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collapse. Mack & Sons is in no position to absorb us.”
     
                  Liam straightened and tapped a finger on the last file. “Okay, so our first plan of action should be to feel them all out as soon as we can. We have surprise on our side. It’ll be a good test to see who has the most visceral reaction to seeing you alive.”
     
                  I bent a corner of a stray piece of paper. “So I’ve already been announced dead?”
     
                  “You’ve already been buried,” Liam replied matter-of-factly.
     
                  That bit of news hit my gut like a punch. Buried.
     
                  “So meeting these men…it’ll be like I’ll be coming back from the dead.”
     
                  “Hence the surprise.” Liam grinned.
     
                  I rummaged through a small file box on the corner of my dad’s desk and pulled out a large formal cream envelope. Inside was an invitation to a fundraising event for Senator Sebastian Folsom, which would be held this coming weekend.
     
                  I handed the invitation over to Liam. My dad had gotten the invitation a few weeks before his murder. “Senator Folsom is the one who’s been helping the alliance push for a government contract. Everyone in the alliance always attends Senator Folsom’s events to woo him and keep him on our side. I’m sure all three men will be there for this dinner.”
     
                  Liam nods, turning over the very luxuriantly printed invitation. “Perfect,” he said quietly. “It’ll be a good splashy way to get you back into the media light—‘Madewell Ltd heiress and daughter still alive!’ and all that. It will also give us a chance to observe all three men and how they react to seeing you alive.”
     
                  I stood up, looking over the files and papers, realizing the scope of my revenge. It would not be a simple task that could be completed in a day or two. It would take time to figure out who killed my family and me. I only hoped I succeeded.
     
                  “What about you?” I asked. “Where are you going to be in all of this? On some rooftop watching over it all like Batman?”
     
                  Liam raised his brows in a mock wounded expression. “And leave my defenseless little sister all on her own in a room with her murderer?” he asked. His lips curled up into a scheming smile and his eyes glittered like gems. “No. Let’s see how everyone reacts to not one but two ghosts. Two murdered and very vengeful ghosts.”
     
                  It was true. If I had been declared dead, so had Liam. As far as the world knew, both of them were dead.
     
                  I thought about the living room that was right down the hall from the office. I remembered my mom’s screams and my dad’s painful grunts. I remembered the smell of drying blood and the shooting pain of my own body as it tried to hold itself together.
     
                  Yes. Whoever was the murderer would most certainly see one hell of a pissed off and vengeful ghost.

Chapter Six
     
                  The bathroom slowly began to grow hazy with steam. The hot shower ran beside me while I stood in front of the sink, gripping the edge so tightly my knuckles were turning white.
     
                  As the edges of the mirror began to fog, I could still see my body clear in the center. I had taken off my clothes except my bra and panties when it had all hit me. My breath came ragged and my vision swam. I nearly collapsed when I fell onto the sink, holding it tightly.
     
                  Yesterday, I had finally gone into the living room. The house had been completely empty as I had walked down the stairs. I was dead, as far as anyone else knew. Without anyone to cook and clean for, all of the staff in the