Revenge After Death

Chapter 40

“Suicide? Ha! If she had the heart to die, she wouldn’t have caused Stephie’s death!” Rachel yelled

uncontrollably.

Her hatred toward Yasmin was intense, perhaps because I had become her scapegoat.

“Calm down for now. Go and see what’s going on first,” Zion intercepted the emotionally unstable Rachel and handed her over to Keenan. “Take care of her.”

Keenan nodded and held onto her.

“You’re a doctor too. You know more than anyone that you shouldn’t let emotions cloud your judgment at any time.”

Without saying anything, Rachel just stood there with red teary eyes.

Zion glanced at his watch and sorted things out at the scene before rushing to catch up with Michael.

He said, “Mr. Ford, I’ll go with you to check out the situation. Based on the current investigation, your wife, Yasmin, is also one of the girls who left the orphanage back then. So, the murderer will continue to target her.”

Michael’s steps froze for a moment. With a low voice, he said, “She’s not my wife…”

Zion was baffled by Michael’s odd behavior, but he didn’t say much. I followed behind the two and got

into the car too.

“The girls who left the orphanage back then have grown up and are now scattered throughout the city. There are no significant patterns to the list and order of deaths. It’s as if the murderer is seeking

revenge.

and continued, “If your wife isn’t afraid of dying, I wonder if

he didn’t want to suggest this, but Yasmin and Michael were the ones who had pushed me into

at Zion and teased, “As if he’d agree to that. He treasures Yasmin so much. How

seemed to be very bothered by the title. “Besides… something has

he’d

what were you thinking when you asked Stephanie to become bait, then? Or is it that in your

off guard, Michael sat there

body. Yes, my worthless life could never compare

been unstable. You heard it too just now, that she attempted suicide!” Michael fumed, glaring at

seemed Michael’s response had confirmed

My team and I think there’s a high probability that she’s still alive. If we don’t find her soon, she’ll die for sure,” said Zion

police and ultimately me. He was already being quite tactful with

to find the murderer now was to use Yasmin as bait to

hesitated.

had no place in his heart, and his choice was within my expectations. My feelings for him that

for him ended in the year 18th birthday.

Guests at the wedding reception hadn’t left, including Yasmin’s parents, who obviously looked

“Michael…”

came from a well–off family. It was just that they had gone bankrupt in recent years. That was why they needed Michael’s help.

Michael greeted as he lowered his

family and feeling a sense

call her ‘Mom‘ by

turned out

he opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came

just nodded and

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