Chapter 23
Jason stood in the courtyard, blood dripping from his knuckles and pooling on the ground. Even so, he felt no pain.
His gaze remained fixed on the direction Maya had gone, his chest churning with unprecedented violence and regret.
“Mr. Reid!” Benjamin hurried over, holding an envelope. His expression was grave. “I found something.”
Jason slowly turned his attention back, his voice ice cold. “What is it?”
Benjamin hesitated, then handed over the large envelope. “This is… everything Ms. Page has done to Mrs. Reid over the years.”
Jason snatched the envelope and tore it open roughly. Inside were stacks of photos, surveillance screenshots, and audio files. He flipped through a few, and his pupils contracted sharply.
In one photo, Sophia stood at the top of the stairs, deliberately spilling water on the steps when no one was around. In the surveillance video, she secretly replaced Maya’s inedicine with laxatives when Maya wasn’t looking. There was also an audio recording.
“That idiot. I just act helpless, and Jason falls for it every time. She deserves whatever I throw at her…”
Jason’s grip tightened, crumpling the pipers in his grip. His breathing, pr
“There’s more…” Benjamin swallowed hard and handed over a bag of rats inside.”
report vier, and a terrifying storm was brewing in his eyes.
Jason’s temples throbbed, his mind buzzing as it something had just collapsed
Reid was locked in the basement, Ms. Page… had someone release a
his head.
He remembered that day. Maya had been locked in the basement all night. When she came out the next morning, her face was deathly pale, and her whole body trembled.
He had thought she was being dramatic, even sneering sarcastically,
She had said, “Sophia put rats in here…”
But he hadn’t believed her at all.
one night in confinement, and you cried the whole time?”
As long as she added fuel to the fire, Jason would eventually grow completely disgusted with that woman. Just as she was plotting, the mansion’s front door was suddenly kicked open.
Sophia jumped, looking up to see Jason striding in with a terrifyingly dark expression. Her heart tightened, but she quickly put on a pitiful look. “Jason, why are you”
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