Chapter 194
Feeling resigned, I simply nodded and pretended to go along with him. “Okay.”
“Stephie… I’m not mad at you,” Steven suddenly said.
“You forgot about me, but I’m not blaming you,” he spoke again.
For some reason, tears welled up in my eyes.
I couldn’t hold them back, and I didn’t even know why I was crying.
“Stephie… Please don’t cry.” Steven awkwardly wiped away my tears and pulled me into
his embrace. “Stephie, it’s all in the past now. Can you give me another chance?”
“Steven, I’ll get to know you again,” I whispered.
“Alright,” he said, sounding pleased.
It seemed like things were finally getting better. Everything was going to be alright.
“I went to see Carol today. Although she’s not as smart as the others, she seems to be involved in some shady business,” I whispered.
I wasn’t sure if Steven was aware of this or if he would lend a hand. But she was Simeon’s sister, after all.
Steven paused for a moment, a flicker of panic crossing his eyes. “You went to see her?”
I nodded.
“Don’t trust a word she says. Stay away from her.” Steven looked nervous as he held my face. “Stephie, from now on, don’t trust anyone but me.”
I saw Steven starting to panic, so I quickly nodded. “Okay, I trust you.“.
Steven finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, my phone rang.
I glanced at it and saw that it was Yasmin calling.
Well, that sure was something.
“Stephany, I’m getting discharged from the hospital,” she said.
“Are you crazy? Why are you calling me? You should call Michael if you’re getting
discharged,” I retorted, I wasn’t in the best mood.
“I know you’re with Michael.”
Now, wasn’t she good at figuring things out?
“He’s in the shower. Want me to call him over?” I teased,
Provoked, Yasmin took a deep breath. “Tonight, I’ll be working with the cops to lure out the murderer. Don’t you want to see who the murderer is?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t miss it.” I snorted. “Make sure you don’t die too easily.”
“Stephany, you imitated Stephanie well, but there are some secrets about her that you
don’t know.
“Come see me tonight, and we’ll wait for the murderer together. I’ll spill a secret about Stephanie. Those who know about it have almost ended up dead at the hands of the murderer.”
Yasmin’s words sounded intriguing, as if she was holding onto some incredible secret.
Huh? But what secret could there possibly be that I’m not aware of?
“And even if you’re Stephanie, there are secrets you’re not aware of. Stephanie had amnesia and forgot a lot of things,” Yasmin added.
I frowned and recalled the first time I crossed paths with Yasmin. She’d looked at me nervously and whispered, “Stephanie? Do you… remember me?”
She was probing me.
But back then, I genuinely didn’t remember her.
Considering how Yasmin was also raised in the orphanage, there must have been some connection or encounter between us previously too.
“If you care so much about Stephanie, don’t you wanna know why Michael was so harsh on her? Don’t you wanna know… what I did to make Michael hate Stephanie so much?
“If it was just me accusing Stephanie of pushing me down the stairs, Michael wouldn’t
have hated her so much.”
So, Yasmin knew a lot of secrets Stephanie wasn’t aware of.
I remained silent for quite some time.
I stood by the window and observed Steven.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Revenge After Death ( Michael Ford )