Chapter 131: I Finally Found A Lead

"I expected you to be shocked, but I didn't expect you to scream like you're in a haunted house, bitch!" Evangeline teased me, her laugh echoing through the entire room.

I shot her a glare, and she immediately stopped. Adjusting her position on the bed, she clamped her mouth shut.

Still, I could see her grinning in my peripheral vision.

My hand was trembling as I picked up the weird mask lying on the floor. "This is..."

"Ash's head," she finished my sentence before breaking into another fit of laughter.

I glared at her again, but this time, it didn't faze her.

She seemed to be having the time of her life watching my reaction, forgetting she was supposed to be a comatose patient in a hospital.

I examined the mask. Its skin is eerily realistic. At first glance, I even thought I was holding Ash's severed head. The facial features were disturbingly lifelike. Creating something of this quality would take not just immense resources but also an incredible amount of skill and time.

I was terrified and impressed. I'd never seen anything like it before, and such advanced craftsmanship made it clear the creator must have global influence. Whoever made this was powerful.

"And here," Evangeline called me again, her hand gesturing for my attention. "Look at this."

She pointed to her phone, connected to a USB adapter. I moved closer and watched a video playing on her screen.

It was a conversation between Ash and Senator Windwood. Ash sat on a couch, his hands resting on his knees, fingers intertwined.

Even on video, his presence was chilling, as if a dark aura surrounded him. I'd noticed it before but ignored it, too caught up in believing Ash had tried to kill me.

He smirked while staring at Senator Windwood, saying something I couldn't hear.

to turn up the volume, but Evangeline shook her

to decode it but got nothing. We'll need an

Kesha. She was multi-talented-maybe she could help decode

the video again. Senator Windwood's

the couch tightly, especially when Ash suddenly stood, grabbed a baseball

ran down my spine at the

shoes, I'd probably

clutching his waist in agony. Blood dripped from his nose as he struggled to catch

you do that," he smirked, tossing the bat to the floor. "Don't say I didn't warn you." The

USB adapter and slid it under her pillow, keeping the phone

guess everyone wanted him dead. I wonder what they were talking about." I shrugged, though I had an idea.

a place no one would think to

it at the right time, using it to strike everyone in one

the video..." I whispered, pointing

under the pillow. "What more proof do you need? I gave you the creepy mask,

was right. Everything was starting to align-the strange gut feelings, Haze's warnings. It all pointed

wall as

DNA evidence Kesha and Luna had found in the computer room.

told me repeatedly he wasn't the one

couldn't ignore the possibility that something sinister was happening behind

bad for them. I trust my first love," Evangeline declared confidently, grinning. "At first, I'll admit, I thought he shot you. But over time, I realized Ash isn't the type to

anger always overshadowed any rational

had always been sharp, and I trusted

aura I felt every time I encountered the

the one on the rooftop... I was sure now they weren't Ash. But what

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