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“You should… eat.” Steve’s hand was injured. It was obvious that someone had hurt him deliberately. Because of that, he couldn’t use cutlery. He could only raise the plate to his face in order to eat.

After a moment’s hesitation, he put down the plate. He hid in a corner and kept quiet.

I forced myself to put on a kind face and reached toward him. “Let me see your hands.”

I had to earn his trust as much as possible.

Steve was very cautious. After I stretched out my hand, he hesitated for a long time but still showed me his hands.

I took the chance to flip his hands up and down and inspect them closely. Indeed, they didn’t have the red birthmark that my murderer had.

Clearly, he wasn’t the person who actually killed me, but he was definitely related to the murderer somehow! If he wasn’t an accomplice, then he was a partner.

The serial killings, my parents‘ deaths, and the memories I lost after the accident….

There were too many truths… They blurred together, yet it felt like the answer was right on the tip of

my tongue.

Just what was the truth?

“Does it hurt?” I looked up at Steve, trying to win his affection.

was

beautiful, large eyes were filled with innocence and warmth.

wounds on the pads of each of his fingers and couldn’t stop myself from

in the head. No matter

from escaping from here.” Steve

of the window. We were

with his fingertips like this and the unhealed burns on the soles of his feet,

away.

took a deep breath, feeling a bit angry. “You need medicine

door! If you want him to produce an heir, the least

me. When I began to slam the door with my hand

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was a car accident “I nearly blurted

I said that, I

who had

Larson’s parents were still alive, as

ויי

die in a car accident,” I explained, attempting to cover it up.

said nothing. Suddenly, he

my name

to face

Steve got up and slowly

him coming close, so I instinctually

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