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Chapter 247: Why Did You Leave?
The candle flickered low, shadows crawling up the cracked wall. Evelyn’s voice, faint and trembling, still echoed in Gary’s chest long after she’d finished speaking. Each word had carved him open—pain, sadness, agony, death—all woven into a single haunting symphony.He sat there, his eyes glistening, hands clenched so tightly the veins bulged along his forearms. He wanted to roar, to tear the walls down, to rip apart the air until the whole world heard his anguish. But instead, he stayed still.“Why… why did you leave?”Her words came like a knife, small but merciless. Evelyn’s hands gripped his shirt, weak but desperate. Her eyes—sunken, hollow—were wet and wild. “You said you’d stay, Gary. You promised. You said no matter what happened, you’d never leave me behind.”Gary’s lips parted, but nothing came out. There were no words strong enough to explain.“I waited,” she cried softly, pounding his chest once, twice. “Every night, I waited for you. I thought you’d come. I thought you’d
Chapter 246: Horror!
Evelyn responded, “No.” Her eyes flew open, wide and pleading. “Don’t... don’t say that. Not yet.”He nodded, swallowing the fury. “Okay. Okay. What else? Tell me. Get it out.”She took a shaky breath, like steeling herself. Her free hand drifted to her belly which was flat now, but he knew. He envisioned her stomach full, round, the glow on her face when the baby kicked. Their little girl. He imagined her thinking of pretty names for their baby while he was away in China, playing the superhero while he would not save those dear to him.“The baby,” she said, and her voice shattered on the word. Fresh tears streamed down, unchecked. “She.. she was coming early anyway. I could feel it. But they... they wouldn’t wait. They brought some um… some alley-way doctor, the kind who does shady stuff for cash. They…” she broke down in tears again, “They said I didn’t deserve to keep her. That she’d be tainted, like me. They said they wouldn’t allow me have a child for you, a loser!”Gary’s world
Chapter 245: Rage!!
Gary took her hand then, gentle as he could, like she was made of glass. But it wasn’t soft skin he felt. It was bone. Sharp edges under paper-thin flesh, no warmth at all.Her fingers lay limp in his palm, cold as river stones. No pulse fluttering there, or if there was, it was so faint he couldn’t tell. He lifted her arm, and she weighed next to nothing—like picking up a bundle of match sticks. Her sleeve fell back, and he saw the bruises, purple and yellow, blooming up her forearm like ugly flowers.And the smell. Jesus. It hit him then, wafting up from her clothes, her hair. Not just sweat or dirt from being locked away. Something fouler, like infection mixed with despair. Rot, almost. The kind that settled in when hope had long checked out.Gary swallowed hard, fighting the bile rising in his throat. The darkness in the room didn’t help— it swallowed the edges of everything, made the shadows twist her face into something haunted. She looked... broken. Not just hurt. Tortured. Over
Chapter 244: Freedom!
Gary’s eyes snapped open, his heart pounding like a fist against his ribs. For a split second, he figured it was just another bad dream—the kind that left him soaked in sweat, staring at the ceiling back home. But no. The flicker of that single candle on the rickety table wasn’t some trick of his mind. The air down here in the basement smelled like rust and mold, thick enough to choke on. And those chains around his wrists? Yeah, they were real. Biting into his skin like they owned him.He took a ragged breath, then another. The air scraped his throat raw, like swallowing gravel. His head throbbed from whatever they’d dosed him with earlier—some crap to keep him down. But now... something shifted inside him. A spark, faint at first, like a match flaring in the dark. His power. It was trickling back, not the full rush he remembered, but enough to make his fingers tingle.Gary flexed his hands, testing it. The chains groaned under the pull. He yanked once—nothing. Twice—still holding. T
Chapter 243: "Is This Really You?"
Gary’s eyes snapped open, his heart pounding like a fist against his ribs. For a split second, he figured it was just another bad dream—the kind that left him soaked in sweat, staring at the ceiling back home. But no. The flicker of that single candle on the rickety table wasn’t some trick of his mind. The air down here in the basement smelled like rust and mold, thick enough to choke on. And those chains around his wrists? Yeah, they were real. Biting into his skin like they owned him.He took a ragged breath, then another. The air scraped his throat raw, like swallowing gravel. His head throbbed from whatever they’d dosed him with earlier —some crap to keep him down. But now... something shifted inside him. A spark, faint at first, like a match flaring in the dark. His power. It was trickling back, not the full rush he remembered, but enough to make his fingers tingle.Gary flexed his hands, testing it. The chains groaned under the pull. He yanked once —nothing. Twice—still holdin
Chapter 242: Victor Petrovic
The lawyer arrived within minutes — smug, freshly shaven, and still in his robe as if the Lancaster estate was his second home. His name was Victor Petrovic, and he carried himself like a man allergic to humility. His gait was lazy, arrogant, every motion deliberate as though even gravity bowed for him.He didn’t knock. He didn’t ask to be seated. He simply walked in, chin high, scanning the room until his gaze landed on Dorcas.“Ah,” he said, his lips curling into a small, dry smile. “So, you’re the famous intruder.”Dorcas didn’t flinch. “Chief Dorcas James, NYPD. I’m here on official warrant…”“I’m aware of your name,” he interrupted smoothly, waving his hand as though brushing off dust. “You’re the one they replaced Banks with. The… lady.” The word came out drenched in mockery.Madam Ann hid a smile behind her wine glass. Donald smirked from the couch.Dorcas’ jaw tightened, but her voice stayed level. “Yes, the lady who took down a corrupt Chief and saved this district from rotti
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