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13. Being Paranoid
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…Her baby's wails echoed with the wind. Inside the sandstorm, her scream for help was heart-wrenching.Violet's heart grieved, her hands grasping onto nothingness.Struggling to get a hold of her daughter, she scurried on the hot desert sand, calling out for her.Miracle!Where was she?Her tiny figure was like the fleeting breeze, disappearing the next second it came. Mimi-Violet's lungs were once again stuffed with dust, her scream reduced to rapid sobs. Her head rolling from left to right rapidly, she thrashed on the soft surface.Something was grabbing her hand,Someone was holding her…Was it her daughter?“Vi…” But it was a male voice. “Violet… please wake up.” He stroked her hair, his reassuring words floating into her ears. “You'll be fine… relax, Vi.”Violet woke up with a start. Her eyes snapped open and the white ceiling came to her vision. Her chest heaving up and down, she panted heavily. Streams of sweat rushed down her forehead. Her eyes swept across the room a
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Dread coupled with fear washed over Violet, creeping into her nerves. The place was so dark,It was hard to see what was ahead. The clinic's light only illuminated a small portion of the area surrounding it.The lamp posts planted across the Island were very far away too.Violet took a few seconds, taking in the vast emptiness.Then she made up her mind.Why was she standing?Her fear was nothing in comparison with what her daughter might be going through. No matter what happened, she had to find Mimi.What was the point of living, anyway, without her daughter?Using the flickering lamp posts as her only source of light, Violet began walking.The cold air bit her skin, and her teeth chattered. Having forgotten her shoes, the sharp sand pierced her feet.“Vi!”Violet halted. “Violet, where are you!!!”Asher!He'd returned.Violet picked up her pace, almost running as his voice got nearer.Once Asher saw her, he'd stop her.He'd tell her not to search for her daughter.But how coul
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Violet's ears must be tricking her.Was that really her daughter's voice?Apart from Mimi, there wasn't any other kid on this Island.Mimi! Violet staggered in relief, holding the window's frame for support.How could she have mistaken?That was Mimi's voice.“You’re an adorable kid…” Came the male's voice. “Of course, I like you… But I'm not your Daddy.”Clyde! Violet's heart sank, her hope plummeting. No way!It mustn't be Clyde who saved her daughter, right?No- it couldn't be. Although relieved that her baby was safe and sound, this realization awoke Violet's anxiety.She didn't even have time to celebrate, despite the happy tears rolling down her cheeks.What if Mimi kept on pestering Clyde that he was her father?What if her baby's determination drove Clyde to investigate?What if he discovered the truth?“W-Why… Why, Daddy!?”Mimi's sobs brought Violet back to the present.“You keep pushing me away. Liar! You don't like me! Did I do anything wrong? Bad Daddy!”Mimi's rapid
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