Revenge After Death



"Do you want to die, Eason? Did your brain stop growing along with your age? What would've been the point if you were to die in a car crash?" Joel's scoldings could be heard from the courtyard.

Steven and I stood by the entrance, peeking in. Joel was angrily grabbing Eason, pushing him onto the lawn.

I was perplexed. It seemed a little awkward, considering that Eason was much older than Joel.

What was stranger was the fact that Eason had actually allowed Joel to push him onto the lawn. He did not move, nor did he resist or scold him.

That wasn't how Eason usually was like.

"He's intoxicated," Steven explained softly. Eason was clearly tipsy judging by the way he was acting. "Say something, will you? I can't believe you got yourself drunk like this!" Joel scratched his head angrily. It was as if he still had to worry about Eason despite him already being an adult.

"You're always just bullying me!" Eason yelled tipsily, as if he was unleashing all his pent-up grievances all of a sudden.

He was sitting on the lawn with his head hung low and eyes reddening. "If you're so amazing, try turning into a ghost and scare me, then! Try killing them all, then!"

Joel was stunned and stood in silence.

The thought did cross his mind. Just like what Steven had said, Simeon had wanted to kill those bastards from the advanced class. However, that fire stopped him from doing so.

"What happened between Eason and those people from the advanced class?" I asked Steven softly. He took my hand and brought me to the couch. Ashton and Xan were still playing with building blocks. The toy was something clearly too childish for them, yet they were enjoying themselves regardless.

"Hudson's growth spurt was delayed. He was petite back when he was still in the advanced class. Logan and the others were mean bullies. They liked harassing students who were weaker than them to assert their dominance in the class," Logan whispered.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

I was stunned. I could probably figure out the rest of the story now.

He continued, "Simeon used to be bullied in the orphanage because of his young age, which was why he was empathic to Hudson, who was bullied. Hudson stuck close to him after he helped him out several times."

Simeon enjoyed poking fun at Hudson as well. Hudson could only follow Simeon out of his fear. He would rather be bullied by Simeon alone than to be bullied by many.

Later on, those people no longer dared to bully Hudson in front of Simeon. That was because Simeon was too ruthless.

Those who came from the orphanage were madmen. Everyone in their class knew not to mess with the two who came from the orphanage. That was because they would go mad when they were angry.

As such, they would only bully Eason whenever Simeon wasn't around.

Steven said, "Simeon and I weren't in school on that particular day. They were ruthless in bullying Hudson. He was sent to the hospital and developed a severe germaphobia after that."

His explanation was brief without specifically mentioning how those people had bullied Eason. However,

judging by his germaphobe now, they must have used extremely dirty tactics.

I could imagine how helpless Eason had felt back then.

Steven continued, "That was why Simeon went mad when Hudson cried while looking for him, asking why he didn't protect him well. He wanted to kill."

Simeon wanted to kill those people. He almost killed someone and took the path of no return in his late

teens.

The fire had consumed everything.

From then, Hudson became withdrawn and turned eccentric. He blamed Simeon for dying and leaving him alone.

He had also blamed Steven. He was jealous and wary of Steven, yet he also blamed Steven for Simeon's death. At the same time, he was afraid of Steven.

"Eason was initially hostile toward you because he didn't know the truth. Why didn't you explain to him?" I looked at Steven. Why would he want to bear Eason's unjustified anger?

"Hating someone fuels his motivation to keep going." He looked back at me with a burning gaze. Eason was someone Simeon cared for. As such, Steven wouldn't really blame Eason even if he went too far. The reason he did not explain himself was to give Eason the motivation to stay alive and change himself. Compared to before, Eason was a completely changed person now. He learned to protect himself from others.