"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.

dressed in a sleek black dress sat with long, wavy hair cascading down her shoulders. Her face was striking and icy, like a

Jamie had seen her, she would have

was none other than Winnie, the person she had been

Winnie was no longer

go," a man sneered from

quickly denied it. "I

bother pretending. I saw everything. Who would've thought that after coming back from the dead, you'd still be soft-hearted toward your sister?

clearly indifferent to her protests. "Say what you want. But the fact remains that you didn't complete the task I gave you. That means no antidote for you

in panic as she leaned forward, grabbing at the man in

antidote *if* you completed the task. Did you finish

him with intense hatred, the kind of loathing that nearly shattered

to hold back. For now, she

rearview mirror, the

choice. You know who controls your life now, so don't forget

his tone suddenly turning sharp. "There won't

trembled.

no trace it had

window at the passing scenery, Winnie's heart twisted in

find a way to

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