Benjamin stiffened at Lisa’s words. Then, he smiled bitterly and nodded. “You’re right. Hector and I are the two monsters who have been tormenting Samantha all this while. Even so…”
His gaze turned cruel. “We’re going to drag you to hell with us!”
Hector returned at this point, panting as he held the courier box he’d thrown away in his arms.
Dad and Lisa were still insisting that they were innocent when Hector held up the pen drive. He sounded self- deprecating and pained as he said, “I remember everything now. Samantha has been protecting me all this while.” Jennifer, Dad, and Lisa turned ashen when they saw I’d labeled the pen drive with the correctional facility’s name.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. I stood on one of the South Isles‘ ice sheets and followed a cameraman around, quietly recording the migration path the penguins would take.
We returned to the base after completing our work for the day. Then, I received a video call from my superior.” The project at the South Isles is going to end soon, Summer When are you returning?”
I took off my snow goggles and smiled. “Tomorrow.”
It was Mom’s death anniversary next month, so I needed to return to visit her.
“Alright, then. The case you reported to the higher–ups earlier about the unauthorized mountain excavation at the old settlement has been quite the sensation. The culprit has been apprehended and sentenced to three years in jail. His name sounds familiar–Benjamin? Benjamin Gray, I think.
“I remember him having the same surname as your fiancé, and he’s a history professor, too. I can’t believe he would do something like this…”
I shook my head and said indifferently, “The name doesn’t ring a bell.”
I hung up after chatting with my superior for a while longer.
