"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: The police came yesterday. The wife had just come to her senses and apologized to her husband on her own."
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: Fights between a husband and wife are domestic matters, so the police couldn’t get too involved. They just gave the wife a talking-to and left. I can’t believe the same thing happened again today..."
"2-1408 Bella Grant: @4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom So what about now? What’s the situation exactly?"
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: @2-1408 Bella Grant My husband just went downstairs to check. He said the wife had another episode and gouged out her husband’s eyeballs with her bare hands."
"2-1408 Bella Grant: !!!"
"2-1408 Bella Grant: Oh my god! How could this happen!"
"4-1009 Lowell On Deadline: Holy shit, no wonder he was screaming so horribly... That’s chilling..."
"4-1209 Slacking Off: ..."
"4-1209 Slacking Off: I think I’ll close my window. Suddenly feeling a bit cold."
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: @4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom How is that possible? Don’t spread rumors."
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: @12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed I’m not spreading rumors! My husband saw it with his own eyes. There’s a pool of blood in the 14th-floor hallway right now!"
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: @4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom Is her husband disabled or something? How could a grown man lose a fight to a woman? There’s a huge physical strength gap between men and women."
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: @12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed I’m not sure about that. Maybe... maybe it’s because lunatics have extraordinary strength!"
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: My husband said the police were there, but they just couldn’t stop the crazed woman."
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: @4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom Haha, you’re sounding more and more ridiculous. The police couldn’t stop a single woman?"
"4-1503 Ryan Lawson’s Mom: @12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed What reason do I have to lie? You’re so annoying. If you don’t believe me, go ask the police yourself!"
"4-1009 Lowell On Deadline: I don’t care if he believes it or not. I do."
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: @4-1009 Lowell On Deadline You’re so gullible."
"4-1009 Lowell On Deadline: ..."
"4-1009 Lowell On Deadline: Because I can see a few more police officers heading toward Building 4 from my window. I guess one officer couldn’t control the scene and called for backup."
"2-1408 Bella Grant: @4-1009 Lowell On Deadline The regular cops probably can’t handle her. This is too dangerous. They should call in the Armed Police."
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: @2-1408 Bella Grant You’ve got to be kidding. The Armed Police don’t have time to deal with us!"
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: Haven’t you guys heard? There’s a rebellion in the East District!"
"12-1803 AAA Lawson’s Building Materials - Closed: They say a group of desperate people took advantage of the chaos to rob the city’s armory. They’ve declared themselves kings and have been fighting the Armed Police for the last few days!"
After a moment, she bit her lip, looked up at Melody Summers, and answered, "...I just saw a message in a colleague group chat. It says... Chloe Sharp is dead..."
"Her body was dumped at the entrance of our company building. The colleagues who passed by were horrified. Someone took a picture of the body and sent it to the group, and now it’s being spread through all the company chats, big and small..."
It was no wonder Joanne White looked so ill; the image in the photo was truly horrifying.
Chloe Sharp’s face was mutilated beyond recognition, covered in gashes from a sharp knife. Both of her eyes had been gouged out, leaving only two black holes. It was a terrifying sight.
If not for the employee ID badge hanging on her chest, no one would have recognized this brutally murdered woman as their once bright and lively colleague.
Hearing the news of Chloe Sharp’s death, Melody Summers wasn’t too surprised. The outcome was entirely within her expectations.
She had guessed back then that after she and Nina Summers escaped, the Walsh family most likely wouldn’t let Chloe Sharp go. And just as she’d thought, Chloe Sharp was now dead.
Melody Summers moved closer to Joanne White, wanting to see the details for herself, but Joanne quickly turned off her phone screen. She gently dissuaded her, "You shouldn’t look... The photo is really scary!"
’A picture that graphic and grotesque is the kind that’s mentally scarring just from a single glance. Who could have done this? How could they be so vicious? It was a level of cruelty you wouldn’t even show your worst enemy.’
Melody Summers didn’t dwell on it, simply asking, "Did Chloe Sharp have any other family?"
Joanne White shook her head. "They’re saying in the group that the company can’t get in touch with her relatives, so they’re just going to help handle her funeral arrangements for now."
Hearing Joanne White say this, Melody Summers felt a pang of melancholy. As a fan, Chloe Sharp had genuinely loved Autumn Sawyer for so many years, only to meet such an end. Melody couldn’t help but wonder what was going through her mind in her final moments.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse