Chapter 2His Death, My Freedom

Next, I called all our relatives, one by one, to tell them the news of David's passing.

The small hotel room quickly filled with people. Every relative who arrived was furious with him, cursing David. "How could he just die like that? You heartless bastard."

"Of all the ways to die, why in another woman's bed?"

"He'd finally made something of himself, becoming a university professor, and he died such a pathetic death."

I watched everything calmly. David's young girlfriend saw an opportunity and tried to slip away, but I spoke up, "You're David's student, aren't you? When did you two start?"

The girl stammered, saying nothing, completely different from the defiant person she'd been when she came to see me before.

Many relatives spotted her, and some, highly agitated, immediately moved forward. "It's you, isn't it? You had to be a homewrecker! I'll beat you to death!"

The police couldn't hold back so many relatives. Slaps rained down on the girl's face. I didn't intervene. David's anxious voice echoed beside me.

"Don't hit her! Hit me instead! We had true love, it's not her fault."

"Chloe and I have been together for over a decade. I truly had no feelings for my wife anymore."

It was only then that I realized David's ghost had been in the room the whole time.

He anxiously shielded the girl, watching the relatives punch and kick her.

After he spoke, he seemed to remember something and quickly turned to me.

"Serena, you've always been able to see ghosts, haven't you? I'm sorry, I cheated on you after all these years, but I really couldn't control myself."

"Don't be angry. Please help me. Don't let them hit Chloe anymore."

"If you help me, I'll tell you where I hid my bank card. Leo wants to take an interest class, doesn't he?"

I turned to look at him. He thought I'd agreed and was overjoyed.

But the next second, I turned my head away again.

He floated in the air, relentlessly asking me, "Serena, can you really see me? If you can see me, just answer me."

"You shouldn't be lying, right?"