Revenge After Death

Chapter 174

Michael was convinced that Steven was the murderer.

“I’ll show you. He’ll confess that he was the murderer,” he said in a hoarse voice as he

drove.

Meanwhile, I sat quietly in the passenger seat, feeling powerless and exhausted. “What… are you going to do?”

“Since he’s a lunatic, I’ll make sure he stays like that forever.” Michael was driving toward the abandoned asylum.

Suddenly, I realized what Michael was planning to do–he was going to push Steven and force him to tell the truth. He was going to make Steven admit that he had killed Stephanie.

When we arrived at the asylum, Michael dragged me to a small room and made me watch the surveillance monitor.

“You don’t believe that he killed someone, do you? You don’t think he’s a lunatic, right? Well, sit and watch then.”

“Everything’s ready, Mr. Ford,” the assistant said to Michael.

I watched in horror as the monitor flickered to life.

Michael’s intentions were clear–he was going to use the past events to provoke Steven and rub salt on his wound.

“Mentally ill patients are incapable of distinguishing reality from dreams. They might perceive the world as unreal and, consequently, express his innermost thoughts,” a doctor in a white coat solemnly stated.

I turned to him, clasping my hands tightly. “You’re Quentin Long, the doctor who exposed the scandal of the asylum, right?”

Quentin nodded.

“Since you rescued Steven, you should know that he’s not a bad person… So, why are you helping Michael with this? You’re adding insult to his injury,” I questioned him.

a while before saying, “He

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wife. In fact, he’s the reason she’s

That shameless asshole.

he grabbed my chin from behind and forced me to watch the monitor.

man suddenly burst into the room on the monitor.

it seemed like he’d come in

Steven repeatedly called my name.

here?” I asked through gritted

up in the alley. He was there to abduct me so

use me to threaten

said in a low tone as he forced me to look at

the monitor.

my hands as I watched Steven standing

my heart

the metal door behind him was

cold eyes stared into the camera

eyes on the

before

work.

sat silently for a while. Then, he stood up and pressed the play

computer.

the light dimmed before a video was projected onto the screen

past experiences

tightly gripped my hands as I watched the video on

was desperately pounding on the mental door

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