“Do you really…hate me this much?”

Vicky jolted awake and was drenched in sweat. She grabbed her phone to check the time and noticed that she had only slept for an hour.

After reading the last message she received from the mysterious man, she wiped her sweat away and made a call to Harvey.

“Vicky?” Harvey answered the call.

Vicky cut to the chase and said, “Gloria didn’t leave on her own. She’s been kidnapped.”

“Did Tyler do this?”

“Yeah.”

Harvey did not seem surprised. “Do you know where she is?”

Vicky provided him with the address, and Harvey blurted out asking, “How do you know this, Vicky?”

Vicky hesitated for a moment before informing Harvey about the mysterious man.

He chuckled bitterly and said, “Even after all these years, you still trust him with everything.”

before saying, “I’m

and I—” He paused in realization and asked excitedly, “Vicky, have you regained your

known what happened had she not

“Yeah,” Vicky muttered.

“Do you remember everything?”

still

“Which part is that?”

why I broke

of memories important

“Yes.”

“If you insist, I’ll do

she remembered everything that happened between her

I had an ulterior motive

“Why me?”

but you haven’t acted out of line once. You’ve protected and cared for Gloria simply because she saved your life once, which indicates that you were a grateful and decent person. The Shaws were looking for a family to marry me off to…and you were the best candidate

thought I’d never fall

“No.”

He froze.

to regain my freedom in you. I knew that you’d set me free if a day should come that I no longer

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