After Dusk

22.

In the end, Pason was mortally injured and died in the hospital.

On the day of the funeral, I went to see him off. The cemetery was halfway up the mountain, hidden in the trees. The whole mountain was green, and it was an appropriate place to sleep forever.

I didn't go to the hanging station but watched from a distance. After the funeral, I met his fiancée at the foot of the mountain.

"I knew you would come. Pason asked me to give this letter to you."

She wore exquisite makeup and a long black dress, her expression utterly blank.

"Thank you."

After walking for a long time, she turned around and said to me seriously, "Actually, it's just a deal between me and him. I help him get back the Smith family, and he helps me get the shares of Kinder Group. That's all."

"He's a good man. I don't want him to be misunderstood after he dies."

"I never misunderstood him," I promised her earnestly.

She smiled and said, "That's great."