Chapter 403 Vengeance and Ashes

Lily had never met Sharon while she was alive and had no idea what kind of bright, bradiant /bbgirl /bthe used to be.

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But just thinking about that pile of bones in the corner of the basement made her bheart /bache unbearably

She couldn’t help but feel deep sorrow that Charles and Sharon–two people so deeply in love–were forever separated by death.

Scum like Ben and Jerry couldn’t stand seeing others happy, even with death looming.

The things they said to Charles were meant to break him, to keep him trapped in pain forever.

They figured that now that they were arrested, death was the worst that could happen. bCharles /band bithe /i/bothers couldn’t truly do anything to them. That’s why they felt free ito /ikeep hurting people, with no

remorse.

But Lily believed in the power of the Luke family’s elite legal team–they could ensure those two monsters got a suspended death sentence.

Sharon had been tortured by them for three whole years…

She wanted them to live three more years before being executed.

And during those three years, with enough money, there were plenty of ruthless inmates in prison who would be more than willing ito /igive them “special attention“-making them wish bthey /bbwere /bidead /ibut bnever /bgranting the mercy.

After watching the video, Lily couldn’t calm down for a long time.

She aimlessly scrolled through her phone, not wanting to see more of Ben and Jerry’s twisted faces bor /bthe shattered despair in Charles’s eyes.

Then, byplete ident, she came across a video posted by Susie.

Jenn had told the police that Susie had colluded with the traffickers to sell her and Sharon.

But when the police found Susie, she yedpletely innocent and refused to admit to any wrongdoing.

Thew required evidence to punish someone.

So many years show Susie’s guilt.

had passed, and even

the hidden restaurant was long gone. Jenn had no concrete proof to

Since Susie kept denying everything, the police had no way of going after her.

Instead, Susie took advantage of the sudden attention to start livestreaming–and made a good amount bof /bmoney off it.

In her videos, she imed ito /isympathize with Jenn and Sharon’s suffering, but insisted that bJenn /bbshouldn’t /bdefame her just because she felt pitiful or was jealous of Susie’s bright future.

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bThe /bbments /bwere split–some people doubted herb, /bothers supported herb, /bband /bthe two sider foug bviciously/b.

But no matter how heated the arguments got, without hard evidence, Jenn couldn’t bchange /bthe fact that Susie remained free.

Watching Susic unt her arrogance and smugness, Lily was seething with rage.

She believed that once those four traffickers were found, they’d provide useful informationb–/bband /bbmake /bsure Susie paid the price.

The more she scrolled through the videos, the more suffocated and upset she felt.

Just as she was about to toss her phone aside and step over to the window for some air, a news headline stopped her cold.

Charles was dead.

Lily had never met Charles in real life.

But remembering the pain and shattered despair in his eyes from that earlier video, the news still hit her like a punch to the gut.

She hoped she had read it wrong.

But when she tapped back into the article, it confirmed it–Charles was gone.

Before he died, he had done one final thing.

He had killed Susie.

Brutally.

Charles had a tragic childhood, but he had never been a twisted, deranged person. He wasn’t someone who hurt others lightly.

He had killed Susie because he trusted in the bond between Jenn and Sharon–and because he wanted bto /bavenge the girl he loved.

When Susie was on the verge of death, she rasped out a plea for mercy, finally confessing that she had helped traffickers sell Sharon and Jenn.

She begged him to call an ambnce.

Instead, Charles uploaded the video of her confession.

He never called for help.

He watched her bleed out and die.

After Sharon’s death, her parents–who had always favored sons–didn’t shed a single btear/b. All they bcared /babout waspensation.

They had sons, they had grandsons–Sharon’s life didn’t matter to them.

Chapter 403 Vengeance and Ashes

Of course, they were upset.

But only because they wouldn’t getpensation money. Sharon’s death also meant they could no longer sell her off for a generous bride price to support their precious son’s legacy.

But to Charles, Sharon had been everything.

For the six years since she disappeared, the only thing that had kept him alive was the hope of finding her.

Now that he knew she was truly gone, he had nothing left to live fori. /i

That afternoon, after making sure Susie was dead, he took Sharon’s ashes and went to the ce where they first met a spot beneath a phoenix tree.

Bleeding out beneath that tree, he never woke up again.

Online, the only thing reported was that Charles had murdered Susie and then taken his own life. There was no mention of what happened to the Ginger family.

But in truth, Charles had done one more thing before he died.

In his eyes, Ben and Jerry had already been caught. James had also located ithe /ioriginal four traffickers. Their infamy sealed their fate–they were destined ito /idie horribly.

But they weren’t the only ones who deserved to die.

Last night, Charles–skilled and silent–snuck into the Ginger family estate.

And in Mathilda’s bedroom, he set iit /ion fire.