The days I was consumed by grief felt like forever to me, but I made peace with it and days went by quickly. It was during this period of recovering from sorrow that I realized nothing lasted forever, and we would lose the things we held dear no matter what. There was an old saying that went, if we could bear losing everything, we wouldn’t have any regrets in this life.
The saying was true. After being discharged from the hospital, I looked at the bright sun in A City and started accepting everything calmly.
Anthony parked the car and looked at me. “What would you like to eat? Let’s eat something before going back.”
I nodded and thought for a while before answering, “Seafood!”
The man furrowed his brows slightly, but nodded soon after.
In the seafood restaurant, I went pale as I stared at the water tanks. Anthony looked at me in concern and asked, “Should we eat something else?”
I shook my head and insisted, “No need. It’s great here.” Staring at the sea creatures swimming and crawling in the tanks, I turned to Anthony and asked, “Do they serve live food?”
Anthony frowned at my question before giving in and nodded. He led me to a table and ordered some live food.
When the food was served, I looked at the fish and crabs on the table and turned to the waiter. “Can you get me a sharp knife and a spoon?”
The waiter looked at me with an odd expression and nodded before giving me what I wanted. I made sure the crab stayed in place before tearing off its legs and shell. Using the knife and spoon, I dug out the flesh bit by bit. The flesh of hairy crabs wasn’t that delicious, but it tasted alright.
To enjoy dissecting living creatures was rather extreme. However, Anthony didn’t stop me from torturing the sea creatures. Instead, he just watched as I continued eating my meal.
After a while, I grew tired and placed my cutlery down. I looked at Anthony and said, “Back then, I’ve always thought of sending the people I hate to prison to make them suffer for their sins. Now that I think about it, sending them to prison isn’t enough.”
Anthony looked at me and asked after a while. “What do you want to do?”
I pursed my lips. “Do you still have him locked up?”
“Yes.” The man nodded, and I was truly delighted when I heard his answer.
Smiling faintly, I said, “Anthony, you’ll let me do as I please, right?”
He pursed his lips and kept quiet while I smiled and didn’t ask him again.
Then, he got up and said, “Come. Let’s meet that person.”
Anthony drove me back to the villa in the suburbs. After he stopped the car, Joseph came out from the villa and looked at me with guilt written over his face. “Mrs. Featherstone, how are you feeling?”
I smiled faintly and nodded. “I’m feeling great. Is he inside?”
Joseph hummed a reply before leading me and Anthony into the villa.
Dillan wasn’t a big shot. He only got rich because of his family assets as his family ran coal mines. Later on, his sister married a civil servant. That person was Derek. All these years, he used money to gain his status and power, and since things like this weren’t uncommon, so everyone got used to it.
Derek invested a sizable amount of money into building his status, so he got promoted and had a rather high income. While Dillan, a good-for-nothing, could only rely on Derek to live a high life in A City. Just because the man had money, he could carry out his absurd hobby and humiliated many girls.
The man was tied to a chair with his head hung low and his face was beaten to a pulp as blood dripped onto the floor. I clicked my tongue and looked at him. “Dillan, what a coincidence!”
He lifted his head and looked at me. Squinting his eyes, he tried to focus his vision and saw that it was me. Immediately after, he widened his eyes in surprise and pleaded, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know you’re Mr. Featherstone’s wife. I’m really sorry. Please spare me, I didn’t do it on purpose. If you let me go, I’ll give you any amount you want. Please, I beg you.”
I scoffed at his disgusting behavior. Looking at the grey sky outside, I smirked and looked at Joseph. “Mr. Campbell, is there an open swimming pool here?”
The man nodded and glanced at Anthony’s sullen face. “There is. It’s at the rear house.”
“That’s great!” I spoke as I watched Dillan. “Since we don’t see each other that often, let’s play together.”
With that, I headed toward the rear house. Anthony glanced at me as if he knew what I was going to do. “Keep him alive.”
I raised a brow at him and headed toward the swimming pool. I found myself a comfortable place beside the pool to sit and watched as Dillan was dragged toward me. “Dillan, you must like to play with water. How about having fun in the pool now?”
Dillan looked at me in wariness. “What are you planning to do?”
I shrugged. “What can I do? I’m just a woman.” With that, I glanced at the two men behind him. They received the signal and dragged him toward the pool before pushing him into the water.
Watching him letting out muffled screams in the water, I was emotionless. He was tied up, so he couldn’t save himself from drowning. At some point of seeing him struggling in the water helplessly, I started laughing when I saw his pathetic face.
After a while of struggling in the water, Dillan started sinking to the bottom. Upon seeing this, Joseph advised, “Mrs. Featherstone, he’s going to die.”
I smirked and folded my arms as I looked down at the man in the water. “Yeah, take him out of the water and get a doctor here. After he’s awake, throw him into the water again. Make sure he remembers the scent of fluorine and the feeling of being suffocated.”
Joseph nodded and gestured for the men to pull him out of the water.
After watching the show, I lost all interest to continue. When I got up, Anthony came to me and blocked my path. “Where are you going?”
I was rather exhausted. “I’ll rest here for a bit. Dillan will be awake after a while, so I’m planning to toy with him later.”
Anthony frowned slightly, but he didn’t say anything.
Ann showing up here was rather a surprise to me. I didn’t plan to meet her, but since she came to me, I had no choice but to let her in.
I was slightly taken aback at meeting her this time. She had been visiting me at the hospital, but I didn’t really pay attention to her. Now that she was here in front of me, I collected my thoughts and looked at her closely.
How should I phrase this?
She was rather different from the first time I saw her in the cattle sheds. At that time, her eyes were filled with timidness and she looked dazed. However, this time, it seemed her timidness was replaced by determination.
I looked at her and stayed silent for a while before asking, “What’s the matter?”
She lifted her gaze at Anthony, and her eyes flickered. I was all too familiar with her gaze. The girl must be stunned to see the handsome man. I knew how attractive Anthony was, so I didn’t bother to stop her.
Ann turned to me and pondered for a while. “Ms. Stanhope, thank you for saving my life. I’ll remember what you did for me, and I’ll repay your kindness.”
I pursed my lips and waited for her to continue.
As expected, she fell silent for a while before continuing, “Ms. Stanhope, I’m grateful to you. I know your daughter is waiting for surgery, and I heard you adopted my sister. I hope you can treat her well and hopefully she can help your daughter.”
I frowned as she was beating around the bush. Pursing my lips, I urged, “Stop wasting time and get to the point.”
She froze and took a deep breath before kneeling down on the floor. “Ms. Stanhope, I know I shouldn’t look for you, but I don’t have a choice. I don’t know who I should find except you.”
I furrowed my brows. “Get up. I cannot accept your kneel.” To be honest, most people disliked people kneeling down in front of them and begged them for something. I was not one of those lunatics who enjoyed being worshiped by others.
She got up from the floor and said, “Ever since Mr. Featherstone cleared the Imperial Hotel, my friend was taken away. I figured he might be sold off, so I went to the police, but they couldn’t do anything about it. He had been in the Imperial Hotel for many years, so there’s no way they can’t find him.”
Listening to her vague words, I furrowed my brows slightly in bewilderment. “Aren’t you always living in a village? How do you get yourself a friend here so quickly? Didn’t you kill Fritz? I think you misunderstood what I meant. Back then, I saved you because I have some questions to ask you. Fritz’s body is still in the Wolfsen residence, so your sister could still be tortured. Ann, I don’t think I’ll help a murderer like you for a second time.”
The girl was stunned and was at a loss as she looked at me.
Looking at her, I said, “Tell me. How did you kill Fritz and escape? Plus, how did you go to work at the Imperial Hotel?”
I wasn’t that kind-hearted as she thought I was. Back then, I saved her because I had some questions to ask her. Seeing how she was humiliated by Dillan, I couldn’t help but pity her. However, I paid the price of losing my baby. I could only blame myself for being foolish.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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