"Rest a bit more." Daniel gently assisted her in lying down, stealing one last glance before finally departing.

Throughout the night, Maisie tossed and turned, her head throbbing at times, and the image of the small villa in the woods appeared whenever she closed her eyes. The place Camila had taken her and the one in her dream inexplicably merged.

Her heart raced, and she broke into a cold sweat. When she abruptly opened her eyes, dawn had already arrived.

Reluctantly rising, she poured herself a glass of water, and at that moment, an unfamiliar number flashed on her phone.

After a brief hesitation, she answered, recognizing a somewhat familiar voice.

"Ms. Squire, it's me."

"You..."

the street the other day,

"Yeah, I remember you.

moment of silence followed before a soft voice spoke. "Ms. Squire, there are some things I want to talk to you

reassured her and suggested not

important, not

frowned but eventually agreed to the

near the hospital, a quiet and

at the agreed time and found the girl sitting on a bench by the artificial lake. She was dressed in all white with a light-colored fisherman's hat, her belly had grown,

gently, offering Maisie a rice ball

it, already cooled.

"You don't know my name yet,

"Oh..."

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