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 mind

deeply. "All right, don't worry. I'll put on

Instead, he silently hung up

Keep this a secret, and don't let anyone else find out. Also, send the body to the morgue and get

on the morgue. Don't let anyone modify the autopsy results. Other than the pathologist, I

Stanley hung up the phone and continued searching for Yaksha, feeling

step he made

was covered in snow that reached his calves, leaving behind

winds continued to bellow, sounding like it would tear

and lifeless trees were

cold amidst the snow, he continued to walk forward calmly until he

found Yaksha, squatting next to a boulder

wearing his mask, with a serious

bamboo basket contained root plants of

he saw

you there with her? [was preparing to visit her after

thought of his children when he

his facial expression turned

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

"Yes." Stanley frowned again.

happened?" Yaksha asked

told him everything

eyes and then quickly took a few steps back. "I didn't think your creditor would exact revenge on

ask you if there's any way we could find the nine-tailed demon fox," Stanley said

rarely showed his emotions, he couldn't keep

had a conflicted look in his eyes and didn't

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

fists tightly upon hearing the question, Yaksha then fixed a determined look at the younger