Chapter 75~ Following a lead

Claire turned her head and fell on her ass when she saw the tall figure standing behind her.

“O-Oliver?” She asked with uncertainty. What was going on?

The man she thought was dead was standing before her, looking as healthy as a horse save for the few bruises on his handsome face and the cast and sling that plastered his broken right arm to his chest.

'Is he a ghost?' She mused, blood draining from her face.

“It’s me, Angel… did you think I was that corpse?” Oliver’s deep voice reached Claire’s ears and convinced her that she wasn’t seeing things.

Oliver was alive! She wasn't in some crazy dream where she imagined his presence and he wasn't the corpse that she had been crying over a few minutes ago.

Her heart jumped and she stood up, rushing toward Oliver before wrapping her arms around his neck while he wrapped his left arm around her waist.

“Thank God! I thought I lost you,” Claire cried despite a sense of relief washing over her.

Her heart squeezed at the pain that h