Revenge After Death

I glanced up, realizing it was already raining.

"Everything's fine now," Steven reassured me gently.

"You knew I would be okay, didn't you?" I looked at him.

Steven's gaze flickered, then he shook his head. "I believed you'd be fine."

His words were ambiguous, and I could tell he was changing the subject.

"Let's go home." Steven led me to the car.

On the way home, he told me that Michael had regained consciousness. I nodded indifferently; it didn't really concern me whether he was conscious or not.

"Yasmin has been by his side all the while. It's highly likely that he'll think Yasmin is you," Steven said, as if he wanted to prepare me in advance, worried that I might not be able to handle the shock.

"Good for him." I nodded.

truth anyway. This

seemed quite certain that Yasmin was

at home

trafficking lead. Rachel had also visited me a few times, mentioning that Zion had left Huma for a mission, which seemed quite dangerous. I suspected it was

nothing on Peter. However, I hadn't anticipated that Howard had been diagnosed with cancer long ago and needed medical parole.

did indeed have a way to get out of

at home," Rachel said during her

a lot had happened while I stayed home these past

hadn't left the house for several days,

he might have gone to the usual place

over me; I feared Steven might fall into Yasmin's scheme. If she could deceive Michael so many times, perhaps she

I sat on the

really what I wanted? I began to question the meaning of

ignorance and fear just to survive? Wasn't my

find those missing teenagers, " Rachel reassured