HE WOKE UP PARALYZED INSIDE HIS OWN COFFIN… THEN HEARD HIS WIFE CELEBRATE HIS CREMATION

the Kentucky hills rolled green under a wide, open sky. The air was clean. Unsealed. Real. Alexander stood in it and breathed deeply because he still could.

Sophia had tried to turn him into ashes.

Julian had tried to make murder look clinical.

Money had nearly buried truth under polished wood, expensive flowers, and signed paperwork.

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