Her face was obscured by a pair of shades, so I was not able to tell who she was right off the bat.

It was when she removed them that I recognized her as Rebecca.

Rebecca must have gotten used to the attention; her getup was more over the top than the last time I saw her.

The woman gnashed and ground her teeth as she stabbed a finger at my nose. “Scarlett Stovall, you slut. How the hell did you manage to still stand there in one piece?”

She did not seem inclined to veil her blood-lust toward me in the least.

I must be an idiot if I still couldn’t figure out why.

The thought of the moment when our lives hung by a thread had my fingers tighten into a fist. “Were you the one who tampered with Marcus’ car?”

“That’s right.” Rebecca raised her voice to shift the blame onto me. “So what if I did? Anyone who tries to protect you deserves to die!”

Before I could react, she lunged at me and caught me by the jaw, forcing me to look directly into her eyes. “How is it that you can manage to dodge a bullet every single time? But know that this is just the beginning. Next time, I’ll have you know what real horror is!”

grip she had on me hurt my

a

life? Isn’t mine worth nothing to all of you? I’ll never forget how I’ve

that, she spat on the

I watched her silhouette fade into the distance, I finally understood why Emery had called

a deep breath before I pulled out my phone and calmly called

…..

was guilt-ridden and subconsciously avoided

his statement. He was an honest-to-goodness businessman. Genial and humble, he would not casually make

of the accident that day; I had

finally sensed that something

except come clean.

jokingly. “It

appear to seem

have been tracking me for a long time and knew that Marcus and I were quite

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