"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.

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

Jamie had seen her, she would

than Winnie, the person she had been

no longer the

her go," a man

flinched and quickly denied

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

remains that you didn't complete the

do this! You promised me!" Winnie's pupils contracted in panic as she leaned forward,

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

the kind of loathing that

reason told her to hold back. For now, she

through the rearview mirror, the man

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

paused, his tone suddenly turning sharp. "There won't

lashes trembled.

away, leaving no trace it had

out the window at the passing scenery, Winnie's heart twisted in pain as she t seeing

had to find a way

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