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Deathly silence greeted Anthony when he stepped into the factory.

He bristled when he sensed danger, but before he could turn around, he was ambushed from behind and struck

on the head.

Anthony’s vision went black.

Fractured images flurried through Anthony’s mind while he was unconscious, as though trying to make up the full picture of the three years he had lost.

He saw fragments of the past and the people who had come and gone in his life.

He felt like he was being torn apart.

The ache in his heart spread through his body, and sadness overwhelmed him as his feelings for a certain woman grew convoluted.

He saw a depthless sea at night.

He saw the cold, flickering lights that were dwarfed by the fireworks overhead.

The person he was looking for had disappeared. The ring was still with him.

They told him that the person had fallen into the sea and died.

The dull roar of the ocean filled Anthony’s ears. As he stood on the swaying deck and the salty sea breeze enveloped him, he went mad.

Just then, a huge wave crested and tipped the cruise ship.

Anthony wanted to be swept away by the waves and swallowed by the dark ocean.

At least then he could see her.

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However, the moment the waters rose to claim him, he felt himself hauled upward.

Anthony regained consciousness and felt the dampness on his face.

He was in a quiet room, but he could hear loud bickering going on outside.

“What happened? How did he pass out in a car in the countryside?” Quincey demanded hysterically. “Didn’t he take his medicine? Where is it?”

“Mrs. Hoffman, the doctor said Mr. Hoffman shouldn’t be taking unprescribed medication after suffering a head injury,” said Daniel patiently.

“What? That medicine was imported! It’s supposed to be good for Anthony!” Quincey yelled.

“All right, Mrs. Hoffman. I’ll have Mr. Hoffman take the medicine after he comes to.” Daniel comforted Quincey quietly, “You should go back. I can take care of things here, but I won’t be able to come and go as I like, so be

careful.”

Daniel returned to the hospital room after seeing Quincey off and saw that Anthony was already awake.

“Mr. Hoffman,” Daniel greeted in surprise, holding Anthony’s medicine.

Anthony narrowed his eyes at the medicine Daniel was holding. “How long was I out?”

“About 48 hours, Mr. Hoffman. I tracked your coordinates and found you passed out in your car. I didn’t call the police, as you requested. How are you feeling?” Daniel poured a glass of water and added, “I’ll go get the doctor.”

Anthony’s gaze darkened. “Wait.”

He closed his eyes and cleared his thoughts.

He had realized something when his memories overlapped, like why Genevieve had reappeared suddenly and grown to hate Andrea and Lauraine.

Anthony’s heart tightened as a dull ache seized him. He looked pale. When he opened his eyes again, restrained emotions seemed to crest in his depthless gaze.

“Keep quiet about this. If anyone asks, just say I relapsed and passed out,” Anthony ordered. “Also, did you find Andrea?”

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Daniel paused, contemplating his response. “Yes, but…” He hesitated as a strange look crossed his features. “She’s gone mad.”

Anthony frowned and cut Daniel a look as sharp as his jawline.

Daniel took a deep breath and pulled up the footage he had gotten from the police. He explained in a raspy voice, “There were no surveillance cameras along that road, so we don’t know how she got there in the first place. But, there was a functioning surveillance camera on the rooftop of this abandoned building and it managed to capture Andrea’s strange behavior.”

raised a brow. Strange behavior?”

into the

to the rooftop, her steps clumsy

appeared to be alone but moved as if someone

pile of ropes and crouched down nervously, then

cursing incoherently, shouting in a hoarse voice, “You can make me pay for wanting to kill you, but

Anthony frowned.

Andrea tie herself with the rope. She first bound her feet, then

was still plenty of rope left when she was done.

as she hopped to the edge of

was nothing but dirt and rocks

it would be from a skyscraper. Nonetheless, a fall from a standard five–story abandoned factory would still

enough to cripple someone, if not kill

and begged on her knees for mercy,

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and appeared to be talking to herself.

as if someone had given Andrea a hard push. She screamed as

the rope

expected

was out of view, but her frantic screaming continued.

set the phone down grimly, his gaze

police. After

but the words she had screamed into thin air made his blood run cold. “You can make me pay for wanting to kill you, but don’t forget Lauraine was the one who pushed you into the sea!

Andrea

then felt the answer coming to mind and truth slowly surfacing.

if he wanted to. ‘Andrea and Lauraine were behind Genevieve’s

been the one who invited

was complicit in her disappearance

to drown

understood Genevieve’s fierce and unrelenting

for

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was why she hadn’t even hesitated to cut each of them

struggle and suffer in doubt, letting him

E

decisions that she predicted

Lauraine and Andrea swiftly, but she took her time hurting Anthony, making little cuts here

ruefully,

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he

bristled when he sensed danger, but before he could turn around, he

on the head.

vision went black.

trying to make up the full picture of the three years

of the past and the people who

like he was being torn apart.

his body, and sadness overwhelmed

a depthless sea

lights that were dwarfed by the fireworks

was looking for had disappeared. The ring was still with

told him that the person had fallen into the

the ocean filled Anthony’s ears. As he stood on the swaying deck and the salty sea breeze enveloped him,

wave crested

be swept away by the waves

he

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rose to claim

the dampness on his face.

he could hear loud bickering going on

in the countryside?” Quincey demanded hysterically. “Didn’t he take his medicine?

doctor said Mr. Hoffman shouldn’t be taking unprescribed

was imported! It’s supposed to

back. I can take care of

careful.”

after seeing Quincey off and saw that Anthony was already

greeted in

at the medicine Daniel

car. I didn’t call the police, as you requested. How are you feeling?” Daniel poured a

darkened. “Wait.”

and cleared his

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