Perhaps I was unsettled, so I couldn't sleep soundly. After all, I had nearly been raped and trafficked.

I wondered how the old Stephanie Carlson would have handled it if she had been in that situation. She probably would have attacked Howard and Bobby with the knife before handing them over to the police, wouldn't she?

Regardless, I wasn't that Stephanie anymore.

Sometimes, I couldn't help but wonder if I was the Stephanie Carlson whom Steven loved. If Steven still loved that Stephanie, then was I - who had lost those memories and personality - the person he loved?

If a person's character had changed, would they still be considered the same person?

"Stephie... I want you to live on, that's all I ask."

"Steve... You can't hold me back."

"Stephanie Carlson, please don't be so cruel to me."

"But I have no heart... "

I had a nightmare. In the dream, I kept hurting myself, trying to end my life with all kinds of methods. I was seeking an escape.

Steven chained me up, cried, and begged me not to continue. He even went as far as hurting himself in front of me, threatening to end his life alongside mine if I wouldn't stop hurting myself - I watched him coldly, without intervening.

die, I'll go with you; if you want to hurt yourself, I'll do it too," Steven threatened, though his voice sounded

can't escape from this... I'm a monster.

his fingertips. After a long silence, he spoke with reddened

he left, consumed by deep

the clashing sound of the iron chains causing my chest to ache terribly. I wanted to shout out to Steven, to stop him from hurting

breathing heavily, sweat dripping from my forehead and

whispered, "Stephie... did

after a

were now reliance, or perhaps something more... With those missing pieces of my memories, I wouldn't label it as love, though. "Please don't hurt yourself anymore, okay?" I

me. "Does it pain you

response, as though he

internally, persuading myself that I had to give him the answer he wanted, even if

his wrist and whispered, "It pains me

a long pause, Steve suddenly kissed my forehead excitedly and rolled around with me in

finding his

rolling... "I protested, ending up

one wrong move,

at me, I couldn't help but marvel at his stunning eyes, though I had always been

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