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

no sound. Tanner tried to decode it

was multi-talented-maybe she could

Senator Windwood's fear was palpable as he kept swallowing

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

my spine at the menacing look

I were in Senator Windwood's shoes, I'd probably forget how to

Blood dripped from his nose as he struggled to catch his

tossing the bat to the floor.

slid it under her pillow, keeping the phone

everyone wanted him dead. I wonder what they were talking about." I shrugged, though I had an idea. It had to do with what I'd been hiding-the

think to look. Even if I were kidnapped or

at the right time, using it to strike everyone

the video..." I whispered, pointing at her phone. "That wasn't

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

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

impersonating Ash," I stated firmly, staring at the wall as anger brewed within me. "He's being

remembered the DNA evidence Kesha and Luna had found in the computer room. The imposter was framing Ash again, trying

told me repeatedly he wasn't the one who

fully trust him, given his secrets, I couldn't ignore the possibility that something sinister

confidently, grinning. "At first, I'll admit, I thought he shot you. But over time, I realized Ash isn't

if I had, my anger always overshadowed any

down. My instincts had always been

was deeply wrong, like the dark aura

was sure now they weren't Ash. But what if my instincts failed me

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