All Chapters of Dirty Stepbrother: Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

Right after the blast, there was a heavy thud on the recording, like a body hitting the floor,followed by the sound of quick, frantic footsteps moving away.The tape went completely silent. The little red light blinked one last time, and the screen wenttotally black. The battery was dead."No," I breathed, my voice cracking as hot tears finally spilled over my eyelashes, burning myswollen left eye. "No, no, no.""Jae," Sophie whispered, her hand touching my arm. "Jae, I’m so sorry. I didn't know. I swear Ididn't know she did that.""She shot him," I said, clutching the dead recorder against my chest. My body was shaking with a deep, agonizing sorrow. "It wasn't a robbery, Sophie. It wasn't even about the business merger.My dad died trying to protect me from the very beginning, entirely blind to the fact that his ownwife was the one holding the gun.""What are we going to do now?" Sophie asked, looking around the train car as it started to slowdown for our stop. "If Archer's law