Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 259 Emily's Accident

On New Year's Day, Emily and I visited the cemetery.

It was my first time standing in front of her dad's grave. Memories from years ago and the guilt I'd been hiding in my heart came rushing back.

If her dad knew who I was, would he have been against us being together?

All I could do was take care of Emily and use all my love to heal her pain.

I didn't expect Emily to get into trouble so soon.

The day Arthur took Emily, thank goodness she still had the necklace with the tracking system on.

When I found her, Arthur had already taken off, and Emily was tied up in a wardrobe. Although I arrived fairly promptly, it might have been Arthur who made her recall her unhappy past, especially the child she lost because of him. That was why she was so devastated at that moment.

For days after, Emily was a mess. I coaxed her to eat, took her on walks, and comforted her, trying to cheer her up.

I was so grateful I gave her that necklace; otherwise, who knew what could've happened.

Zachary slipped away quietly, just two days before his guy got arrested. He was smart; he must've sensed something and planned ahead.

I wasn't worried about him getting away. Emily had given the necklace to Bella. As long as he was with Bella and she kept wearing that necklace, we'd find him.

After his guy got arrested, they spilled the beans about Zachary, and the cops put out a wanted notice. We already knew where Zachary was. The notice was for Rhyns. If he had any ties with Zachary, he'd show up before Zachary got caught, trying to find him before the cops did.

One night, Frank called us to the Midnight Bar; he wanted to mediate the conflict between Oliver and me.

Honestly, I was never really mad at Oliver. I never thought our friendship was that fragile. I figured he just needed time.

Oliver didn't want to drink with me at first, but once he got drunk, he wouldn't let go of me. "I'm worse off than a beggar; I don't have any family or a partner," he said.

After all these years, our friendship meant something. I understood Oliver; he couldn't be as carefree and heartless as he pretended. He seemed indifferent, but he was the most sentimental, so he found it hardest to let go.

My relationship with Oliver was a lot like Emily's with Bella. So when Emily found out Zachary was wanted and Bella was on the run with him, she couldn't handle it.

I went with Emily to the old place to get the gifts Bella had given her. Emily told me the story behind each gift in such detail, down to the smallest specifics. She hadn't forgotten a thing, even after all these years.

Listening to Emily's sad stories felt like a heavy stone pressing on my chest, making it hard to breathe.

now, the pain from her

path because I had no other options at the time. If I could've handled it without hurting

threatened me with Emily in the message. He really forgot the pain once the

in the middle of the

only two goals: money or revenge for the humiliation he suffered that

Silent Grove Village, an explosion went off nearby. The sky lit up with flames, almost lighting up half the

by the roadside, squinting as

saw people rushing out of Silent Grove Village, someone calling the fire department. Shortly after, the sound of fire alarms came, and several fire trucks arrived, with firefighters rushing

fire was out, I still didn't see Arthur. When I

in the footage, he suspected I was behind it. He had his reasons for suspicion, but I would never admit to something I didn't do. After Richard made a scene and left, Emily asked

only say, "Trust me, it

said, "I trust

comfort all the grievances I

Grove Village to check the surveillance footage. Besides seeing my own car and the fire trucks arriving later, there

Arthur lured me there, and this

again. His phone was off, and he was nowhere to be

was hiding out of

been happening lately, like everything was piling up all at once. Rhyns, Zachary, Arthur,

I was being paranoid about Rhyns and he actually knew nothing, at least Arthur had a vengeful mindset. Ever since he returned from Sunhaven City, his behavior had been almost deranged. An already mentally unstable person could do something even more

keep Emily from going out, so I had Dennis pick her up and drop her off every day. With Dennis's skills, he could protect

unexpectedly out of

message; Rhyns is

Dennis while I

had a big deal that night, and Rhyns would

all these years, the police still couldn't track his movements or gather evidence against him. Finally getting information about his deal, we couldn't

the base of the mountain, but no suspicious individuals had been seen going up. This meant that Zachary might not be connected to Rhyns. Rhyns choosing to act now must mean he knew the police

replied: [Is Emily

upcoming actions, I was

[She's in the car. I just picked her up from work and am about to take her home. We're stuck in

safely, and then we'll

Dennis: [Don't worry.]

deal was going

my computer, went to the restroom to wash

even if we weren't fully prepared and knew it would be dangerous, we had to seize it, because opportunities like that didn't come