Chapter 108

Mersu

Through the car window, Evan saw the black sports car, just a few meters away. It was the same license plate. “Don’t panic, follow,” he said, his calm voice reassuring.“Yes,” Gary replied, steadily increasing speed to match the car. Evan relayed the information to Sherry, who would inform the police. He also dispatched Cody for backup.

After about fifteen minutes, the car entered a gated community. Their car couldn’t follow.“Isn’t that Ms. Frost’s old house?” Gary exclaimed. Evan’s eyes darkened as he watched the black car disappear into the complex. He picked up his phone and called Julian…

to the acrid smell of gasoline. Gasoline coated my body, hair, and clothes, oily and cold against my skin. I was slumped against something soft, like a sofa, my hands and feet bound with duct tape. It was dark.

I’d been tricked. I struggled to stand, but I couldn’t move. My fingers were useless; my mouth was

on the floor outside. A small, dark figure entered. Even

flame flickered. Her pretty face was alternately illuminated

“Are you

the lighter above my head.“Don’t worry, it’ll just hurt a little when you burn. You’ll look ugly as a charred corpse. And… Julian seeing you like that would make him sick. That’ll be your final image in his memory–ugly and disgusting.”

reveling in the imagined scene.

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