Chapter 6
The highway scenery flew past, the sign showing only 1 kilometer left to Philadelphia.
As she zoned out, Kim’s phone received a border-crossing text from Philadelphia.
[A city of mountains and lakes, Philadelphia welcomes you home!
We are at your service.]
Kim held her breath, feeling like a ball of fire inside her.
The heat crawled up her chest, burning so much her fingertips trembled.
Peter noticed something wrong and turned to look at her.
“What’s wrong?
You look so pale?”
Kim bit her lower lip hard, shaking her head weakly: “I’m fine.”
Seeing her body trembling uncontrollably, Peter reached out his right hand to touch her forehead: “Why so cold?”
After saying that, he turned on the car heater, warm air rushing in.
Kim thought of the corpse in the trunk and reached to turn it off.
“I don’t need the heater…”
Peter swatted her hand away, turned the steering wheel, and drove straight into the highway rest area.
“You’re freezing like this, not turning on the heater-do you want to catch a cold?”
Samantha’s comforting voice came from the back seat.
“Yes, Kim, women should treat themselves better, let’s rest at the service area.”
After saying that, she got out to go to the restroom once the car stopped.
Peter walked to the passenger side and opened the door.
“I’ll take you to the service area for some hot water, then find a clinic to see a doctor.”
Kim shook her head, unwilling to get out: “No need, I know my own body.”
Peter grabbed her hand without a word, trying to pull her out, but his expression changed drastically when he touched
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her wrist.
“Why no pulse?”
Kim remembered Peter used to be a med student and quickly pulled her hand back.
“It’s just the cold, the pulse isn’t clear.”
She explained instinctively, not wanting Peter to see more clues.
The phone rang.
Kim picked it up and saw it was a call from the funeral home.
She avoided Peter and walked to the rear of the car to answer.
“Hello, we need to issue a cremation certificate, could you confirm the deceased’s name again?”
Kim gently touched the trunk, her voice hoarse: “Kim.”
“Okay, the funeral requires a family member to receive the coffin in the chapel and hold the funeral portrait. Is that you…”
Hearing the staff’s question, Kim blurted out: “I can’t come, I have something to do.”
The other end hesitated: “If you’re not coming, who will deliver the body?
And which family member should we arrange?”
Snow began to fall sparsely from the sky.
Kim reached out to catch a snowflake, looking at Peter who was also on the phone nearby.
“The body will be delivered by her friend Peter, in the SUV’s trunk.”
“As for the funeral service process, he’ll handle it all.”
Putting down the phone, Kim felt her body become much lighter.
Peter, this time, let it be our real farewell…
She sat back in the passenger seat, quietly waiting for Samantha to return before leaving.
But after hanging up, Peter walked straight to the driver’s seat.
He got in the car and started the engine directly.
Seeing him about to leave, Kim quickly said: “Samantha isn’t back yet.”
“Samantha isn’t coming with us, a driver will pick her up later.”
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After saying that, he fastened his seatbelt.
Kim’s phone received a Facebook message from Samantha.
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“Kim, my mom says it’s disrespectful to the deceased for a girl to visit a funeral home during her period. So Peter will
go as my representative to accompany you. Let’s meet up another day.”
She replied with an ‘Okay’, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
Peter was already driving on the highway.
The car was quiet, and they could clearly hear each other’s breathing.
Kim slightly curled her palm and turned to look out the window.
Suddenly, Peter’s question came to her ears: “After the funeral, where are you planning to go?”
Kim paused, not knowing how to answer.
After the funeral, she would disappear from this world completely.
Where she would go afterward depended on the Grim Reaper’s arrangement.
“I don’t know.”
She said honestly.
But Peter gripped the steering wheel tightly, his dark eyes surging with emotion.
“Kim, don’t you have any plans for your life? Have you just been living day by day all these years?”
Kim lowered her eyes, her voice very soft: “I guess so.”
After all, her life had already ended, and every minute and second now was a gift from the Grim Reaper.
Thinking of Peter and Samantha about to enter the marriage hall.
She thought about it and still spoke the heartfelt blessing from the bottom of her heart.
“Peter, I’d like to wish you and Samantha a happy marriage and lasting happiness in advance.”
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