Chapter 17

“Forget it. You’re not fit to have it anyway.” Michael pushed my arm aside and turned to leave.

I ignored him. He was just acting up as usual. I walked into my bedroom and started packing what I needed for going abroad.

There were only two months left. Time would pass by in a blink of an eye. I’d be free before I even

knew it.

Back then, I’d been so gullible to believe everything would be over once I left the country in two months. Never had it occurred to me that Michael would be the reason I died.

As fate would have it, Michael was the one who saved my life, and he also turned out to be the reason. it ended.

In the end, we were even.

The rumbling of thunder brought me back to the present. I gave myself a hard slap, but I felt no pain.

It was only then that I came to terms with the fact that I was already dead. I no longer had to live in pain and suffering anymore.

A police car came and took Steve away, who was out cold. The ambulance had also taken Benson away.

“Mr. Ford, do you have any news of your sister?” Zion had exited the police car to ask Michael.

Michael frowned. “She can’t hide for much longer.”

kept quiet and bent down to pick a photo off the ground, which was the photo Michael had shown to Steve.

my photo. His brows were furrowed as though contemplating something. Perhaps he remembers me. He’d seen me before, after

your sister sexually harassed at the Nocturnal two months ago?” As he was a police officer, Zion had an excellent

he was recalling the incident. “Yes. Something of the

raised his head and looked at him. “The Ford family is considered pretty prestigious in Huma. Your sister had no need to sell her

question. “Officer Landon, Stephanie isn’t that kind of

laugh escaped me. Michael didn’t say that to defend my reputation. He was simply

I must have gotten the wrong idea.”

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clearer than the other photos you provided before. I’ll take this for

then got into his car

men, “Go look into the sexual assault case at the Nocturnal two months ago. See if it is somehow related to this case in any

you suspecting that Stephanie’s been targeted way earlier?”

the assailant frequented the Nocturnal. They were all women who

couldn’t hear what I said anyway. I could only pray that he would uncover

orphanage, one of his colleagues hopped

Carlson and Michael Ford’s relationship, and I really found

adopted Stephanie, so she isn’t biologically related to Michael. In fact,

things to be so complicated between me

girlfriend is Yasmin Bailey. He insisted on breaking off the marriage arrangement with

efficient in their investigation. They managed to find out

as I listened to the conversation. Yet,

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