I glanced up, realizing it was already raining.

"Everything's fine now," Steven reassured me gently.

"You knew I would be okay, didn't you?" I looked at him.

Steven's gaze flickered, then he shook his head. "I believed you'd be fine."

His words were ambiguous, and I could tell he was changing the subject.

"Let's go home." Steven led me to the car.

On the way home, he told me that Michael had regained consciousness. I nodded indifferently; it didn't really concern me whether he was conscious or not.

"Yasmin has been by his side all the while. It's highly likely that he'll think Yasmin is you," Steven said, as if he wanted to prepare me in advance, worried that I might not be able to handle the shock.

"Good for him." I nodded.

to the truth anyway. This might be best

quite certain that Yasmin was "Stephanie Carlson" and kept her

had been patiently waiting at home for the news about the

human trafficking lead. Rachel had also visited me a few times, mentioning that Zion had left Huma for a mission, which seemed

blame, so the police had nothing on Peter. However, I hadn't anticipated that Howard had been diagnosed with cancer long ago and needed medical parole. In other words, he could

have a way

overthink it, just relax at home,"

had happened while I stayed

of being abducted by Howard, I hadn't left the house for several days, and Steven hadn't

to the usual place Yasmin mentioned

into Yasmin's scheme. If she could deceive Michael so many times, perhaps

sat on the bed, arms

life. Was this really what I wanted?

fear just to survive? Wasn't my initial goal to find

those missing teenagers, " Rachel reassured

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