Chapter 174

Michael was convinced that Steven was the murderer. "I'll show you. He'll confess that he was the murderer," he said in a hoarse voice as he drove. Meanwhile, I sat quietly in the passenger seat, feeling powerless and exhausted. "What… are you going to do?" "Since he's a lunatic, I'll make sure he stays like that forever." Michael was driving toward the abandoned asylum. Suddenly, I realized what Michael was planning to do—he was going to push Steven and force him to tell the truth. He was going to make Steven admit that he had killed Stephanie. When we arrived at the asylum, Michael dragged me to a small room and made me watch the surveillance monitor. "You don't believe that he killed someone, do you? You don't think he's a lunatic, right? Well, sit and watch then." "Everything's ready, Mr. Ford," the assistant said to Michael. I watched in horror as the monitor flickered to life. Michael's intentions were clear—he was going to use the past events to provoke Steven and rub