The Truth Revealed

"I bet this is one of his many ways to torment us. He must be rejoicing in his heart that we failed just like he predicted..."

"She is indeed breathing," Jennifer announced, her bulging eyes almost falling out of their sockets.

"She is breathing? Are you sure you are not hallucinating because you don't want to accept that she is dead..."

"I know a corpse when I see one and Stephanie is not a corpse. Also, aren't you already aware that her body would have disintegrated into dust if truly she had died?" Jennifer challenged the crying Gabrielle who thought she was being delusional.

To confirm that no sides were lying, everyone took turns to feel Stephanie's pulse.

Apart from the fact that her pulse was stable, her body became warm and her paleness began to vanish.

"We did it. Big bro did it!" Gabrielle shouted happily as soon she checked for herself that Stephanie was indeed breathing.