Nadia wanted to say something, but Charles beat her to it. âStephany is my daughter, Steven, so that makes you my sonâinâlaw. Since your wife hung her sister from the beams, you have to teach her a lesson on my behalf.â
He stopped Nadia from speaking because he couldnât read Steven. Steven cocked his head and looked at me. âHow could you hang your sister from the beams?â
Charles sighed in relief. He was about to add to Stevenâs words when Steven continued seriously, âYou shouldâve killed her before hanging her there.â
This time, Charles wasnât the only stunned one. I was too. Steven looked so serious.
And so, I educated him seriously, âShut up. We canât break the law.â
He nodded obediently. âOkay.â
âYâYou two! How dare you!â Nadiaâs face was red with rage.
Charles also gnashed his teeth furiously. âYouâre nothing but an illegitimate son, Steven.
And youâve yet to gain a steady foothold in the Lincoln family. With Mr. Martin around, you have no right to act so obnoxiously!â
He was pissed now. I raised an eyebrow. âCâmon, donât tell me youâre mad already.â
âHow about we⦠shut the door and get rid of them?â Steven asked creepily.
Ewan had finished dealing with Ann and Kelvin. He came inside and was about to shut the door per Stevenâs words.
Charles and Nadia panicked. âWâWhat are you guys up to?â
Charles mustered his courage. âI donât believe for a second that he can kill us in broad daylight!â
Ewan pulled out Stevenâs certificate of mental disability. He sighed and said, âIâm sorry to say this, but Mr. Lincoln is mentally disabled.â
That, coupled with Steven grabbing a fruit knife from the coffee table, made Charlesâ legs give out.
Nadia held his arm tightly and backed away in panic. âYouâre instigating a psycho to murder, Stephany! Make him put the knife down! Letâs talk this out!â
I gave her a helpless look. âSorry, but I canât control him when he acts up.â
Ah won back done, but Ann, Kelvin, and their men had yet to successfully sue it looked like the Lincoln familyâs security was up to standard, but it ke something was wrong.
Soon, the sound of dogs barking came from outside. Ann howled, Kelvin screamed, and the bodyguards with them were also yelling. Had dogs been set on them?
looked at Steven in astonishment. He had an apple in one hand and the fruit knife in the other as he slowly approached Charles and Nadia. âThe Lincoln family has given you 200 lion dolars, so you two need to sever ties with my wife.
Rom now on, sheâll have nothing to do with you and you arenât allowed to pester her anymore What say you?
His tone was airy and casual, but the threat in it was thinly veiled.
Charles had turned pale with fright. He barked at me, âWeâve raised you since you were 18, Stephany. How could you treat your biological parents like this?â
âOh, youâre my biological parents now?â I laughed. âHave you really cared about the woman named Stephany Larson since her return?â
In Stephanyâs diary, she wrote that the Larsons thought she was trying to get their attention by claiming that she had gotten acute gastroenteritis. They thought she was made of sturdier stuff since sheâd grown up in the countryside.
Stephany went into shock from the pain in the middle of the night. If not for her being discovered by a security guard when she was running out of the Larson residence, she probably wouldâve died from the pain.
Letâs forget the talking. Itâs too troublesome. We should just kill them.â Steven turned to look at me innocently I took a deep breath without responding. This time, Charles and Nadia were genuinely frightened.
Charlesâ voice trembled as he said, âGet this freak away from us, Stephany. D-
Donât forget what you promised me!*
He wanted to use the fact that Stephany had pretended to be Stephanie so that she could get close to Steven to threaten me into compliance