CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR:—“This… This is fucked up.” There are times that one can’t believe what they are seeing. When they see an apparition in the corner of their eyes, when they see someone who is supposedly dead in front of their eyes, or when they see something hideous or things that no one can bear to stomach.Child trafficking, for an instance.Or human torture.Or it could be the supposedly perfect family that the public sees in the media but they were nothing but a bunch of murderers.What’s worst than being a murderer?They torture for pleasure. They torture for greed.Althea’s eyes sank the moment documents were laid on the table. Every word seems to burn their eyes and crave something into their souls. A surge of anger made its way into her heart that it was unbearable. She can hear them.The victims of the hands of the same perpetrator. Monsters! “They deserve a painful death, more than others!” Eddie was practically growling at the documents like a fierce li
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE: — “I need help.” “... Do you know what time it is now?” Charles asked in annoyance. “And didn’t we tell you to not contact us? Ever again?” Sheryl gritted her teeth and swallowed back her pride. “This will be the last time!” “You failed to do the thing we asked you for the very first time we helped you, and you asked us to help you kill your minion—what was his name again? Ah, it was Dino. You asked us to clean your mess, and now you’re asking us to help you, again?” “I want to take my revenge on Tyler and Althea!” Charles paused and looked at the phone in bewilderment. The woman had the daringness to yell at him? She was the one who wants help and she’s raising her voice to them? Sounds like a dog that will eventually bite the hand that feeds her! “They ruined my family! They ruined my life! Look—look what’s happening to me now! I am alone! My parents left me alone!” It took most of her self-control to not throw the phone on the wall. She was
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (02):—Revenge? How funny. If Althea can rememberIt is right, it should be her who must take revenge. Althea glanced at the pot next to the ladder. Under the dim light, something metallic flickered, hitting the retina.Thank goodness she’s near it. She can just grab that anytime and shoot at her. But she can’t. Just not now. She was still holding the baby in her hand.Also, did she come alone? The guards were knocked out outside, even the maids were not there. Surely it was not only a move that a lone person can make, it should be at least five people knocking them out.The way they knocked them was smooth, they heard no noise.Tyler also thinks of that. As he was standing there, he was listening and observing the place for any traces of companions.Unfortunately, he can’t see or sense one. Are they that good at hiding? Or did Sheryl really come alone?“I have to give you a round of applause for what you did to my family.” The two threw their attenti
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (03):—*That was a rainy day when Althea finally woke up from her coma state, she still remembered listening to the doctors speak with her about her situation but she was not in her right mind to listen to them.She can't shake the feeling that she was submerged underwater, her ears were plugged with water and all she heard were muffled voices. Everything was hazy, it feels like a dream, where she can’t remember any details but snippets of it. “What happened to you?”“You have been stabilized…”“The man who found you and sent you here already paid for the medical bills…”“When he found you, he said that you were bleeding…”"... We were unable to save your baby..."“We are deeply sorry…”When Althea finally came into it, a month had already passed since she managed to run away from that hell hole. Her mind was slowly working, and the images that were entering her mind were slowly becoming clearer. “Are you ready to tell what happened to you now?” A de
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX:—There was no time to escape.“It’s her!” Sheryl squinted her eyes when the light of the flashlight hit her eyes. She turned her heels to escape but someone held her arm and yanked her back.She cursed in her head. Her mood was getting sour every minute and she felt like exploding. Sheryl held the knife in her hand tightly and swung it to the person who captured her arm, while warm blood sprayed on her arm, the man screamed at the loss of his fingers, he stepped back and clutched his severed hand while seething in agony. This gave Sheryl a way to escape, like an eel, she slipped from their grasp.“Catch her!” A man shouted through his gritted teeth. The other immediately went to his words and ran for her. Sheryl was fast on her feet. She already memorized the blueprint of his house, she knows the twists and turns.But no matter how fast and how she committed it to her memory, she’ll never outrun someone who was built for chasing people.Before he kne
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (02):—“Let them have their goodbyes,” Althea grabbed her hair on the back and tied it. Her reflection in the mirror was showing a light-hearted woman, smiling as she fixed her hair. “I don’t want to be like Sheryl who didn’t give me a chance to say my last words to my parents… I told myself that I don’t want to step that low.”Lies.Althea knows that the three of them won’t have a peaceful and heartwarming goodbye to each other. She could guess the horror of the two right now when they realized that they were raising a terrible monster all along.Althea paused, the smile on her lips stretched a little bit more—ops, she fixed herself. She should not be like this even if she can already taste their despair.“... Copy ma’am,” Eddie answered, he can’t help the weird feeling that was arising in his chest. He called Tyler to ask for instructions because he noticed that Sheryl—their new capture, was already awake. But he didn’t expect that it was his wife who
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (03):—“Hey! Get us out of here, quick!” Diana impatiently demanded from the man that was guiding them. “These doors are freaking me out! Do they keep people here to torture?!”The man in front hissed and glared at her. Diana choked and shut her mouth. The man was satisfied, but there was still a frown on his face. “Yes. We do.”Diana’s face was pale. Sure enough! But she didn’t think that Tyler is like that at all! She didn’t even know that he had people in the underground! She didn’t think that he was hiding his true self from them and they didn’t even notice it!Of course, the way of her thinking is off course. Tyler had no people underground until now. They are not his in the first place. “But don’t get the wrong idea.” Suddenly the man added, turning his head to look in front. “The boss is not an animal like you three. He might even give you a painless death rather than torture you for everything that you’ve than to his wife.”The husband and wife’
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (04):—Under the glaring sun, two men trailed towards the depths of a certain mountain. The thick leaves of the tall trees were serving as their shelter against the scorching heat. A very typical day. A day where the two ventures in the wood to alleviate their boredom. “How much longer do we need to walk?” The man that was falling behind can’t help complaining. “We have been walking for half an hour, my feet are dying!”“Relax.” The man ahead laughed. “We would be there soon—”“You have been telling me that for ages.” The man stopped and tugged the collar of his shirt back and forth to somehow give himself comfort from the heat. He didn’t notice that the other stopped walking and was frowning. “Just tell me that we are lost, I won’t get mad—”“Shh!” His companion raised a finger to his lips. “Can you smell that?”You hushed me because you smelled something?! He could hardly believe his ears, he wanted to tease the other, but seeing his rare serious expr