Chapter 17

“Forget it. You’re not fit to have it anyway.” Michael pushed my arm aside and turned to leave.

I ignored him. He was just acting up as usual. I walked into my bedroom and started packing what I needed for going abroad.

There were only two months left. Time would pass by in a blink of an eye. I’d be free before I even

knew it.

Back then, I’d been so gullible to believe everything would be over once I left the country in two months. Never had it occurred to me that Michael would be the reason I died.

As fate would have it, Michael was the one who saved my life, and he also turned out to be the reason. it ended.

In the end, we were even.

The rumbling of thunder brought me back to the present. I gave myself a hard slap, but I felt no pain.

It was only then that I came to terms with the fact that I was already dead. I no longer had to live in pain and suffering anymore.

A police car came and took Steve away, who was out cold. The ambulance had also taken Benson away.

“Mr. Ford, do you have any news of your sister?” Zion had exited the police car to ask Michael.

Michael frowned. “She can’t hide for much longer.”

off the ground, which was the photo Michael had shown to Steve. It was an ID photo I had taken in preparation for my documents to

was stunned when he saw my photo. His brows were furrowed as though

Nocturnal two months ago?” As he was a police officer, Zion had an excellent memory

like he was recalling the incident. “Yes. Something of the sort happened.”

family is considered pretty prestigious in Huma. Your sister had no need to

displeased by the question. “Officer Landon, Stephanie isn’t that kind

escaped me. Michael didn’t say that to defend my reputation. He was simply doing it for the Ford

have gotten the wrong idea.”

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is clearer than the other photos you provided before. I’ll take this for now, and

into his car and left.

men, “Go look into the sexual assault case at the Nocturnal two months ago. See if it is somehow

suspecting that Stephanie’s

victim of the assailant frequented the Nocturnal. They were all women who led

only pray that he would uncover the truth

the abandoned orphanage, one of his colleagues hopped out of a

Carlson and Michael Ford’s relationship, and I really

related to Michael.

never expected things to be so

Ford’s official girlfriend is Yasmin Bailey. He insisted on breaking off the marriage arrangement with Stephanie to marry Yasmin.”

police were really efficient in their investigation. They managed to find out

standing beside Zion as I listened to the conversation. Yet, I wasn’t very much

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