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Chapter 6

Autor: Perfect Timing
The farce wasn't over yet. I wasn't done playing my cards.

I took out the call logs and handed them to Ryan. "Mr. Stewart, you went to college with Adam's father. Adam said his mom was in the ICU and that he desperately needed the prize money to save her life."

I pointed to the numbers on the papers. "These are the search records for all the top hospitals in the city. I called every one of them and gave them his mom's name and ID number."

My gaze fixed on Adam. "Not a single hospital has any
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    The police came pretty quickly. Three police cars pulled up at the corner of South Street, and five or six officers rushed into the basement.The evidence was clear as day. The door had been kicked in, a boning knife lay on the floor, and there were threatening messages from Adam on his phone.The police handcuffed Adam and hauled him to his feet.As Adam passed me, he struggled desperately, trying to turn around and bite me. "Felix, you bastard! I hope you rot in hell! You set me up!"The police hit him behind the knee with a baton and forced him into their vehicle.The lead officer glanced at Adam, who was bound tightly with zip ties, then looked at me. "Kid, you've got guts, and you didn't hold back either."My voice was calm. "He wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to defend myself.""It's self-defense, huh? Come on, you're coming with us to the station to give a statement."At the police station, I recounted everything that had happened, including Adam's previous attemp

  • My Psychic Mouse Just Saved My Life   Chapter 8

    Adam's hoarse voice came faintly through the door. " Felix, I know you're in there."I didn't respond. "Come out. We need to talk." Adam knocked on the door, his blows light but deliberate. "I was wrong. I really had nowhere else to turn. The debt collectors want to cut off my hands. Can you lend me the prize money? Just do it for old times' sake."I gripped the stun baton and stared coldly through the crack in the door."You're just going to stay quiet, huh?" Adam's voice changed, becoming dark and slightly maniacal. "You hate me for wanting to take your prize money. But do you think I don't know how much your family got for that house when it was demolished? You got more than 3 million dollars, right?"I asked you to lend me 20,000 dollars, but you refused no matter what. If you'd given me the money to pay off my gambling debts sooner, would any of this have happened? Felix, you drove me to the edge! You ruined my life! What gives you the right to take the money and live a good

  • My Psychic Mouse Just Saved My Life   Chapter 7

    The sunlight outside was so bright I had to squint.The mouse buzzed in my pocket. "Well done. But don't let your guard down. Adam owes money to online lenders. He was counting on the prize money to pay them back, but now that hope is gone. He'll go crazy."I walked straight out of the office building. "Where to?""Go to the police station and file a report. Then go to the bank, withdraw some cash, rent a basement on South Street, and buy a stun gun for self-defense."Without hesitation, I hailed a cab and headed toward the police station.When I arrived, I handed the officers all the original evidence of Adam's harassment, defamation, and attempt to defraud me of the 20,000-dollar prize money.There was more than enough for the police to open a case.By the time I finished my statement, it was nighttime. I sat on the roadside bench and logged into our school forum.I didn't need to make a post to clarify anything. The university's official announcement was already at the top o

  • My Psychic Mouse Just Saved My Life   Chapter 6

    The farce wasn't over yet. I wasn't done playing my cards.I took out the call logs and handed them to Ryan. "Mr. Stewart, you went to college with Adam's father. Adam said his mom was in the ICU and that he desperately needed the prize money to save her life."I pointed to the numbers on the papers. "These are the search records for all the top hospitals in the city. I called every one of them and gave them his mom's name and ID number."My gaze fixed on Adam. "Not a single hospital has any record of her being admitted."Adam pounced on me and tried to snatch the call logs away, but the security guards held him back.Mr. Stewart's expression hardened. He pulled out his phone and called Adam's father, Jeremy Page, and put him on loudspeaker.The phone rang twice before Mr. Page answered, with the sound of cards being shuffled in the background."Hey, Ryan, why the sudden call?" Mr. Page's voice was loud and hearty.Mr. Stewart's hand trembled. "Jeremy, how is your wife feeling?

  • My Psychic Mouse Just Saved My Life   Chapter 5

    The video appeared on the projector, showing my laptop screen. The time in the bottom right showed 11:52 pm.Then I opened the folder for Adam's competition account. There was only his sketch, first draft, and final draft. None of the so-called seven process files Adam submitted as evidence today were there.The video continued playing, showing me shutting down the laptop, putting it in my backpack, leaving the dorm, going downstairs, and walking into the security office.Then Wayne appeared on the screen, and I handed him the laptop.With that, the one-take video ended, with no cuts.For a moment, nobody spoke.Adam's lips trembled, his nails digging into the table. He rose suddenly, his voice hoarse as he shouted, "T-This is fake! This video is fake! You deleted my files before recording it!"I ignored him and opened the second file on the USB drive. "This is the security footage that the school security department obtained, showing the outside of Building 6 and the security o

  • My Psychic Mouse Just Saved My Life   Chapter 4

    For the next three days, my life was a living nightmare. Someone photoshopped my pictures to make me look like a thief, tagged me, and called me trash on social media. The posts spread like wildfire, with thousands of people sharing them.Someone even put up a big poster outside my dorm and wrote in red ink. "You thief! Get off campus!"The mouse jerked. "This is nothing compared to what you went through in your past life. At least you can still fight back this time."I took a deep breath.The mouse told me to check the hospitals.I crouched in the stairwell leading to the rooftop and called the information line at the city's general hospital. After I gave them Adam's mom's name and the last four digits of her ID number, the person on the other end said, "There are no records of this patient being admitted in the past month."I called a second, then a third, checking with every major hospital in the city to no avail.There was no record of Adam's mom ever being hospitalized.It

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