LOGIN“What happened? Why are you back from the old residence?” Only then did Zachary realize how terrible Melvin’s mood was.Before Melvin could answer, Zachary asked tensely, “Did something happen to Sarah?”At the sound of Sarah’s name, Melvin’s hand paused around his glass. Then he continued drinking as if nothing had happened.Zachary noticed something was wrong with him and quickly stepped forward. “What exactly happened? What happened to Sarah?”The wound on her hand was already healing, so it should not have been because of the old injury. That meant something else must have happened recently, something he did not know about.“She’s fine. She just wants to be alone for a while.” Melvin leaned his head back with his eyes closed, as if doing so could make him feel a little better.But Zachary could not take those words in at all. In his memory, Sarah rarely asked to be left alone.“What exactly happened during this time? How is she really doing?”Zachary could not stop worrying
Before long, the tax authorities and market regulators also came to investigate. During the inspections, the shopping center had to cooperate and suspend operations once again.When the assistant reported everything that had happened at the shopping center over the past few days to Zachary one by one, Zachary’s face was livid. His fingers gripped the file tightly as he flipped through it in displeasure.“Mr. Reynolds, this is everything that has happened over the past few days. The specific details and investigation results are all included in the file,” the assistant reported nervously.These tactics were far too obvious. The other side did not seem to be hiding their intentions at all.“Have we found out who is behind this?” Zachary asked, his face tense.Standing to the side, the assistant swallowed and replied in a low voice, “Not yet. But it’s obvious they’re only trying to give us a warning.”The assistant thought carefully about the people the company might have offended i
The moment Shane saw him, his anger flared all over again. He immediately demanded, “Are you really going to help an outsider deal with me?”Compared to Shane’s fury, Melvin was much calmer. He looked at him and answered each word clearly.“She is not an outsider. Uncle David was not an outsider either. As long as you tell us…”Before he could finish, Shane cut him off.“Shut your mouth! You are my son. How can you say something like that?”Melvin felt there was no point in continuing to argue with him. Since Shane refused to speak now, then he would push him until he was willing to speak.After giving the bodyguards a few instructions, Melvin turned and left.Behind him, Shane was still shouting angrily, “Are you really planning to lock me up in this old house for the rest of my life?”Melvin turned back and looked at Shane, who was being held back by the bodyguards. His eyes were full of searching suspicion.“What exactly are you hiding?”For a moment, Shane could not say a
The uncle who had once protected her so carefully had stripped off his disguise, revealing someone so repulsive she could barely stand to look at him.From the corner of her eye, Sarah caught sight of David Sanders’s black-and-white portrait displayed in the foyer. Her eyes reddened despite herself.In the photo, her father looked serious and unsmiling, but the love in his eyes was impossible to hide. It was as if he were still watching everything unfold before him with quiet tenderness.If her father knew that the brother he had once trusted most had secretly wanted him dead, how much would that have hurt him?The people he hated were still standing right in front of him. Even in death, he could not truly rest in peace.At that thought, Sarah rushed to David’s portrait and raised her hand, gently touching the man behind the glass.Beyond the anger, what filled her heart most was pain for him.Without hesitation, Sarah picked up the portrait, turned, and left that suffocating pl
“Shane Sanders,” she said.Shane shot to his feet in anger. “Who taught you to address an elder by his full name? You have no manners at all.”Sarah did not get angry.She could sense the panic buried under Shane’s rage. Maybe even guilt.All that anger was just the visible form of a nerve being struck. He was rattled.“Tell me how you killed my father.”Shane shot Mrs. Sanders a cold glance. She shrank back in fear, but he still refused to change his answer.“I never killed him. Don’t make wild accusations without evidence.”“Where did you find the hitmen?” Sarah asked again.Shane frowned. “I said I didn’t kill him.”“Tell me. What methods did those hitmen use?”“Shut up! I didn’t kill him!”Sarah stopped looking at Shane and turned to Mrs. Sanders instead.“You tell me. You said Shane Sanders killed my father. How did he do it?”“How would I know?” Mrs. Sanders said. “All I know is that he had the idea and hired hitmen. I don’t know anything else.”“You bitch!” Shane’
He filled the glass to the brim with whiskey and downed it in one gulp.Then he slammed the glass back onto the table so hard it sounded as if it might shatter.“He had something to do with Uncle David’s death.”Sarah’s eyes turned cold at once. She shot up from the sofa.“What did you say?”Her entire body was like a startled bird, every nerve pulled tight.Even though all the evidence and witnesses had pointed toward Uncle Shawn, she had never truly believed he was the one who had killed her father.But now, those words had come from Melvin.From the cousin she trusted most.If anyone else had said it, she would have doubted them.But since Melvin had said it, then unless he had already found some kind of proof, he would never have spoken so carelessly.“Tell me how you found out.”Melvin lowered his eyes and continued, “My mother said it. Shawn pushed her too far, and she blurted it out. After she said it, Shawn started speaking incoherently. That was when I realized it
Mia looked at her freshly painted pink nails. A tiny bunny sticker sat on her ring finger. She gave a faint smile. “They’re pretty.”After what had happened last time, she had improved a little. At least now she could manage simple conversations with Lucas.As he carefully brushed on another coat
Nick frowned and reached a hand toward Lucy. “Grab my hand.”Lucy looked at him in pure terror. Her hand trembled as she stretched it out. “Nick!”Her soft, pale fingers landed in his palm.In the next second, Nick yanked her toward him and pulled her onto his horse in one clean motion. The saddl
The psychiatric hospital was even more heavily secured than the cemetery.Beyond the iron gate stood a towering metal fence, thick and reinforced, its top lined with sharp spikes. It even appeared to be electrified.Sarah stepped inside.Doctors and nurses moved briskly through the corridors, bus
Under the soft amber glow of the lamp, Lucas held Mia’s arm beneath the running water.As if sensing Sarah’s approach, he turned his head just a fraction, offering a sharp, silent look that told her not to utter a word. Sarah choked back a gasp, the sound dying in her throat. The bloody gashes marr







