Chapter 307 One Life for All
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Lauren stood before the towering building, its stark white walls gleaming beneath the sun. The police crest atop the roof
rk whit shimmered like a silent warning–a symbol of justice, of consequences.
Her heart twisted with conflicting emotions. Fear. Resolve.
This was the end of the road. But it was also the only road left–for Mia
She stepped into the station, every step heavy and deliberate.
The front hall was quiet. A single officer manned the desk.
“I want to turn myself in
The officer’s expression shifted instantly. He straightened in his seat.
Turn yourself in? For what?”
Lauren pulled off her mask and sunglasses..
“I killed someone.”
His pupils contracted.
He hadn’t expected a murder confession–not like this. Not from someone who looked so frail, so ghost–like.
Without a word, he stepped out from behind the desk, approached her with care, and snapped a pair of cold steel cuffs onto her wrists.
The moment the cuffs locked in place, Lauren trembled.
The sensation was far too familiar. For five years, it had been routine.
But five years ago, she’d worn them for someone else’s crime.
This time, she wore them willingly–for Mia.
As the officer led her into the interrogation room, Lauren closed her eyes.
How ridiculous, the thought. All my life, I’ve been a replacement–for blame, for pain, for justice.
Inside, the interrogation room was small and airless. Oppressive.
“Sit,” the officer instructed, setting a notebook on the desk, his pen poised.
Lauren sat. Her hands clutched the edge of the chair, knuckles white.
“Tell me everything. Who did you kill? When? Where? How? And why?”
His questions came sharp and fast.
Lauren inhaled deeply. Then she began.
“I killed Joe. Taylor. Lucas. And
Her voice was dry, ragged.
With each pame, the officer’s eyes widened further. The mental image forming in his head grew darker, bloodier.
Could this fragile woman really be a cold–blooded killer?
Chapter 307 One Life for All
He wrote it down slowly, word by word. “And your motive?”
Lauren shut her eyes.
And then, like pulling poison from an old wound, she told the truth. Every last bit.
Joe’s attempted assault. Taylor’s deception. Lancas’s betrayal. The beatings in prison.
She didn’t embellish. She didn’t dramatize,
She simply told the truth.
The truth was damning enough.
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The officer’s hand began to tremble with the speed of his writing. He had never heard anything like this before. He’d never imagined anyone could endure so much and still sit here, breathing.
He repeated the questions over and over, digging into every corner of her story. Cross–examining. Confirming details.
But her answers never changed.
Eventually, he closed his notebook.
“That’s enough for now. We’ll be transferring you for holding while we investigate further.”
He stood.
And in that moment—
Lauren moved
Her hand darted to her coat pocket. She unscrewed the cap of the pesticide bottle and drank it in one gulp
The entire room went still.
The officer stared, frozen, unable to process what he’d just seen.
Then he shouted, lunging forward. “What are you doing!”
But the bottle was already empty.
Lauren dropped it to the ground. Her body convulsed violently. Pain erupted from her chest, her stomach, her limbs.
But in her mind, everything was still.
I know Mia would never let me take the fall She’d fight. She’d confess. She’d ruin her future for mine. So I had to do this. Now she won’t have the chance.
Mw, you be already done more than enough Live. Marilyn still needs you. And Feliz.. Grandina Anna… Please don’t mourn me. Even if had survived this day, I wouldn’t have lived much longer anyway. At least now, I get to make it mean something.
Lauren’s vision blurred.
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