Chapter 13: How Could It Be Her

I heard my dad's voice.

Yeah, it was definitely him calling me.

Tears started streaming down my face. On my 12th birthday, my dad had my mom fix my eyes while I slept. I could cry afterward, but he never saw it. I wished he could see my eyes now.

"Dad..." I whispered, but no one answered.

I wiped my tears away, thinking maybe I was just missing him too much and imagining things.

I lay back in the cabinet, opened the inner panel, and found a small hole in the wall. Using my phone's light, I saw a bunch of neatly arranged items inside: a wine pot, tea cup, spoon, hairpin, and more.

Some of the stuff looked familiar. After thinking for a bit, I realized I'd seen them in a leather-bound book.

The Malifact and Beneware Lorenzo mentioned must be these things.

But which one should I give to that woman?

As I hesitated, a shadow suddenly flickered past the ruby-adorned hairpin!

Instinctively, I looked closer and saw a small black snake coiled around the hairpin. When it saw me looking, it stuck out its blood-red tongue like it was taunting me.

The snake vanished in an instant. As I looked again, I suddenly saw a woman sitting at a dressing table, taking out a hairpin and dipping it gently into the tea in front of her. The hairpin quickly turned black. She stared blankly for a moment, then put the hairpin back in her hair and drank the tea in one go!

The scene flashed by, leaving me stunned and confused. I seized the hairpin, restored the cabinet, and rushed downstairs to hand it to Lorenzo.

"Good job!" Lorenzo praised me when he saw the hairpin and handed it to the woman. "Is this what you wanted?"

The woman gazed eagerly at the exquisite hairpin as Lorenzo inquired about the college girl's birthday. He inscribed it on the girl's photo, set it ablaze until it turned to ashes, rolled the hairpin in the remnants, and presented it to the woman.

She was overjoyed, transferred some money to Lorenzo, asked a few questions, and then hurriedly left.

"Dennis, you did great." Lorenzo praised me right after she left, "You've got a talent for this. If you're interested, you could take over my role as an astrologer."

I hadn't thought about it before, but it seemed like I had a knack for it. And hearing Lorenzo's words, I suddenly felt a strong urge to make a lot of money!

Yeah, I want to make a ton of money so Fiona won't get bullied by those people!

"Mr. Williams, can I?"

Lorenzo smiled and patted my shoulder, "You got this! When I've got a sec, I'll teach you some stuff."

I nodded, and Lorenzo went back to tidying up. With no customers around, I headed back to my room to rest. After lunch, I asked Lorenzo for some time off and made my way to the karaoke bar where Fiona used to work.

Ten minutes later, I found myself standing in front of "Starry Nights Karaoke Bar" on Willow Street.

The name sounded pretty fancy.

But once I got there, I was stumped.

How was I supposed to save the boss without straight-up telling him someone was out to get him?

Plus, I had no clue how Fiona planned to take the boss's life.

"Who are you, looking for a job?" As I was lost in thought, an old man poked his head out and asked.

Thinking it might be a good excuse to get inside, I nodded, "Yeah, I'm looking for a job."

The old man came out with a teacup, looked around, and whispered, "Don't bother, there's no work here. The boss is barely hanging on! Look, the boss's wife just packed up and left."

I glanced in the direction he pointed and saw a familiar figure flash by. Ignoring it, I asked, "What happened?"

"About an hour ago, the boss blacked out and collapsed. He had no pulse at the time. I don't know if they managed to save him at the hospital."

I was still too late!

I sighed, chatted with the old man for a bit, and walked away feeling dejected.

Thinking I couldn't let Fiona keep doing this, I headed straight to her newly opened voodoo clinic.

In recent years, voodoo clinics had become a big trend worldwide, with some people using them as a front to make money.

A few years ago, the widely promoted "Five-Element Acupuncture" on TV was one of those scams.

As I turned a corner, I saw a crowd gathered ahead, buzzing about something.

Looking closer, it was Fiona's voodoo clinic.

I hurried over and heard the onlookers saying that a little girl had fallen ill. Her parents thought it was just a cold and brought her to the "Harmony Herbal Clinic." Surprisingly, after taking the medicine from the lovely doctor, the girl, initially with a mild fever, slipped into a deep coma, teetering on the brink of death!

I thought to myself, 'Fiona learned some skills from the director, but she wasn't a professional. Her medical license was probably obtained through connections.'

But then I thought it was too much of a coincidence for such an incident to happen right after the clinic opened!

Could it be that someone...

As I was thinking, I noticed a familiar face in the crowd and hurriedly chased after them, shocked, 'How could it be her!'