The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1436

Felix was met with a gust of cool wind as soon as he stepped out the door. He looked around only to find darkness surrounding him. He was still trembling with fear. He couldn't get Lillian's face off his mind—her face was distorted with pain. He couldn't ever forget that.

This horrible image would haunt him forever. The feeling of Lillian's ghost following him never left him. He dragged his feet to his car, got in, and closed the door shut. He broke down, crying.

Soon, the engine whirred and the car sped away.

When he got home, he was like a walking zombie. He couldn't even remember how he got home. He sat on the sofa knowing for sure that he wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.

As foresight, Felix grabbed some sleeping pills from his medicine kit. He downed them in one gulp because he didn't want to have a sleepless night. He had lots of work lined up for the next day, and he didn't want to wallow in what just happened that night.

The next morning, Sheryl and Charles had already called the police. Soon, the tranquility of the community where Lillian lived was broken by the wail of the police sirens.

The police knew where Lillian lived. They figured it out the night before so when morning came, the first thing they did was head to her home in an attempt to arrest her for the attempted murder.

The neighbors gathered around to discuss what was happening as they heard the sirens.

"Is there a criminal living among us?" a middle-aged woman exclaimed, tightly hugging her chest.

"Probably! The police seldom show up here, and there are so many police cars here. Must be something big!" someone chimed in.

It was an old community so there wasn't much going on around here. Only a few minor offenses, if anything. They'd never seen so many police swarming the area before.

There were some who even had the guts to ask the police about what was happening. "Officer, what's happening? Should we be concerned as a community?"

None of the police officers answered their questions. They just wanted to do their job which was arrest Lillian. They didn't even so much as look at the crowd surrounding them as they entered Lillian's home.

Footsteps echoed from the narrow stairway, and soon the police was inside Lillian's home.

They stopped in front of her door. When everyone was ready, one police knocked on the door. However, nobody answered. They tried many times but no one was answering, and they couldn't hear any sound coming from the inside. Suddenly, the atmosphere was so serious.

Could Lillian have found out that they were arresting her and have consequently fled the area?

The police looked at each other as they considered all the possibilities.

The captain glanced at his men and decided to break into the house.

The captain leaned sideways to make way for his colleagues. One police came forward, bumping against the door fiercely. Soon, the door was broken down.

They filed in one after another. However, what they saw shocked them.

Their suspect lay on the floor, motionless. They knew something was wrong.