Chapter 13
James tapped into the messaging app on Colette’s phone and stumbled on some surprising
evidence.
He discovered the call history between Sophie and Colette, as well as Sophie’s Instagram post that was set to private except for Colette.
He grew angry after reading Sophie’s provocative caption, as he had never instructed Sophie to do that to Colette.
Screenshotting the evidence, he texted them to Sophie and questioned her, “I thought you only met Colette twice. Explain this, then.”
Sophie did not reply. She was probably still on the plane.
Her reply came after a long wait. She sent James a video clip of herself tapping into his screenshots, and they were all blank.
“There’s nothing.”
James was taken aback by his blank screenshots. He tried sending out the screenshots once more, but they became blank on Sophie’s end.
After many attempts, he finally arrived at a conclusion. He was the only person who could see
- Colette in those seven days.
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Feeling helpless, he thought, “How did this happen? I can’t be the only person who remembered her.”
The incident drove him mad. It was public knowledge that he attempted to prove that Colette
was alive in the seven days.
James experienced momentary clarity after the police arrested Colette’s killer. He hired the best attorney to fight for the most severe punishment for the killer before he relapsed into insanity.
His parents, Bill Zeller and Melania Coolidge, worried incessantly about him. Finally, they completely gave up on him and picked another heir for the Zeller Group.
One day, James‘ parents dropped by his villa to visit him out of concern. They searched the entire place for him and finally found him in a bathtub filled with water.
Eyes closed, James rested in the bathtub with a smile. Blood continued dripping from the deep wound on his wrist, coloring the bathwater red.
Upon witnessing the scene, Melania screamed and fainted. Bill panted heavily. He dialed 911 with trembling hands and cautiously placed a finger under James‘ nose.
Bill teared up when he realized James had stopped breathing. Tears finally rolled down his
cheeks when the ambulance arrived and took everyone to the hospital.
They couldn’t save James‘ life. The doctor who arrived with the ambulance confirmed his death the moment his body was lifted out of the bathtub.
Melania, who had regained consciousness, started sobbing when she received the bad news.
At the same time, James had traveled to a faraway place. His eyes fluttered open. It was dark around him.
He thought he was in a dream until he noticed his translucent hands. “Am I dead?”
The Grim Reaper appeared, stirring emotions within James. Instead of fear, James felt joy and exclaimed, “I knew it! I knew it!”
The Grim Reaper was momentarily speechless at James‘ unusual reaction. He raised a hand to stop James from stumbling forward.
“James Zeller, you were not destined to die young. You weren’t supposed to be here.”
Typically, souls who died by their own hands were out of the Grim Reaper’s purview, but James was an exceptional case. His life was shortened due to the Grim Reaper’s interference with Colette’s fate, leading to this moment.
The Grim Reaper should have erased James‘ memories of Colette’s final seven days, but he failed. This failure drove James to madness and ultimately to suicide.
Chapter 14
Chapter 14
