Gui Tian Lan's blood turned cold.
The hand remained on his shoulder like a heavy weight.
Then the voice lowered.
"She screamed your name when I slit her wrists."
A low chuckle followed.
"I enjoyed every second with her. She was so tight."
Cruel.
Deliberate.
Enjoying every word.
"And it was a thrill watching the life drain from her eyes."
Gui Tian Lan couldn't breathe.
For one terrible moment, the nightclub disappeared.
The music.
The lights.
The laughter.
Everything faded beneath the memory of a voice he had sworn never to forget.
The rain from that night.
The phone call.
His girlfriend.
Her death that was staged to look like suicide.
The recording.
Her screams.
The helplessness.
The years of searching.
The nights when sleep refused to come.
Then the man laughed again. This time, he sounded like a broken record.
"She was so beautiful."
A pause.
"So lifeless."
Something inside Gui Tian Lan shattered.
He slowly turned his head.
Their eyes met.
