THE REVENGE Chapter 25 Life complicates everything. Death simplifies it. Simple. Final. Always within reach. Death walks behind you, patient, waiting for the moment you slow down. But you never look back — you’re too busy running. When someone dies, the same question always follows: Why did he surrender? Sometimes death is the only way to untangle a story. And the answer is simple. Because there was no other way. Because I was tired. That’s why I surrendered. That’s why I died. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jasmine p.o.v. Mark’s autopsy was over. The words echoed in my head, hollow and unreal. Mark’s autopsy. There were no leads. No witnesses. No answers. Only the bullets. Eight of them. Eight merciless shot

