"Do you think the person we saw earlier was Winnie?" Jamie gripped his arm tightly. "I have to go back and check. The fire was so intense. What if she didn't make it out?" Even imagining it made her feel like she couldn't breathe.

Her sister had died in a fire.

What if Winnie was still alive but ended up perishing in the flames because of her negligence? How could Jamie ever forgive herself?

"Jamie, don't go back. The police have already sealed off the area," Ben said, stepping in to stop her.

"But if that was Winnie..."

"You said it yourself. You're not certain. So why risk your life for a possibility? Have you thought about what would happen to Charlie if something happened to you?" There was another thought Ben didn't voice. "What would happen to me if you were gone?" he muttered to himself.

Jamie stared at him, tears streaming down her face.

Heart aching, Ben pulled her into his arms. "I'll have my assistant help you look into it. Let's go home first."

Hearing the words "go home", Jamie felt a fleeting warmth in her heart, even though she had been resisting the idea moments earlier.

"Okay," she murmured.

What Jamie didn't notice was a van parked not far from the villa.

hair cascading down her shoulders. Her face was striking and icy, like a rose blooming in the

seen her, she would have

woman was none other than Winnie, the person she had been searching

no longer the same

deliberately let her go," a man

flinched and quickly

dead, you'd still be soft-hearted toward your sister? Is that what they call blood ties?" "I didn't let her go."

protests. "Say what you want. But the fact remains that you didn't complete the

can't do this! You promised me!" Winnie's pupils contracted in panic as

replied coldly, "I promised you the antidote *if* you completed the task.

glared at him with intense hatred, the kind of loathing that nearly

glimmer of reason told her to hold back. For now,

the rearview mirror,

You know who controls your

tone suddenly turning sharp. "There won't

trembled.

van pulled away, leaving no trace

passing scenery, Winnie's heart twisted in pain as she

to find a way to

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