The woman provided the address.

Callum drove his car and quickly reached the location she mentioned.

It was an old neighborhood, with alleyways twisting and turning, houses with cracked walls and peeling paint.

Callum navigated several alleys before finding the house number.

Entering, Susan was sitting in front of a vanity mirror, brushing her tangled hair. She looked into the mirror and said somberly, "The Sinclair family is still unaware of the planes and bombs you lent me three years ago. So if I spill the beans to Lysander, what do you think will happen?"

Callum stood in the doorway, blocking the incoming light and casting the already dim room into deeper gloom. His expression darkened as he said, "Susan, you begged me for those planes and bombs, and you were the one who bombed Thalassa's house in Hollowbrook! You think you can blackmail me with this now?"

"It was my doing, but the tools of the crime were provided by you. If the Sinclair family doesn't know, then it's fine. But if they do, do you think they'll treat you any differently than they treat me?" Susan turned with a sinister smile on her face.

Life had driven her to the brink of madness over these three years.

in Hollowbrook was bombed, Lysander got seriously injured trying to save

out of danger, immediately started investigating the incident and found out it was her doing. He had his people slap her dozens

saved Lysander once, Zephyr spared her life. But he ordered a nationwide ban on her, making it impossible for her to find any work or for any business to dare

living a life ghost-like and on

C

NOW PLAY YOUR

FAVOURITE GAMES ON

gazed at Susan's crazed eyes. His face turned grim with anger, "You

I waited for you to call me! Because you and I are in the

up, I'm not in the same boat as you!" Callum was furious and disgusted at the

all you want. Just meet my demands, and this secret stays

and I won't breathe a word to the Sinclair family about your involvement in the bombing of Thalassa's mansion three years ago!" Susan revealed her motive. She was desperate for money; only

half a million. Take it or leave it." Callum's face was

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