Revenge After Death

Chapter 181

I understood that Aunty Lois was planning to ruin Steven in the same manner as we did

Michael.

I took a deep breath and got up from the couch. I wanted to ask Steven about the animal

abuse.

However, when I turned around, Steven was already sitting on the stairs. He gazed at me with reddened eyes, as if he were deeply aggrieved.

“Stephie…” Steven said softly, “Don’t settle it in private.”

“Michael won’t go down so easily. He’ll definitely fight back. In the worst–case scenario, he’ll only be detained for 15 days,” I told Steven.

Despite its significant impact on the Ford Group, this incident wouldn’t result in severe punishment for Michael.

“Detained for 15 days…” Steven seemed rather excited about it.

As long as Michael faced the music, he would be happy as a lark.

“Do you think the Ford family would just sit back and watch?” I sighed and sat next to Steven. “You don’t want to mess with The Ford family, especially Aun-

“Especially Mrs. Ford. It’s not the 15–day detainment that concerns them, it’s the impact of this incident on the company.”

Steven wrapped his arms around his legs and hunched over them with a pitiful expression. He looked like a huge abandoned dog.

gaze before saying, “When you… have an episode, do you abuse animals?”

looked back at me in silence. I noticed that

he aggrieved? Depressed? Or

accusing me of not trusting

I showed him the

to me.

and looked up at me. “If I say no,

it was difficult for me to blindly believe him when the proof was right there in front of me.

fullest in their publicity. They will attack you for your mental illness and blow it out of proportion…” I lowered my head, dreading

his phone. Otherwise,

published the year before, and

of animal abuse among the homeless population and had a picture of Steven holding a kitten covered in blood attached

1. it.

article was highly critical, likely written by a journalist, and nearly reduced the homeless population to being

received millions of views when it went viral

didn’t know how Steven went through it.

sure could be a

was hoarse, as if he was on the verge

for a sense of trust. However, upon finding nothing,

head as his eyes gradually reddened. Then, with tears

out and held his

seemed to be very sensitive

I called again, but he ignored me and ran off to the