"Um, didn't you fall asleep?" Dorothy was startled by Everett's sudden movement.

Everett opened his eyes, and even in the dim moonlit room, he could precisely lock onto her gaze.

"Answer my question." "I was heading to bed." As Dorothy turned to leave, he caught her wrist as his tall figure rose abruptly from the couch, "Tell me, I want to hear it." "Just because you want to hear it means I have to answer?" "Yes." Everett's tone was unusually commanding when he forced a direct response from her.

Dorothy knew she couldn't dodge this, and after a moment, her demeanor softened slightly, "You want my trust, and I can't give it." "What if you don't have to trust me? Can you be at peace by my side then?" he asked.

took a deep breath, eyes downcast as she said, "I'm torn, too. I know if I give up clearing my mother's name, I could gain the approval of the Lopez family; I

end all this, and death

failed attempt on Amanda, she

to be free to leave this world forever, where none of its turmoil could touch her. She'd be blind about others' life or death after she closed her eyes forever. That attraction becincreasingly overwhelming, and

Eventually, her hallucinations began.

on a high place, she could see her mother waving her over from

and she could read the lines carved on them, "Pierceinto your body, and you'll be free." Revenge, lawsuits, love-none would matter

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