Revenge After Death

I sat in the bathtub, clutching my phone with trembling hands.

Howard and Peter's schemes had kept me housebound for a long time. Yet, I feared that Steven might fall prey to Yasmin's deception, leaving me alone and unresolved about my murderer. Suddenly, my phone buzzed. It was Steven.

I breathed a sigh of relief and answered the call in panic, but it wasn't Steven's voice on the other end.

"Stephanie Carlson... " a strange, distorted voice came through, courtesy of a voice changer.

My nerves instantly tightened upon hearing the mention of "Stephanie Carlson".

"I heard you haven't given up on finding out the serial killer," the voice said with sinister amusement.

I gripped my phone nervously, my body trembling uncontrollably. "Who are you? Where's Steve? Why do you have his phone?"

"I'm the serial killer, I'm God... " the voice lowered, then suddenly laughed. "You can call me 'the Juricator'."

I stood up abruptly, my vision darkening. "Steve... Where's Steve?"

"Because of you, he tried to hunt me down... What a pity. Even 'God' shows weakness when it possesses feelings." The voice's laugh grew eerier. "He was too eager to prove himself, too eager to catch me." "What do you want?" I asked, quivering, "Please, don't hurt Steve."

don't tell anyone, or else... he dies," the

Steve." I stumbled out of the bathtub, limping quickly toward the door, ignoring the injury

has deduced the Death List, but unfortunately, it isn't complete." The voice chuckled. "He's very smart, but... love has turned him into

cold. "What have

fell into my hands?" The eerie voice continued

quickening. So, this was the killer... the one I had been searching for, the one who

Keep walking, or else I'll kill him." The person on the other end

see a minivan within

me speak to Steve first," I stated cautiously, holding the phone

voice

to remain conscious, knowing he's

my fingers

up on my WhatsApp, sent from

photo of Steven lying unconscious, an IV drip attached to his

panic seized me, my entire body trembling

lunatic had confined Steven in a glass cabinet resembling a