Revenge After Death

Chapter 140

Ewan fell silent. He checked the time and asked, “Would you like to learn more about Mr. Lincoln? After all, you’re now his wife.

Ewan wanted to provide me with more insights into Steven.

I looked up in tears. “Okay.”

Ewan remained silent as he led me to the abandoned orphanage.

“When Mr. Lincoln was 19 years old, Mr. Lincoln Senior intended for him to pursue his Ph.D. abroad. But that day, a fire broke out at the orphanage. Someone deliberately locked him and Simeon in a room, trapping them inside. If we hadn’t arrived in time, Mr. Lincoln would have perished as well.

The orphanage instilled a deep fear in me because I died here.

Fortunately, Ewan took me to the east wing of the orphanage.

“Maybe the culprit just wanted to frighten Steven and Simeon, but things spiraled out of control with the fire. The whole dormitory burned down. 19 kids perished that year, except for Steven and Simeon, who were older. The others were just seven or eight years old.”

I knew Steven and Simeon had returned to the orphanage for some annual event, where children around their age who hadn’t been adopted would gather for a ceremony.

Those who perished were the younger ones who hadn’t found a home.

smoke when we found them trapped in the burning room,”

at the doorway

trembling with fear for reasons I couldn’t

bed frame blackened by smoke against the scorched walls.

from the children’s struggle in the fire were still

visible.

mouth in fear as I shakily crouched on the ground, overwhelmed by

to imagine the pain and despair Steven and Simeon

room.

agony and feel their despair as their

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smoke. The marks on the wall

them sooner?” I choked out,

fire, Mr. Andy, his wife, and children died in a car accident. Mr. Lincoln Senior was devastated, and the entire family was engulfed in sorrow. They forgot that Mr. Lincoln was still at the

tears started

the orphanage and refused to listen to anyone who tried to persuade him to leave. He insisted on waiting for someone there, saying he had been asked to do so. Despite his injuries

wiped his tears and continued, “It was simply a post–trauma response. With patience and family support, he could have gotten better. But Mr. Andy’s death led to Mr. Lincoln