Part 4: The Man Who Was Supposed to Be Dead

For several seconds, neither of us spoke.
The bus continued along the road, but I barely noticed the movement.
I wanted to scream. I wanted to call the police. I wanted to grab his face and make sure I wasn’t imagining everything.
Instead, I whispered the only question I could think of.
“How?”
Márk looked down at his hands.
“I can’t explain everything here.”
“Then where? At the cemetery? At the police station?”
He flinched when I mentioned the police.
That reaction told me something important.
Whatever had happened, it wasn’t a simple misunderstanding.
He leaned closer.
“Listen carefully. The people who arranged everything believe I’m dead. If they discover that I’m alive, both of us could be in danger.”
I pulled away.
“Who arranged what?”
He looked toward the front of the bus.
Then he said something that made my stomach turn.
“The accident wasn’t an accident, Anna.”
I stared at him.
“Are you telling me someone tried to kill you?”
He nodded slowly.
“And they needed everyone to believe they succeeded.”









