Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Callum waited for a while, but there wasn’t another text message from Emma other than this one.

Noticing the instant change in his expression, Elspeth asked, “What happened?”

Not intending to hide it from her, Callum placed his phone before her right away. “Something’s up with Emma.”

Elspeth merely darted a glance at the text message before turning to look out the window expressionlessly. “I know.”

“You know?”

Callum turned to look into her eyes. Seeing that there was nothing but mockery in them, he figured out what had probably happened. Emma probably did something that got under her skin again, he thought. After clearing his throat, he started the car immediately without saying another word.

Thinking that he was going to save Emma, Elspeth immediately turned to look at him in astonishment. “Wait a minute! Don’t tell me you’re really going to save her?” she said with an involuntary note of sarcasm in her voice.

“Why would I save her? No, I’m taking you to watch the spectacle.”

He drove the car at breakneck speed. Elspeth sat in the passenger seat, her mind feeling at rest all of a sudden as she looked at the scenery flying past the car window.

…

Callum soon found Emma’s location according to the IP address from which the text message was sent. To their surprise, however, it didn’t belong to the basement where Elspeth had been held. Instead, it was an abandoned gas station.

He subsequently found the location with Elspeth. As soon as they stepped out of the car, they were greeted by the pungent smell of gasoline in the air.

Elspeth clapped her hand over her nose with a frown. She muttered, “Why do I feel like something’s wrong with this place?”

“I feel the same.”

nervousness as he

mocking guffaw

looked back sharply. As she had

seemed to have suffered a lot of torture. Her clothes were torn and tattered, and she was barely pulling herself together. “Never did I think you guys

of feeling sorry for her. “So, what is it? Why

man’s eyes, Emma felt her heart throbbing in pain.

Callum wasn’t going to hide this from her

break into a heartrending laugh. Her eyes were bulging out of their sockets as she said, “I just knew it! If you hadn’t remembered everything all of a sudden, you wouldn’t have cared so much about

to discuss this topic with her, Callum asked with a frown of disgust, “So what is it that you got me here

incredibly determined smile on her smudged-makeup face. “I can do whatever she’s capable of! I can

However,

how you had never captured his heart despite getting him to be with you when he lost his memories. Even if you were

she said, and hatred flickered across her eyes. Suddenly, she lunged at Elspeth, grabbing

was happening, let alone Callum, whose already sullen face

into Elspeth’s skin while asking the man before her with reddened eyes, “What would you do if I were the one who had

the first place, so Emma’s movement instantly made a

was indescribably chilling. “Do you know it’s against the law for you

even more like a madwoman when she laughed. “I’m not even afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of breaking the

Elspeth couldn’t help but swear as her

of her neck. “Yeah, I’m crazy. You know what? Rayan Adler got a bunch of people to rape me, and they all had