Two of Hearts [ON HOLD]

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CHAPTER 3

The Killer

No one's POV

"I didn't expect you to visit me." An old man sat at a desk, facing a beautiful woman dressed elegantly but with a detective's ID clipped to her lapel.

The tension between them was palpable, heightened by the thick glass partition with a hole in the middle, allowing their voices to carry through despite being in separate rooms.

"Do you think your relatives will visit you?" Skyler remarked sarcastically, her voice cold and devoid of any warmth or emotion as she stared at the inmate in front of her.

The man smiled, a twisted expression of amusement spreading across his face, seemingly pleased by what he heard.

"You are my child, my second one even," said the old man, his tone dripping with a perverse sense of pride.

At his words, Skyler almost drew her gun, her hand instinctively reaching for it, but she restrained herself, forcing her emotions back under control.

"I'm not your child and will never be your child, Red Bull," she replied, her voice shaking slightly with suppressed rage.

Red Bull laughed hysterically, his heart racing with joy at being called that again, a name that seemed to feed his delusions.

"How I missed being called like that," he said, his grin widening.

Skyler was irritated by the smile painted on the old man's face, but she managed to maintain her composure, though it was a struggle.

"I'm not here to be your entertainment. I'm here to tell you again that I'm nothing like you," Skyler declared firmly, her eyes narrowing as she leaned forward, her face inches from the glass.

"I don't care. I still have children that I know are like me. We both know they grew up to be like me," the old man replied mockingly, his words calculated to provoke her.

His smirk deepened as he watched her jaw clench in anger.

"And I will search the whole world just to find them," Skyler whispered fiercely, her voice low and dangerous.

Her glare was intense, filled with a promise of retribution, but the old man continued to grin, unfazed by her threat.

Her eyes showed no emotion, only darkness, a reflection of the grim resolve that had taken root in her soul.

She knew the man before her was beyond redemption, a monster masquerading as a father, and she was determined to ensure his influence would never corrupt anyone else.

"Wala ka ng kapangyarihan, isa ka na lang dagang na-trap sa isang kahon. Once you die, I'll laugh at your funeral, bitch!" Skyler showed the man her middle finger.

"Try me..."

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Seyren's POV

"Oh my god--" tumalikod ako at tuluyan ng sumuka sa tabi ng isang puno.

I just saw the corpse of a middle-aged man.