Chapter 106
In the morning, Michelle, Ivona, Kieran, and Anastasia all went into the dungeon. That was the first time Anastasia was there, so she wasn’t really used to the nasty smell, but she was able to bear it and proceeded with everyone else to the last cell, where Ferdinand was. Since Michelle had last seen him, he had changed. He was curled up in her corner, his eyes wide, and his hands around his knees, mumbling something all the time.
"Hey!" Kieran kicked one of the cell bars to get Ferdinand’s attention.
Hearing Kieran’s voice and the kick against the bars, Ferdinand turned to look at the group, his face clearly showing panic and despair. "Please get me out of here! I’ll tell you all I know! Just get me out of here!" he shouted as he grabbed the bars. "I won’t lie again! I’ll be truthful! I promise!" he continued.
Seeing how Ferdinand was acting, Kieran and Ivona looked at each other. Michelle did tell them that she had manipulated Ferdinand quite a bit, but they didn’t expect him to be in that state. They thought he would just answer their questions more easily, not that he would straight-up admit that he had lied to them before, without them even questioning him about it. That just showed how much control Michelle was able to exert over someone’s mind.
Unlike Kieran and Ivona, Anastasia wasn’t told that Michelle went to traumatize Ferdinand, so she was shocked when she saw his expression, filled with despair, and the way he was acting.
Noticing Kieran and Ivona glance at each other, she understood they knew something but weren’t expecting it to be to that extent. So the only one who could have done it, and the only one who was calm, was Michelle. "You did that?" Anastasia asked, whispering, as she leaned closer to Michelle.
And Michelle nodded. "Yes!" she smiled. "But the results are better than I expected," she added in a whisper.
Meanwhile, Kieran and Ivona started interrogating Ferdinand. "What did you lie about?" Kieran asked.
But Ferdinand just kept wailing: "Please! Get me out of here! I don’t want to stay here!"