Chapter 2
Chapter 2
John’s colleagues did not arrive at the scene until two hours after I had gone missing.
After taking Tammy to the hospital, Johu stayed by her bedside the whole time. Apparently, he was so preoccupied with her that he even forgot to notify his colleagues to rescue me.
By the time he remembered, I had already been beaten to the brink of death, left in a hidden cave in the mountains, quietly waiting for my death.
His colleague, Wilson Waters, searched the mountains with a flashlight, desperately looking for me. Unfortunately, I had already died in that cave. My spirit followed him, watching as he anxiously called John.
“John, I’ve searched the entire mountain, and there’s no sign of Sandra. Could she have-”
On the other end of the line, John’s voice came through, indifferent.
“What could’ve happened to her? She’s probably already released and is hiding somewhere, angry at me.”
Wilson hesitated before speaking again.
“John, Sandra’s not that kind of person. If she were safe, she wouldn’t waste police resources like this.
“You should probably help with the search, just in case.”
At that point, I had disappeared without a trace. If something had happened to me, no one could bear the responsibility.
John, suppressing his frustration, replied coldly, “Why would I go? I already told you she’d be fine. The kidnappers were only trying to scare her. They didn’t hurt Tammy, did they?
“Alright, just go home and rest. When she sees no one is paying attention to her tantrum in a few days, she’ll come out on her own.”
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Wilson wanted to say more, but John, growing impatient, had hung up.
A chill ran through me. We had ten years together. Even animals would have been more loyal to each other. However, not John. Not only did he not care, but he also felt searching for me was a nuisance.
For the first time, I felt thankful that I was already dead, no longer having to entangle myself with someone so
