Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"All right, Stan, I think you're right. What if Xyla hates us when she finds out later?" Sharon Lindt asked.

Stanley Batton frowned deeply, feeling mixed emotions. "I'd rather be hated by her than have her go through an emotional breakdown."

Xyla Quest was already devastated. If she found out about her father's death, things would only worsen.

The consequences might be dire if the emotional stress takes a toll on her.

He wouldn't allow that to happen, even if Xyla ended up hating him.

He needed to protect his wife.

Sharon instantly nodded in agreement. "All right, Stan, I'll do as you say. What do we do next?”

Stanley furrowed his brows. "Send his body to the morgue but don't proceed with cremation just yet. Get an autopsy first."

His mother's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this. "Do you suspect there might be something behind his death?" He frowned again. "Just as a precaution."

It was better to investigate Jeremy Quest's death thoroughly since it happened a little too suddenly.

Sharon nodded immediately. "All right, I'll do as you say."

"Don't worry about it, I'll handle the rest," he assured her.

"Okay, but how will I face Xyla when she wakes up? I feel like I've indirectly caused her father's death," she said.

"Do what you need to, but don't be weird about it. And let's not jump to conclusions about the cause of his death." Since Betty showed up, Xyla had a premature delivery, and then her father died without a cause.

Perhaps there was a connection between those incidents?

The timing of these incidents seemed a little too coincidental.

in Stanley's

deeply. "All right, don't worry.

Instead, he silently hung up and called Zack Cassidy on the

Keep this a secret, and don't let anyone else find out. Also,

the morgue. Don't let anyone modify the autopsy

up the phone and continued searching for Yaksha,

step he made

mid-winter season, the mountain was covered in snow that reached

bellow, sounding like it

place used to look lush and lively, but now, wilted and lifeless trees were everywhere he looked with no green

the snow, he continued to walk forward

a

mask, with a

contained root

saw Stanley

there with her? [was

thought of his children

facial expression turned gloomy

observed this, he promptly straightened and asked, "What's the matter? Did

"Yes." Stanley frowned again.

happened?" Yaksha

him everything

in his eyes and then quickly took a few steps back.

ask you if there's any way we could find the nine-tailed demon fox," Stanley said with a look of urgency and panic

rarely showed his emotions, he

in his

a way, don't you?" Stanley immediately asked when he noticed the

the question, Yaksha then fixed a determined look at the younger man. "Yes, I do. Come with me." Stanley