The Woman From Hell

I turned around to glance at Theo beside me. "Don't worry, I'll be back in a while."

Theo looked at me and nodded firmly.

I followed the black-clad men to a room door. The two opened the door for me.

In the spacious living room, I saw Alex sitting in a wheelchair from afar. He was motionlessly gazing out at the scenery outside the window with his back facing me, completely defenseless.

"It seems like you really enjoy admiring the scenery, Mr. Hodds. Are you worried that we'll spoil the atmosphere if we come in together?"

I was displeased by his actions earlier. He turned around with a smile. "You don't have to be so angry, Mrs. Grant. Have a seat."

As he said that, he pointed at the individual seat on the sofa. The seat was positioned directly opposite a coffee table with a tablet on it.

I was a little puzzled.

"I had long predicted your arrival, so I prepared a gift for you in advance."

to the tablet, and

played the video. On the screen, Munchkin was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed like he had fallen asleep. I saw a large respirator resting on his

urge inside of me. "What's

smiled calmly as though we were talking about a

look for Munchkin after you left. This is a portion of the footage we retrieved from the other party's monitor. As soon as you sign

his face. "It seems like you think that the conditions

smile

you're really naive for trying to fool me into signing the agreement with a video clip? Do I seem that childish to

life like child's play but not

away. Maybe the one lying here right now was not Munchkin at all. Why

kindergartener

boast, Mrs. Grant, but you know better than anyone that

the smug look on his

much longer to live. "But even so, I won't hand him over to a demon. If he'll spend the rest of

answer to the question

unprepared, but I had