Chapter 145

“He’s not dead yet…” Steven shoved away the people around him and went to feel the man’s pulse. “He’s not going to live…”

Zion called an ambulance.

Michael quickly took several steps back, clearly never having seen such a bloody sight. before. Meanwhile, everyone else had run outside the house to heave their stomach contents out. They had pretty much ruined the crime scene.

“The murderer was able to calculate how long it’d take for this victim to die… “Steven said in a panicked tone as he knelt on the floor. “He knew what time we’d arrive and what time we’d find this victim. He wanted us to watch him dic…

Just like how the murderer had done to Stephanie.

I walked forward, feeling numb as I looked at the body. “It’s the orphanage director’s husband.”

I had seen this man before in Steven’s photos.

“If the murderer was able to shove such a heavyset man into the shoe cupboard, then he must definitely be a strong adult,” Zion said sullenly.

That was the only way the murderer could’ve moved a body around and shoved a man on the verge of death into this small cupboard.

“Maybe… the victim climbed in there himself.” Steven pointed at the footsteps which Michael and the other movers had disturbed on the ground. “There was only one set of

footprints.”

something else that’s scary too. The murderer didn’t leave behind fingerprints, hair, or any clues. Even camera footage is useless because we can’t identify

saw the other day at home had an extremely scarred face from burn injuries. and looked incredibly

he originally looked like.

said. The murderer had been taking the

fools.

turned to Michael. “Why did you come here at this late

at me, displeased. “These are all my

went up and slapped him in the face. “Can you be more considerate

told you, this house is in my name, so you guys are the ones who are trespassing!”

night, Michael Ford? If you don’t give a reasonable explanation, I

met a fortune teller who told me… that Stephie died a terrible death and her soul is currently wandering unbound. The fortune teller

believed in the metaphysical suddenly believe in this sort

cast a suspicious look at him. “Something’s wrong with that

too big of a coincidence.

did you meet this fortune

gone to Stephanie’s grave again today.

I suspected even more that Michael had negatively affected my journey to the afterlife.

other police officers and backup had arrived.

no saving him even after

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