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A week later, my parents and I woke up in the hospital. Seeing the nurse, I tried
to sit up, but she gently stopped me.
“Mr. Gatesby told me to take care of
you. Your parents are in the next room.
He’s hired nurses for them too. You’ve
just woken up; your injuries aren’t fully
healed. Don’t move, please.”
My head was a jumble. I lay back
down. The nurse called Karry.
“Mr. Gatesby, Miss Kane is awake.”
In the small, dark storage room of
Karry’s villa, the only window was
boarded up. All the stored items had been
removed, preventing Celia from escaping.
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Her hands were bound, a rag stuffed in
her mouth. Her lips were cracked and bleeding. Starving and delirious, she huddled in the corner, weakly pleading
with Karry.
He hung up the phone, his gaze falling on Celia, a long–absent smile
playing on his lips.
“Celia, you should be grateful Emily
and her parents are alive.”
He left the storage room, watching the servant lock the door before going to the hospital. The last light vanished from the storage room, leaving Celia in
darkness. She was filled with fear and
hatred.
She’d grown up with Karry, she used
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to be the only woman besides his mother
he truly cared. She’d thought she was special to him. But he’d become Emily’s
boyfriend to save his mother.
Even though Karry still cared for her
more than Emily, she was consumed by
jealousy. Why could Emily be his
girlfriend while she got nothing?
She tried repeatedly to frame Emily,
hoping Karry would hate her. It seemed to
work, but then Emily died. The deceased
woman became his eternal moonlight,
while she was abandoned only because
she used to set that woman up. She
remained by his side, but mostly ignored.
She’d waited six years, only to find
Emily return. She wanted Emily dead,
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wanted the entire Kane family destroyed.
But Karry found out what she had done.
She had been locked in the dark storage
room for a week. Karry kept torturing her
without giving her food or water.
She was suffering, while Emily and
her parents were alive.
Rage and resentment swelled within
her. She bit her lip until she tasted blood.
Her intense thirst consumed her thoughts.
She raised her bound hands, biting into
her wrists.
Meanwhile, Karry was driving to the
hospital. Suddenly, a sharp pain pierced
his head. He lost control of the steering
wheel, crashing into a tree. A deafening
screech, shattering glass… In his fading
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consciousness, he heard something
dripping…
Was he dying?
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