Chapter 950

"He's our mentor, Grant. Once a mentor, always like family. How can you treat him like this?" Chloe asked, her voice tinged with desperation.

Grant remained unfazed. "Have you forgotten how he treated us back then? The deceit, the scams-we went through a lot because of him."

"Sure, he might be a bit greedy and not always the most honest, but when it came to the big stuff, he never let us down. Grant, you can't keep tormenting him."

Chloe's eyes were red, tears slipping unchecked down her cheeks. "He's just an old man now, Grant. What did he do to deserve this?"

Grant's gaze fixed on the tears at the corner of her eyes, his brow furrowing slightly. After a pause, he finally spoke. "Come outside with me."

"Let him go," Chloe pleaded.

do that, but I promise you I won't torment him

her pleas. But agreeing to stop the torment was the biggest concession he could offer. She also

trailing behind. As she climbed the steps,

cut right to the

Are you the one running

secrecy? What's

swirling in her mind. After

didn't answer directly but said, "I want to show

with Chloe following closely. Eventually, he led her to the back of the estate, a place dotted with countless old graves. The tombstones were in disrepair, many half-buried in wild grass,

the voices of the souls beneath. It was

warm

felt like being at the edge of the underworld, achill

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