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“Emily Harper,are you insane?”Mrs.Carter shrieked.”Burial is peaceful—cremation?You’re vicious! I regret letting you into our family!”
Her fury confirmed it:they all knew about these two were going to fake their deaths!
I wiped fake tears.”How can you say that? I’m thinking of Ethan! If he’s buried directly, his flesh will rot and turn into a pile of bones after a hundred years. It’s better to cremate him. Seal up my husband’s ashes properly, so we can have something to remember him by! Isn’t that right,Mom,Dad? I’m doing this for Ethan and Ava.”
My mom hugged me, wiping my”tears.”“In-laws, how can you say that about my daughter? What era is it now? Why are you still so feudal and stubborn! Ethan contributed little in life.Burial wastes land.Cremation’s practical!”
My parents have always been active in thinking and open-minded. I’m used to them saying such things.
Mrs.Carter sputtered, speechless.
Ryan and Dr.Reed,seeing my insistence,paled.Reluctantly,they called a crematorium van to transport Ethan and Ava.
I stood aside, looking at the two on the stretcher, and couldn’t hold back my laughter in my heart.
I looked at the others. Their faces were pale, they were biting their lips tightly, and their foreheads were covered with sweat.
Just at the moment when they were about to touch the furnace, the two of them sat up very tacitly and stood firmly on the ground at once.
“They’re alive!”I screamed, feigning terror, drawing the crematorium staff’s attention.
“Zombies!”
“What? There’s actually a case of a dead person coming back to life!”
“Look! The people on those two stretchers have stood up!”
“In 2025,this happens?Record it!”
The exclamations of the people around came one after another, and they all took out their phones to film.
The Carters,instead of rushing to their”revived”son,blocked the cameras.
When my mother saw my sister standing in front of her safe and sound, she rushed up and cried excitedly.”My girl!”
“Ethan,you faked your death!”I gasped,playing shocked,watching his face darken.
“I…I…”he stammered for a long time and couldn’t say a single word. He stood there looking very embarrassed.
Ava, held in our parents’ arms, didn’t know what to do either. She tried hard to stretch out her hand to cover her face, for fear of being filmed.
“Dr.Reed,this is gross malpractice.Explain!” My mom said righteously, with anger on her face.
As crowds grew,media swarmed.
Dr.Reed was cornered. Ethan stepped in,”It’s a misunderstanding!Dr.Reedis under a lot of pressure, and it’s normal to have an occasional misdiagnosis!”
Of course,he’d cover for his accomplice.
But today’s media wasn’t so forgiving.
“Mr.Carter, you woke up just a second before being cremated. May I ask if you faked your death deliberately?”
“Dr.Reed, were you bribed and deliberately issued a false death report?”
“Mr.Carter, you woke up at the same time as this misdiagnosed lady. What’s the relationship between the two of you?”
