Chapter 611 Checkmate
What surprised Peggy was that her wordsโso deliberately vicious, so calculated to woundโdidnโt provoke any reaction at all from Owen.
She frowned in confusion, glancing up at him.
โYou think just because Timothy raped me, we canโt get a divorce? I mean, without that 'proof,' whoโs gonna believe I made a false report against youโโ
Before she could finish her sentence, she froze in horror.
Owen had reached up to the lamp and retrieved a small device.
She recognized it instantly.
A hidden camera.
He transferred the footage to his phone, watching the recorded video with an eerie calm before murmuring, โYou married me hoping to climb higher, right? Well then, tell meโonce this footage gets out, what kind of elite family would still give you a second look?โ
He turned the screen toward her.
Peggyโs face went white as a sheet.
The old manโs face, her ownโevery revolting detail was crystal clear. Nothing had been missed.
It was the kind of clip that would get classified under โdisturbing fetishโ if posted onlineโrepulsive to even glance at.
Owen said flatly, โYour rich-wife fantasy ends with me.โ
Peggy couldnโt speak. Her body, her dignityโit was all gone. But it was thisโthis blackmailโthat chilled her to the bone.
He had her. Completely.
Owen lifted his gaze. โSoโฆ still thinking about calling the cops?โ
With Peggyโs arrogance doused like a bucket of cold water, Owen no longer saw any reason to treat her seriously.
He left her room and headed for Timothyโs.
Through the doorโbarely ajarโTimothy could be seen passed out cold on the bed, belt still undone.
Owen walked in, completely unconcerned that he might wake up mid-act and lash out.
He grabbed the unconscious man by the ankles and dragged him right off the bed like a dead pig. Even when Timothy hit the ground with a loud thud, he didnโt stir.
Owen kept dragging him, step by step, down the stairs.
Peggy, still cuffed to the bed, could hear strange scraping sounds, but couldnโt see a thing. She couldnโt accuse Owen of anything without proof.
Ten minutes later, Timothy was locked inside a dog cage in the Saunders familyโs basementโstill dead asleep.
Owen stared down at him with absolute coldness, then pulled out his phone and called Lily, โMom, you can come home now.โ
Everything that followed was recounted to Yunice by the biker guy.
Just hearing it made Yuniceโs skin crawl.
When he finally finished, her voice was slightly shaky. โMedical studentsโฆ really are high-risk for turning into criminals.โ
The biker asked, โSoโฆ did Timothy die?โ
Otherwise, why wasnโt he moving?
โNo, heโs not dead,โ Yunice replied. โIf he were, Owen wouldnโt have bothered locking him in a cage. He hasnโt cleaned up the evidence yetโhe wouldnโt let Timothy off that easy.โ
She had a good idea how Owen pulled it off.
The chair cushion at dinner had likely been filled with dense memory foamโcomfortable, yes, but also ideal for hiding something.
When Timothy sat down, the cushion compressed instantly beneath his weight. Thatโs when he got injected.
Owen had probably hidden a syringe under the padding. As Timothy sat down with full force, the needle shot straight in, releasing the drug into his system. Then he quickly stood up, and the foam bounced back, swallowing the syringe. All that remained was the detached needle lodged in his ass.
Of course, someone like Timothyโuncouth and arrogantโwould never suspect such a setup. Heโd assume Owen was too scared to actually harm him.
And Owen hadnโt killed him. Heโd just knocked him out with something strongโprobably a sedative mixed into the drinks.
He knew Timothy had his eyes on Peggy. So heโd served him alcohol, let him get drunk and bold, and then watched as he walked right into the trap.
Once he got the footage he wanted, Owen locked him away like a rabid dog.
The whole thing left Yunice shaken. Deeply disturbed.
Owen used to be someone who simply drifted with the current. A weak villain sinking deeper and deeper into crime.
But nowโฆ now heโ
Any step along the wayโat any pointโhe couldโve turned back. Turned himself in. Apologized.
If he had, he probably wouldโve gotten off with a lighter punishment.
All just to keep up his lies, heโd gone and ruined himself completely.
The bikerโs words echoed through the line. โShould we call the cops now? If we do it now, everything getsโโ
Chapter 612 The Point of No Return