve been unconscious for three whole days.” Ethan’s memories were still stuck at the beach.

He hastily asked, “Mom! Liv, did you find Liv?” Janice’s heart ached.

She didn’t dare tell him the ending.

“Ethan, please prepare yourself for this.

Olivia is… She is…” “No, that can’t be! Liv can’t be dead!” Ethan couldn’t accept the truth.

He got out of bed bare-footed and then ran outside the door.

“Liv, where are you? Are you avoiding me? Liv, stop hiding!” Ethan searched the place, feeling desperate and lost.

He walked into the bedroom on the first floor.

Everything in the room remained the same as when Olivia left.

The clean bedding was neatly folded.

The flowers in the vase were the ones picked from the yard a week ago.

drooping as if life had been drained

hadn’t finished the book on the

open on the page she had

remained the same in the room, but Olivia was no longer

door to the yard and went to

see a wheelchair there,

man, Ethan ran around in the garden while shouting anxiously, “Liv, where are you? I’m

swear, I’ve repented

to come back.” His feet had turned bloody from getting cut by the stones, but Ethan didn’t

didn’t know how long

the flower

looked at his finger, at the

Olivia, the ring had completely

Footsteps rang

Ethan shouted, “Liv!” He whipped his

“Stop looking.

left.” Keith played

footage taken from

Olivia took off her ring

she walked slowly into the

had never

resolved to

the sea covered her head, Ethan felt himself

that their relationship had gotten better, but he had no idea that it was just an act Olivia carefully

still left

chose to leave him in