Chapter 604: Relieving the nightmare

Earlier today...

"Penelope, where are you?" asked the doctor, his eyes on Penny, who was reclining in her seat with her eyes closed. "Penny, can you hear me?"

Penny didn't answer for a full minute until she whispered, "Yes."

"Where are you now?"

"Here."

"Where is it?"

"..." Penny paused, her eyes flickering beneath her eyelids. "Cemetery."

"What are you doing there, Penelope?"

"Standing."

The doctor tilted his head slightly as he carefully asked, "Can you try to look around your surroundings?"

Penny didn't answer, but in the memory she was in, she was looking around. After a brief pause, the doctor asked,

"What can you see?"

"Mom."

"What's your mom doing?"

"Crying." The lines between Penny's brows deepened.

"What else is there, Penelope?"

Penny's face crumpled as her lips started trembling. "Mom... is crying because Dad's dead. Mom... stop crying now. It's okay."

Tears slowly pooled beneath her eyelids as her voice began to break. The doctor went quiet, observing Penny without interrupting her.

"Mom... First Brother... Mom is..." she trailed off, her breath hitching as tears started to roll down her temples. "No, no. She's going to faint. Mom, don't cry now don't-"

An abrupt silence followed Penny's sudden pause, making the doctor furrow his brows. He looked at her, observing the expression on her face.

"Penelope?" the doctor called cautiously. "Penelope, are you still there?"

"Uh."

"What's going on, Penelope? What happened to Mom?"

answer was short and precise.

what were

"Standing still."

"Won't you help Mom?"

"No."

"Why?"

all he got was Penny slowly raising a finger. She pointed

"That."

"Yes?"

over there," she murmured. "She's looking at us, watching

"Who is she, Penelope?"

"She was smiling."

"Penelope?"

the tree, she's smiling," Penny repeated. "I'm scared."

in the memory of her father's funeral, staring at the figure standing behind the tree in the distance. She could still hear the doctor's voice, but she was more focused on the woman's face behind the laced veil that covered the

to leave," Penny continued under her breath, her eyes following the woman's figure. "Don't go...

motionless in the same spot while watching the woman's figure. She saw her enter the black sedan,

"The one waiting for her in

"Who is he now?"

didn't answer. "Probably around the same

"Can you see him?"

"Just a glimpse."

"Can you describe him?"

young man inside the car where the

as that was the only distinct feature she noticed from this

"Who is Renren?"

"Huh?"

"Penelope? Who is Renren?"

don't know." "Penelope?" The doctor's voice raised slightly

"Yes."

"Who is Renren?"

don't know. Why did I say that? Who is Renren?" Penny flinched a little as she turned her head to

from his seat, rushing to where Penny was as she started shaking violently. "Penelope?!" he called, clasping her shoulders to keep

wake Penny, but when she didn't respond and her body continued to shake, he quickly reached out to the table, stopping the metronomes. He then reached for a syringe, planning to wake her up

called the doctor as he slowly turned to look at

eyes closed,

then heard

"Yes."

"Where are you now?"

"Prison."

himself away from her. "What are you

"Serving time."

what are you doing at

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