“I’m at the orphanage,” Yasmin said.


    She must have had a death wish going there.


    “I bet Michael is lurking around too, right? You love him so much, he’s sure to keep you safe.


    “Calling me over, you’re quite the double–checker, huh? You weren’t satisfied with just killing


    Stephanie, and now you want to kill me too? I’m not as naive as Stephanie,” I said. But I still felt a


    bit guilty as I spoke.


    “You’lle because you want to uncover Stephanie’s secret,” Yasmin confidently said.


    I figured that Michael and Yasmin must have talked it over. They probably nned for


    me to see first hand that Steven was a murderer.


    Michael repeatedly imed that he’d reveal Steven’s true identity, and both he and Yasmin were


    convinced that Steven was the culprit.


    That’s why Yasmin insisted for me to go.


    “He’s here,” Yasmin’s voice trembled even more violently. “Come over right now, and you’ll get to


    see Steven.”


    With that, she ended the call.


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    If I’d called the cops first in my past life, I wouldn’t have met my tragic end.


    But now,


    in my second chance at life, even though everyone seemed unreliable, the cops were definitely


    more trustworthy than Michael and the others.


    “Zion, Yasmin went to the orphanage,” I said when Zion finally answered the phone.” She said the


    murderer targeted her and she’s already there.”


    Zion cursed over the phone. He sounded frantic, and everyone seemed to be panicking.


    “That woman’s insane! She agreed to meet at Sunset Alley, but then she put the tracking device on


    the dog and slipped away into the night herself. So, we’ve just been chasing the dog in circles!”


    Zion was still running in a hurry, probably leading the team to the orphanage.


    “I’m heading there too.”


    After hanging up the phone, I made up my mind to head to the orphanage,


    Honestly, I was scared that it was really steven who wanted to kill Yasmin.


    As I ran out of the house, the big dog from the yard dashed out too. It wagged its tall as it


    approaches the personing in.


    There, Steven stood under the streetlight bolding a te of steaming hot fried mushrooms from my


    favorite chain restaurant.


    There was always a long queue there.


    Did he go out to buy the fried mushrooms?


    For some reason, my heart settled down.


    The streetlight cast a shadow over Steven, and it made for a striking Image of a person that was


    between an angel and a demon.


    I dashed over, feeling tense. “Steve, you didn’t head to the orphanage?”


    “You knew I was supposed to go to the orphanage?” Steven asked, looking puzzled.


    I was stunned.


    “Michael called to mess with me,” Steven said, looking upset. “And Yasmin, she said a bunch of


    crap about you to mess with me.


    “She lied, saying that I should find her at the orphanage. But I didn’t fall for it and went to get fried


    mushrooms for you instead.”


    Steven looked like a well–behaved kid, eager for praise.


    My expression darkened when I realized that it was indeed all Michael and Yasmin’s


    scheme.


    They wanted to lure Steven there and provoke him. They wanted him to lose control so that the


    cops would think he was the murderer.