Free The Mystery of Revenge by G. X. Chen

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    “I saw her about a week before she was killed, so I might have been the last person to see her alive other than Tom,” she said matter-of-factly. “She was really excited actually,” she said. “She always had this radiant smile,” she added. “But that day, it was different somehow. She was excited over something, but at the same time, she was a bitnervous.”
    Paul Winderman looked at her approvingly. He wished that the other witnesses, like Ms. White, were as observant as this young woman; then they could pinpoint the time of themurder.
    “She said she might have some news to tell me verysoon.”

    “Can’t you tell me now?” Ann begged her friend. They met in the storage room before dinner was served. Since Yi-yun was back working at China Dragon, they had become close again, chatting whenever they had free time atwork.
    “I can’t,” Yi-yun said, shaking her head with a rather nervous smile. At the same time, her face glared with joy and her eyes shone. “You’ll be the first one to know when I’mready.”
    “Are you getting married?” Ann asked, thinking this had be the news that her friend so desperately want toshare.
    Yi-yun let out a thrilling laugh. “Oh, Ann, you’ll have towait!”

    “I thought she wanted to tell me they were getting married,” Ann said to the detective. “But now I think it had to do with herpregnancy.”
    “Could be,” Paul Winderman saidunconvincingly.
    “Either way, I never thought he could kill her,” she said with a heavy sigh. “I just never expected Tom would be capable of doing such a thing!” She shook her head several times as if shaking away herdoubts.
    He had thought the same thing when he first met him. But evidence wasevidence.
    “She was so devoted to him…” she brokeoff.

    “Who is this Tom?” Ann had asked when Yi-yun told her she was going back to work at China Dragon. Ann knew Yi-yun hated Coffin Face and vowed never to return when she left to marry Fang Chen the year earlier. Tom had to be someone very special to be able to change Yi-yun’smind.
    Yi-yun blushed. “I don’t know how to put it,” she said, glancing at Ann uneasily. “He’s a great musician, and we care about each other a lot.” In fact, they had been inseparable for the past few weeks. She spent most of her free time with him, helping him with every aspect of his life—cooking, cleaning, and running errands–so he could concentrate on the piano. Tom had been preparing for the international competition in Prague. She had decided to help him pay for the trip. “He’s the pianist you saw when we went to his concert a few monthsago.”
    “Oh, him! Are you having an affair?” Ann asked, blurted out inshock.
    Yi-yun was taken aback by Ann’s outburst but couldn’t lie to her friend, so she nodded her headreluctantly.
    “But I thought you were happily married,” Ann said, looking at her friend incredulously. She remembered when she saw two of them together: Fang Chen so doting and Yi-yun socontent.
    “No, I’m not happily married,” Yi-yun said sullenly. “I don’t love Fang Chen, and I never have.” She might have never known love if she hadn’t met Tom. The total opposite of Fang Chen, Tom brought out her raw sexuality, making her appreciate and in turn craving his love. He knew how to turn her on with his passionate kisses and foreplay even when she didn’t feel like it. They had made love on the floor, in the car, behind a tree, which would have been unthinkable with Fang Chen who would back away as soon as she raised her eyebrows in disagreement. Tom wanted her like no other, and he would turn to her as soon as he was done practicing the piano, which was his greatest love in life, other than Yi-yun ofcourse.
    “I’m totally lost,” Ann said ungracefully. “Why did you marry Fang if you didn’t lovehim?”
    “Because I didn’t know what love was,” Yi-yun said, looking down at her feet. “I thought I loved him because I respected