Revenge After Death



I went to the Ford residence alone. I didn't let Steven tag along. We couldn't possibly reach a consensus if he was present.

Leaning against my crutch, I gradually walked toward the household garden.

In the days following the accident, I became incredibly familiar with this garden. From my memory, Stephanie could never gain Michael's trust or approval. Hence, she would constantly end up crying here.

"Ms. Larson." Sally, one of the Fords' maids, was still in the household. She approached me as soon as she

saw me.

I was slightly surprised. Michael knew that Sally was potentially working under Peter. Why would he still keep her around?

What was he trying to do?

Was this intentional? Was he using her to spy on his mother?

"I want to see Michael, Sally," I said softly.

She turned and looked toward the living room. "Mrs. Ford has been waiting for you, Ms. Larson."

I frowned and followed her gaze. Mrs. Ford was waiting as though she'd anticipated my arrival.

She seemed to be extremely aware of the police force's activities. She knew that they wanted to use her son in order to further investigate the labs.

"Ms. Larson." As soon as I stepped into the room, she greeted me with a smile before gesturing for me to

sit.

Afterward, she said again, "Perhaps I should call you Stephie instead."

I frowned and didn't respond.

"When I found out that you'd reincarnated in a different body, I was extremely ecstatic." She looked at me with a crazed look of excitement.

"When Steven Lincoln first presented his theory on reincarnation, I honestly didn't believe him. But I had hope and an aspiration. I wanted modern science to be able to change our present circumstances. I prayed for advancement," she explained with a smile.

Then, she continued, "When I look at you, Stephanie, I see a perfect miracle. I see hope. Perhaps in the future... souls really can be reincarnated into a cloned body with all their memories intact."

I looked at her with a grim expression. This crazy side of her was new. Prior to this, I had never detected anything that was amiss.

What a brilliant actress.

"None of those idiots believed in that theory. They all thought that Steven's proposition was baseless and impossible. They also thought that Joel was just in on the lie.

"But me, I believed Steven. I believed that Joel was reincarnated. The only thing missing from our experiment was conclusive evidence, but now, we have you."

She started laughing maniacally.

"Steven is a genius. It's just unfortunate that you can't really tell him what to do. Joel was his only argument, and he refused to create a second subject. Since he cared so much about you, I could only try to

force his hand..."

I stared at her in shock. My reincarnation was an experiment that she forced Steven to conduct?

"I believed that he could do it. That was why your death was a necessity." The tone of her voice grew solemn.

"You're a member of Genome Society, but the ones that killed me were from the Rebels..." I frowned in confusion.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"You're still not as smart as Steven is." She laughed. "God shapes the universe with his invisible hands. I don't need to be a Rebel, I just need to use them to get what I want."

She continued, "Everything has fallen into place. You're my most perfect subject."

Mrs. Ford was comparing herself to God. She was actually a madwoman.

"Where's the lab?" I stared at her with a guarded look.

She only laughed in response. There was no way she'd tell me where it was.