Chapter 136

I surveyed the scene and realized that a crowd had gathered around us, with many recording the incident on their phones. This was concerning. "Steve, you went too far," I said. Then, I angrily approached and grabbed his arm. "This is a public setting. He was just occupying seats. Did you really need to be so brutal?" Suddenly, I remembered the day I first woke up in Stephanie's body, when he almost strangled me just because he couldn't find his bracelet. Steven was mentally ill and prone to harming others. "Apologize to this gentleman!" I feared Steven might get into trouble and end up forcibly confined to a psychiatric hospital, so I had to make him apologize first. Steven lowered his head slightly, looking somewhat aggrieved. He picked up the man's phone in silence. "And return his phone!" I couldn't fathom what was going through his mind. The complexities of interacting with someone afflicted by mental illness began to weigh heavily on my mind. "Sir, I'll take you to th