Tears for a Heartless Fate

Serena Jensen paled instantly. She trembled as she took out her phone.

The screen saver that had always been a photo of me had been replaced by a wedding photo of her and Myles Sheldon.

After she pressed the call button, a melodious ringtone came from my pocket.

I playfully answered Myles' blood-covered phone. "Hello? Darling, why did you not come to save me? I am so scared..."

Serena grabbed my collar forcefully. "What did you do to Myles?"

Just when I was about to suffocate, the deputy captain, Frederick Gills, rushed over and pulled us apart. "Captain Jensen, calm down! This is a live interrogation!"

Serena gritted her teeth and asked me, "Where is Myles?"

I spread my hands, and the handcuffs clinked. "I do not know. Since you can catch me, I believe you can also find him."

"Channing Jones!" Serena's eyes were so red that they almost seemed to bleed.

"Myles considered you his best friend. When you were bullied as a child, he defended you. Your father was ill and needed to be hospitalized, it was him who arranged a ward and took care of him every day. He did more than you did. Even when you could not gather the medical fees, he took out his savings to help you. Is this how you repaid Myles?"

The giant livestream screen at the side was flooded with comments racing across the display.

[Gosh, could it be Dr. Myles Sheldon from Citizen Hospital?]

[I remember him! He is such a kind soul. When my dad was seriously ill and I could not afford the medication, Dr. Sheldon secretly spent his own money on countless medications for me.]

[Good people die young! This damned murderer must be severely punished!]

Faced with those accusations, I scoffed and turned my head away, unbothered to look anymore.

Serena was enraged by my reaction. She took the lucky charm off Myles' phone charm and slammed it down in front of me.

"Myles only spoke with me a little more often because of your father's condition, yet you became suspicious and paranoid, insisting that Myles had deliberately seduced me. You even stabbed him!

"I detained you as part of an official investigation, but Myles pitied you and personally wrote a letter of forgiveness to release you. Yet you disappeared without a trace! Myles was so worried about you that he could not eat. Myles took great efforts to get you this lucky charm. He prayed for your safety every day, but you killed four people, including him!"

Serena's voice was hoarse, and her eyes were filled with a hatred that seemed to want to tear me to pieces.

"Do you know that your father was already dying while you were in custody?

"Myles endured a knife wound to try and save your father. It was a 12-hour surgery, yet he did not drink a drop of water. Your father did not make it, and Myles broke down crying, even insisting on handling your father's funeral arrangements himself. He said it was all his fault, and he took leave every year to visit your father's grave on his death anniversary. He did so much for you, but this is how you repaid him!"

My eyes welled up with tears at the mention of my father.

When Serena saw my change in emotion, she softened her tone. The hand that had once shyly accepted my engagement ring while she smiled now rested on my shoulder. "Channing, where did you hide Myles? If you sincerely repent, I can try to get you leniency."

I looked up, smiling through my tears. "Leniency? Serena, you traitorous piece of trash; what right do you have to offer me leniency?"