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CHAPTER 358
Author: R. AUSTINNITE
last update2025-07-28 22:23:50

In a shadowed hallway just beyond the living room, Neil and Hino crouched low. Hino held up a tiny device, its red light blinking faintly.

“They’re in position,” Hino whispered. “We’re recording everything.”

Neil smirked, listening intently. “Good. Let’s see how much more they destroy themselves before we even lift a finger.”

Hino turned to him, frowning slightly. He wondered what Neil meant by not lifting a finger when Neil had clearly offended Lisa and caused a scene earlier.

Meanwhile, Max’s gaze locked on Otis. For a second, he thought Otis might have seen through him, but then he noticed Otis’s expression—watchful, almost testing, as if waiting to read his reaction.

That told Max one thing: Otis wasn’t certain. He was bluffing.

With that realization, Max finally knew how to divert Otis’s suspicion. After all, he had left the basement right after they discovered Tedmond was missing.

Max’s voice rose sharply. “Stop accusing me, Otis! I didn’t delete anything. I don’t even know what
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