From Chloe's room, I went to Julian Vance's office. A proper funeral was the last thing I could still arrange for Evelyn.
I wanted a coffin chosen with care, her name cut into stone and a place for flowers in the Croft family mausoleum. None of it could help her now.
Julian was signing files when I entered.
"I need the release forms. I'm moving Evelyn to the Croft family mausoleum, and I want a headstone made in her name."
He set down his pen. "There's one more document. Her last one."
He watched me for a moment before opening the folder. The anger from the medical wing had settled into exhaustion.
He slid a formally witnessed statement across the desk. At the bottom, two lines had been added in Evelyn's handwriting.
**Next of kin to be notified: None.**
Below it was her final clau
