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.

in the burning room,” Ewan said as he pushed open the now

at the doorway

stiffly trembling with fear for reasons I couldn’t understand.

room was desolate, with only a bed frame blackened

from the children’s

visible.

on the ground, overwhelmed by a nauseating sensation in my stomach.

to imagine the pain and despair Steven and Simeon endured while trapped in this

room.

and

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they were engulfed by the suffocating smoke. The marks on the wall seemed to narrate their desperation at that moment.

them sooner?” I choked out, my heart sinking into

Lincoln family faced a massive tragedy. Along with the orphanage fire, Mr. Andy, his wife, and children died in a car accident. Mr. Lincoln Senior was devastated, and

croaked, and tears started streaming down

tried to persuade him to leave. He insisted on waiting for someone there, saying he

“It was simply a post–trauma response. With patience and family support, he could have gotten better. But Mr. Andy’s