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.”

Callum’s nervousness

next second, a mocking guffaw sounded from their

laughter, Elspeth looked back sharply. As she had expected,

barely pulling herself

impassive look at her with no intention of feeling sorry for her. “So, what is it? Why did you

of the indifference in the man’s eyes, Emma felt her heart throbbing in pain. “You’ve remembered

to hide this from her anymore, so he nodded straightforwardly. “That’s

sockets as she said, “I just knew it! If you hadn’t remembered everything all of a sudden, you

topic with her, Callum asked with a frown of disgust, “So

hung up on Elspeth?!” Emma had an incredibly determined smile on her smudged-makeup face. “I can do whatever she’s capable of! I

words sounded quite gut-wrenching. However, true

captured his heart despite getting him to be with you when he lost his memories. Even

her eyes. Suddenly, she lunged at Elspeth, grabbing her wrist and holding a knife to her

fast that even Elspeth didn’t have time to realize what was happening, let alone Callum, whose already sullen face darkened even more. “What

with reddened eyes, “What would you do if I were the one who had a knife held to

than those of others in the first place, so Emma’s movement instantly made a bleeding

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

“I’m not even afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of breaking the law?!” She freed one hand and pulled at Elspeth’s face with all her might, producing

you crazy?” Elspeth couldn’t help but swear as her face hurt from

tightened her icy grip on the back of her neck. “Yeah, I’m crazy. You know what? Rayan Adler got a bunch of people to rape me, and they all had STDs! You should’ve been the one who suffered these things. Why did they