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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR
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“You better forget about it if you don’t want your son to have a gaping hole on his head.” Dino threatened. “Although, I doubt that this information is helpful at all. Who will you tattle to? A ghost?”
Dino chuckled at his own joke while Althea closed her mouth from his threat. She lowered her head and urged Kai to eat again. While holding the shaking body of her son, many thoughts were running in her head.
A her. Dino’s boss is a woman. A woman with hostility to her? Who is it? Althea rummage in her head and she thought of one woman.
But she’s not certain yet. She has to get evidence.
Then, for some reason, she felt it. Her eyes gaze at the door and saw a man- a guard that she hasn’t seen before- looking at her with intense stare. With Dino’s back fac
TW: Violence, blood.CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE:-Looking at it at the very beginning, the place doesn’t suit the vibe of being an hideout. You can completely see what was happening inside from the outside as the walls have cracks on them that can fit two grown men. The inside was completely deserted, no one was wandering around, not even animals. And because of that, it was also a perfect place to hide as there is a hidden underground passage leading to the quarters of the former employees in the factory.Together with the map, the anonymous sender also sent them the blueprint of the factory. The place is truly amazing, the building itself consumed at least 200 sq meters, it was two-storey, and it has a basement that is filled with rows of rooms and rooms for the people that used to work here.The police did their resea
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX:-His words were like an oasis in the middle of a desert. Saving her just in time before she dies from the heat and dehydration. Althea’s eyes lingered to his face and her words were stuck on her tongue.“I… Thank you…” Althea managed to squeeze out from her heart.Kai caressed her face while his eyes were shut tightly close. Althea pulled him closer, the boy did not offer any resistance and obediently laid his forehead on her shoulder. Althea felt like she fell into a land of serenity, where a vast of grasses spreads out towards where even the eyes can’t see.Her mind ironically gained tranquility even at the center of the bloody field where a fight just happened.Her senses heightened and she can hear her heart beating and pumping blood. She can feel the coldness of the corridor and the h
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRER TWENTY-SEVEN:--At the same floor but different place, Althea hid in a room while holding her breath as if that will make her invisible. The situation of Kai keeps running in her mind and worry and anxiety was not a good combination.Nonetheless, she did not let it show. She tried sharpening her hearing, listening to every sound her ears can pick up as much as possible. Beads of sweat traced from her forehead to her chin. Hearing nothing but stillness, she peeked from the crack of the door.No one was there.It has been long since Dino and the mysterious man sent by Silver had ceased, but she did not know which side was the winner. To be safe, she made Kai go by himself and stayed behind. She realized that running away was not the ideal thing to do in this situation.She has to remain and somehow deal with Dino, if ever he is still alive, so that he can stop chasing them.Althea had no idea how, but even if it cos
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT--“Charlotte,” Tyler called out unconsciously, he stood up from sitting and approached her, puzzled at why she was there. “What are you doing here-“He was not given a chance to finish his words when a sharp slap landed on his face, the loud sound of the contact of their skin sounded throughout the hallway they were in. Tyler face turned to the right after getting hit by Charlotte’s palm.She was a frail looking girl, with a small stature and delicate figure, there was no way that it was her strength. But the situation of his cheeks begged to differ. Tyler’s cheek was throbbing really bad at the contact. He felt that it was swelling and blood started to rush to that side of his face.He looked back at Charlotte with disbelief in his eyes. They haven’t meet for years and this was the first thing she did when they finally met? Slap him? He tried recalling everything he said o
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE:--They had a daughter, they had.It was like someone had pressed the rewind button, he saw right before his eyes the scenes as they continue to drag backwards, like a broken clock that rotates counter-clockwise, until it stopped in that particular moment.Tyler felt like he drank a potion that made his memories as clear as day as if those things just happened yesterday- he watched, as he continued to glue his mind in that exact piece of memory while fully knowing how it ended, he still tried stopping it, he still tried changing the predestined ending.But nothing happened, even the pause button was broken- and the story continued to flow like water of a broken pipe.Tyler weakly laid his forehead on his arms that were on the stirring wheel.He had no idea how and when did he got inside this car, he just knew that, after everything Charlotte said to him, he mindlessly wandered around and somehow ended
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY:--TW: VIOLENCE, BLOOD--“I heard that she told you everything.” Althea stated right after the door closed. Aside from her, Tyler was left alone inside, standing on the feet of her bed like a nail. Althea waited for him to answer, but her sentence was left hanging in the air by his silence.“…”Althea looked down, her expression was obscure, but when she raised her head again, her smile still remained the same. “Tyler, you don’t have to be guilty, everything’s fine now…”“NO!” Finally, he spoke, and like his appearance, he shocked Althea with his yell. He advanced and in no time, he was by her side and clasped both of her shoulders. Startled, she looked up to see his eyes bulging at her. “Don’t say that- please don’t just casually say that and ignore everything that happened in your past-“His sentence
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (2):--Although Sheryl had that look of innocence, it was icy cold and there was a hint of indifference as if she was not bother by the slowly dying man on her feet.“Oh, it’s just you, Dino…” a smile- she let out a smile.It was eerie and sinister, he shivered, but not from fear.All his life, he lived a boring and repetitive lifestyle. So, when he was suddenly transferred here, he did not care. All he did was live quietly while learning and serving them.But the sight of her made the long dead excitement in his heart stir. It made his blood rush on his veins wildly and they palpitated. The blood, its horrible smell, the fact that a girl, younger than him at that, just killed a human- Dino was not bothered at all. Rather, it stirred something very, very different inside him as he watches her stand in front of the corpse while holding the murder weapon in her hand-Admiration.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE:--“Till this day, you haven’t said anything about who your employer is.” Tyler stated towards Dino as he watched him through a thick glass of wall, they were inside a room that was only separated with tall, thick, and heavy glasses. Tyler sat on his chair in an upright manner, while Dino was sitting languidly with his chin on top his palm. “It’s better to sing the name unless you don’t want to ease the punishment you will get.”Dino, on the other side of the room, snickered at his words. “Even if you’ll let me go, I’ll never betray my employer.”Tyler frowned as his emphasis of the word ‘never’. Is he loyal, or is he lying through his teeth?“On the other hand, even though if you will give me a pardon, or you will imprison me here for the rest of my life, my fate is already decided.” Dino adjusted his posture on his se