Chapter 38: Striking Back

***Scarlett***

If I’m going to lose everything in the process of fighting Evans, I’m willing to drag him down to the end. He crushed me. I will strike him back when he least expects it and in the worst way possible. I swear it!

I clenched my hands into fist. “I’m going to make sure that he suffers. I’ll begin with retrieving the document from the house.”

“Where did you hide it?” Bryan asked. “Evans and Dina searched your father’s safe that night but they couldn’t find anything. He said he was going to check the house again.”

“I hid it in my room.”

“The same room where Evans held you captive?" His brow arched. He looked surprised. "You mean it was in there and they couldn’t find it?” Bryan couldn't hide his disbelief.

“That’s because I hid it where he wouldn't think much of. In the ceiling.”

“Why did you take it out of the safe?"he asked. "Does that mean you’ve always suspected that Evans was after your money and would one day want to have it?”

I shook my head. “