Revenge After Death

Chapter 38

Zion stared at his colleague in shock.

“How did we miss such an important clue before this?”

The female officer explained, “Things have been complicated with this orphanage. In the beginning, it was privately run, with not many records and files. Moreover, the orphanage director was exposed several years ago for constantly abusing and violating the children.

“Consequently, he was sentenced, and the orphanage was shut down. Some of the orphans who were not adopted were transferred to other welfare institutions. The information of those who were adopted is incomplete, making it difficult to trace.”

She continued, “It was when I started asking around the neighbors and family members of the victims that I found them all to be adopted. I probed further in this direction and discovered that all the deceased were indeed adopted from this orphanage.

“Many of the victims‘ families were initially unwilling to mention this but later confessed. It was all

because of this welfare home!”

“It seems that we were wrong from the beginning… We thought the victims were connected because they frequented nightclubs and other entertainment venues, but it seems to just be a coincidence, said Zion while lighting a cigarette in frustration.

1 looked at the policewoman in astonishment. If all the victims were females adopted from this welfare home, then something wasn’t right. I wasn’t an adopted child. I was my parents‘ biological child. Was I just unlucky?

“Mike, Yasmin….. I heard from Lily that Yasmin was actually adopted! The Bailey family has always been charitable. They must have liked Yasmin because she was intelligent, so they brought her home to keep Lily company!”

Jack said anxiously after he remembered something, “Is it possible that the killer was targeting Yasmin…”

it was not that the killer was targeting women wearing red dresses. Instead, the killer had

my face. The truth was that I died on Yasmin’s behalf. What kind of injustice was this? Why did I

“Stephie… No…”

from somewhere and was holding dearly to a photo frame. He was standing at the door. He handed the photo

at Steve with hatred.

just a liar and a psycho! A murderer! Stop acting, you

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so

shout to the whole world that he was a murderer, but no

the photo frame and looked up at Keenan

sou

wore red www.photographed in red

adoptive families took them away,

looked at Steve, who was easy to identify

“Is this you?”

Steve nodded.

orphan. She’s Mr. and Mrs. Carlson’s biological daughter. She’s also not

for me… She’s waiting

her. She’s waiting for the,” he continued while grabbing Zion’s arm anxiously.

the police in such a humble

find