Chapter 104: Effect

"B-Because... no one... got..." he stammered, still trying to crawl toward me.

No one else had been here except me, so he had every reason to believe the camera would remain undiscovered.

They showed conversations with various people-wealthy and influential figures-discussing illegal transactions. It seemed he kept these as leverage to blackmail them if they didn't comply with his demands. Tricky, but I had to admit, I liked it.

"Is this how you handled the situation five years ago?" I asked coldly, staring at him. My symptoms were worsening, but my anger overpowered the pain.

My vision darkened when I saw two specific videos. There was no audio, but I could clearly identify the people in them. One featured Silver, the other Simon. Was this why my father wanted him executed?

When he didn't answer, I removed the memory card from the camera and tucked it into the tip of my shoe.

"Johanson Windwood, a senator for almost a decade, soon to run for president... What do you think will happen when everyone finds out about your dirty secrets?"

I trusted Evangeline to extract more evidence against this scumbag, but what I held now was substantial enough to ruin his reputation and his illegal ventures. "W-Who are you?" he croaked.

"Oh, I'm Sapphire," I answered with a smirk. "Simon Parker's illegitimate daughter."

I noticed him attempting to press the red button under the table, but I swiftly pulled him away.

"This is for your own good, senator. You're going to get killed."

I wasn't lying. The contents of his camera would undoubtedly lead to his assassination if anyone else discovered them.

But I needed answers before the poison took me.

I drank the poison, but I had no intention of dying.

antidote isn't in my bag. Where the fuck

I forced myself to stay strong. "If you

this? It's an antidote. Amazing, right?" I

was the same poison I'd put in the wine-the

soft, yet it echoed through

were turning pale, and his breathing became more labored. "Does your father know about this? Out of everyone in the world, I'm the last person

breath, clenching my fists and biting my lower lip as my vision blurred and the room spun. I was running

the signal, Evangeline? How would I know if everything was set and I could leave? I badly needed the antidote. Of all things to forget, why did it have

grabbed my bag and pulled out a crumpled photo. "But

It showed Ash, his face still

that guy-where he's been and what he's been up to for the past five years." Don't die yet. I need

he vomited blood right in front of me. Some even splattered on me, but I paid no

at his neck, the veins were bulging, and his

he's not..." he

He's not what?" I asked him in panic, but he

violently. I froze for a

same symptoms. My heart ached, as if it were

before I arrived. Then it must have mixed with the poison I gave

of combining the

turned on my mouthpiece

and

waiting for me

gave him," my voice laced with panic. "Someone

their clients wouldn't act like that. This only meant one thing-he employed such tactics because he didn't trust the people he was dealing with.

companies. He knows something, and they want to dispose of

to save him... to uncover the information locked in his mind. It's not something we'll find here,

for is located

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