Revenge After Death

Chapter 179

The air fell quiet for a moment.

I sat on the couch, my fingers tensed up. “What?”

I thought I heard it wrong.

Or, could it be possible that my memory was wrong?

I recalled that I was in 12th grade that year. I was exhausted after all my studies, so I fell

asleep as soon as I got into the car.

In my memory, Dad drove for a long way. I couldn’t remember where we were headed, but I remembered lying on Mom’s lap, sleeping soundly.

“Turn down the music. Stephie’s sleeping.” I vaguely heard Mom softly scolding Dad.

“Andy asked me to meet at the Hymn Bridge. Let’s head over there.”

I couldn’t quite recall Dad’s exact words, but I remembered feeling excited to meet

someone.

“Isn’t that Andy’s car?” Mom asked.

“The orphanage has fostered two geniuses, and the superiors have high expectations for them. This is a good opportunity to promote our cause and inspire more people to join the public welfare movement. We have to raise awareness about orphaned and neglected.

children…

Bang!

stopped the car, a loud bang echoed, and

me out of the

“Stephie…”

froze as Mom held me tightly, sheltering me in

blood mingled with mine.

“Stephie…”

“Stay alive…”

“Stephie… Stephie!”

Chapter 179

couldn’t recall anything beyond the crash. I was

much time passed. It just felt as though

frozen.

when I regained consciousness, Michael was there beside

also vaguely remembered a figure rushing into the flames, risking his

out of the car…

then, the figure gradually

be that my memory was

graduation ceremony at Double Stars Welfare Home. Stephie’s parents and I had agreed to meet there. Then, when I

between a dump truck that was traveling in the wrong direction and an overloaded semi–truck. The

and continued

to witnesses, a teenage boy had bravely rushed into the flames to save Stephie. But when Stephie woke up, she couldn’t recall who had saved her,

it was Mike.