Female Novel
Chapter 189
Chapter 189
If I’d once questioned whether or not Steven and I had met before, now, it was practically
confirmed.
What’s more, not only did I know Steven, but I also knew Simeon.
The fact that Carol had hung this photo in such a noticeable spot suggested that the bond betweenSteven, Simeon, and me had been pretty special.
“What’s the deal with the three of them?” I turned to Carol and asked.
She cowered in fear, murmuring, “Simmy’s… buddies.”
I stared at Steven’s photo for a long time. novelbin
Back when he was a teenager, he seemed even colder and more aloof than he was now. It wasalso a trait typically seen in geniuses.
But his eyes often avoided direct contact, hinting at a shyness beneath his aloof exterior.
“The cops must’ve already hit you up, huh?” I turned around and whispered.
The cops would’ve definitely talked to Carol. But the reason they hadn’t cuffed her was probablybecause they didn’t have enough evidence, or maybe they had something to
clear her name.
Carol muttered as she hugged her knees tight. “She should die. She’s just the worst.”
“Did you have Cyrus kill Yasmin?” I walked up to the bed and questioned her.
“Yeah… It was me,” Carol replied, looking confused.
It was obvious she had some intellectual disability.
But she still confessed.
No matter what had been asked, she’d fessed up.
Maybe the cops were stuck with her too.
“Where did you get the chemical that Cyrus used to kill Yasmin?” I asked again.
Carol looked up at me. “Paraquat… kills insects, pests.”
Carol admitted to all the blame, but with her intellectual disability, lack of evidence, and a
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lack of a guardian, the cops‘ lead to her was just another dead end.
“Who got you the paraquat?” I asked Carol.
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“Paraquat is lethal. Once it’s in the bloodstream… No way out. The body slowly breaks down, andshe’ll stay wide awake till the end,” Carol muttered, holding her head, as if she was recountingsomeone else’s words.
Clearly, this was someone putting the idea of murder into action.
Someone had put Carol up to it and greased Cyrus‘ palm to kill Yasmin.
“Who told you that?” I asked,
Carol was intellectually disabled. How could she know that once paraquat gets into thebloodstream, it’s game over?
Moreover, paraquat didn’t allow for any second thoughts. It just brought pain and remorse, with nochance of survival.
Hardly anyone made it out alive after downing paraquat.
Once that paraquat dripped into Yasmin’s body, her blood would get tainted in no time. Her insideswould also slowly turn into a fibrous mess until she couldn’t breathe
anymore. She would just suffer till death.
Carol kept shaking her head. “I did it, I did it.
She wouldn’t spill who it was that put her up to it, and I didn’t keep pushing her either. Besides, ifthe cops couldn’t get it out of her, there’s no way I could.
All I could do now was to keep a close eye on her and figure things out on my own.
I turned around and pointed at the photo. “Hey Carol, can you tell me about the three people in thisphoto?”
Carol appeared eager to open up to me and showed no signs of fear.
She swiftly hopped off the bed and dashed over to the photo. “Simmy, Steve, and this one
is…‘
”
Carol introduced me with excitement, pointing to “Stephanie” in the red dress in the middle. Then,she looked at me with a puzzled expression and said, “It’s you.”
My heart skipped a beat as I stared at Carol in shock. “No, you’ve got it wrong. We just happen tolook alike.”
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Carol shook her head, puzzled. “I remember you. W’s adiowaty you blamy didn’t like you at all. Youwere always competing with key for Geys
“… competed with him for Steve?” My nerves Hypered,
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but Steve shut him down,” Carol said sadly “bimy was crushed cried for ages. He said you andSteve didn’t want
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Suddenly, Carol angrily glared at me, “Why’d you have to snatch Says away at hen set even botherto cherish him? Why’d you have to hurt them! You’re the one the loses
to die!”
Carol’s words caught me off guard, and i swiftly stepped back
Then, she suddenly charged at me and gave me a shove,
I wasn’t able to keep my balance and tumbled backward. Then, my head smuded against Carol’ssmall stool, and the world went dark, in front of me,
I never imagined Carol could be so strong
“You’re the one who caused their deaths. You snatched Steve away from Simmy and then youdumped him. You’re so mean.”
In my daze, I kept hearing Carol’s cries,
“My name’s Stephie. What’s yours?
“Are you hurt?”
Old memories buried deep inside my mind started coming back to me,
Behind the orphanage on the lawn, a skinny mixed–race boy was covered in wounds and hiding inthe corner.