I pretended to dial my phone.[]
The next second, Wendy screamed out:
“DON’T TOUCH MY DAD!“]
“You two monsters deserve to ROT IN HELL!“]
“You murdered my whole family! All I wanted was to destroy your relationship–that’s NOTHING compared to what you did!“]
“Marcus, I’m gonna birth your kid and kill it right in front of you! Make you regret everything, spend the rest of your miserable life in agony! Haha–“[]
“Dad, I didn’t form
forget your revenge. This bastard’s already a cripple–crippled by his own wife! You see that?!“}]
I got sick of her shrieking and muted the audio.
Flashing a bright smile, I said:]
“Oops, forgot to mention–your dad doesn’t have a grave.”
“Burned him alive. Nothing left but ash.“[]
Marcus sat silent as death, staring at Wendy’s face for the longest time.[]
He tried to stand but couldn’t do shit, only managed to rasp out:
“I’m sorry…“]
I had the bodyguards escort out the guests.]
Pretty sure they wouldn’t talk about today.
The example was right here after all.]
When Marcus got dragged back to the villa, he was already mentally gone.]
I locked him in the basement–let him taste the pain I once felt.]]
Every day walking past, I could smell blood drifting up.[]
Frank said:[]
“He keeps cutting his wrist bones, muttering about making a matching relic.”
“Left hand’s already useless.“]
“Without treatment, infection will kill him soon.”
I just nodded, scrolling through overseas scenery on my phone.]
“Frank, I wanna travel“]
“For my daughter. See the world she never got to.”
The day I left for the airport, sunshine blazed overhead. I squinted, raising my hand to block the glare.]]
Without thinking, I called out:[]
“Marcus, hurry up with that umbrella.”
Then I realized and went quiet.
Settling into my seat, Frank’s text came through:]
[Sir is dead.]]]
[Found some small bones in the basement, ground into round shapes.]
[Should I keep them?]]
[Throw them away.1
Then I powered down my phone. Finally, it was over.
