Chapter 157

For reasons she couldn’t explain, Megan actually did open the album, and what she saw scared her so much she dropped the phone on the floor. Inside were photos of her son. Megan looked at Chris–he was the one she trusted most right now.

“The clothes in the photo were what my son wore this morning. It was a picture of him eating at school. The time must’ve been around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, which means the person probably took the photo and came straight to the hospital afterward.”

After seeing the photos, Megan was completely stunned and frozen on the spot, not knowing what to do. She stood there dazed for a long time until the phone rang again. This time, Megan answered immediately. It was still the same man on the line.

“Find a quiet place. We need to talk properly. If you want your son to stay safe, you’d better do as I say.”

Megan didn’t doubt him for a second and quickly went into the pharmacy.

“I went to the pharmacy’s lounge. At that time, I was the only one there–everyone else was on break. I rushed in and shut the door to take the call.”

The man on the phone said that from now on, Megan had to do whatever he asked. He told her to get medicine for them and place it in a specific location. In fact, at first, Megan refused.

“I knew what I was doing was illegal. And without a doctor’s signature, if I took the medication, it would be traced straight back to me.”

But the man said not to worry. Since they were asking Megan to do this, they would make sure everything else was ready. The first operation happened about two weeks later.

“There was no phone call this time–just a text message and another photo of my son. He was still wearing the same clothes from that day. Once I saw the photo, I could only follow the instructions."

I remember that time, it was for a heart disease patient. I took antidepressants and swapped them for the heart meds.”

Roy wrote down that patient’s name, planning to investigate later. After it was done, Megan’s account received a deposit. It seemed that this person didn’t just threaten her–they paid her too. It was the stick and carrot tactic.

Roy shook his head. As someone well–versed in the law, he said, “This way, Megan became an accomplice to the crime. If she hadn’t taken the money, she would have been considered a coerced party, someone acting under duress. But once she took payment, she became complicit. That guy deliberately dragged her down with him.”

They hadn’t expected him to be so scheming. But the more they heard, the less it sounded like something Luke would be capable of. After all, Luke didn’t seem sharp enough to carry out a scheme like this. Chris found it strange.

Megan continued, “The second time was about two months later. Honestly, I wasn’t as afraid that time. After the request, I was so terrified I couldn’t sleep for days, scared the police would come for me.”

“But you still cost someone their life,” Roy said coldly. “You should be afraid. No matter what you did, you broke the law.”

Megan lowered her head.

“The second person seemed to have fallen down the stairs during work hours. They lost consciousness and had a brain hemorrhage. Following his instructions again, I switched out the medication that caused the death. Later, I went to check, and there really was a doctor’s signature.”

“Who was it?” Chris asked.

“Hector Wood,” Megan answered immediately.

The name sounded familiar–Chris had probably worked with him before. He immediately looked Hector up in the internal system.

“Cardiology,” said Chris.

“After that Janet was taken away.”

Hoy got straight to the point.

“What about Mandy? Was she your next target?”