Chapter 6

"Victoria Miller, get back here right now. I need to check on Sue—she's never been treated like this before, and she needs me to take care of her." Richard's ghost floated beside me, his tone sharp and commanding.

I ignored him completely and kept walking toward the parking lot.

"Victoria, please go back. You won't handle my funeral arrangements, you won't pay for anything—can't you at least stay a little longer? Just go back and see me so I can be with Sue. Please."

Richard kept yapping in my ear, and his approach shifted from barking orders to pathetic begging…