Blood Owed, Blood Taken

Synopsis

I was framed as a homewrecker. After a full year of online harassment, I jumped from a rooftop and ended my life. After I died, I didn't disappear. I became a ghost, drifting through this world. I watched my brother, who was always gentle and calm, quietly wipe my blood from the ground as he spoke into the phone. "No one on the list gets away." My ever-tender mother held my body tightly. No tears fell. There was only hatred, sharp and quiet, radiating from every line of her face. My father, stern and unyielding, hung up call after call before saying just one thing to his secretary. "Make the Watts family disappear." In the end, they went to a wedding, carrying my photo and my urn. It was the wedding of my ex-boyfriend, Fabian Watts, and Jane Shelton. My brother smiled. "Elise, don't be afraid. We'll take you home, but before that, let's watch a truly spectacular fireworks show."