30. Fallen petal.

Meanwhile. Not far from the place where the shooting incident occurred, Emily fell silent. Her hands were no longer bound by the rope. She looked like she was waiting for someone.

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(If you want to save him. Release him from the amnesia that has bound him..)

She wanted to stop him. However, he instead held her hand as if telling her not to worry.

(I'll bring him to you. Be a good girl and wait here.)

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She knew that the man's name was Dave and he had saved herbbefore. It's hard to believe that all this time, it was he who was watching over her as long as Emily was still under surveillance for her health, because her involvement in protecting Brian who was the target of murder after he was released from the hospital turned out to be connected to an incident that he had once dealt with Damien Kent.

Her eyes looked empty, so glazed. She looks like a lonely girl. Even so, for her it felt like one where she was trying to run away from something as scary as before.

But he heard something...

The sound, that sounded like footsteps were so slow but felt so heavy.

Until..

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Emily!"

It turned out that Dave came back with Brian who was still unconscious due to fainting. Spontaneously he leaned Brian against Emily and let him fall asleep beside her. Emily's response was one of confusion. Despite that, he assured her that there was no need to worry.

However, suddenly he stood up .. ready his sniper..

"Finally you showed up. I had expected that you would follow us to the place where I hid Emily."

Strangely, suddenly they heard the sound of other footsteps. The voice sounded quite close.

"Tell me. Why are you so intent on killing the two of them? To the extent that you had to send a motorized group, you even went so far as to take advantage of and bait their bodyguards by providing false information just so you can lead them to the point you had planned."

The person appeared holding a revolver equipped with a silencer.

"Maria Anderson!"

Emily, who saw the woman, suddenly felt such a great tremor, she even felt a very painful fear. That woman, exactly the same as the one he saw when he was subjected to painful torture.

Knowing that, Dave was unhesitatingly willing to aim. So did the woman.

"You find out about my plan. Dave Clyra. I admit that you are very good at tracking down your niece. Even though I could sell that girl for a very high price. But she was able to escape from my clutches. Then for that young man, you even use the name Brian J. Seth, the name of the person I killed 5 years ago. Because of that, anyone can track me down."

As he listened to Maria's explanation, he noticed that around him there were several people hiding.

"But, since you've come here. I have no other choice but to kill you all. Even if I have to kill that young man..."

He was unconscious for a long time due to the effects of the anesthetic that was injected into him.

Until..

"Goodbye, my wilted little flower"

It happened so fast. Emily didn't move an inch.

But it turns out... she wasn't the one who was shot.

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that time..

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"I know, deep down... you really want to ask for help. But you can't say that because the feeling of fear of getting hurt is always overshadowing you. If you're afraid, scream. Raise your voice, then whoever will disturb you will go away from you. I'm sure that you are a brave girl, and also a good girl."

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(No way. You're still recovering but you can get up, brian.)

As it turns out, Emily saw Brian get shot right before her eyes.

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(At that time.. that memory came back to haunt me. The memory when I saw the person who was killed before my eyes. No matter how many times I saw it.. that memory can't be separated from my soul.

I remember now. Why did I become a death girl.

Why do you give me these horrible memories over and over again? Even though I don't want to remember this anymore..

Brian.

No..

Ian.

You're the one who pulled me from this terrible memory.. My dear, sebastian.)

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At first she couldn't say anything. however..

"IAN.."

Everyone around was shocked by Emily's screams.

She cried hysterically while hugging Brian who was shot.

"Sebastian!"

Even Dave couldn't believe what he was seeing. That Brian or Sebastian are currently not fully aware of the consequences of the effects of the anesthetic which have not gone away.

"You! Even though you're just a weak boy, but you still move. Damn you.."

But when he wanted to shoot, suddenly there was a shot and it hit Maria's hand, causing her to drop her revolver.

He was confused about the origin of the shot, not from Dave.

"You're too late. Your little brother was shot by that woman. Sean"

It turns out, Sean and his SWAT team made it on time. Likewise with Lucas.

"I should be the one asking you, Dave."

When he saw Emily who was still crying while hugging Sebastian who was injured by a gunshot wound, he suddenly became very angry and wanted to shoot.

However..

"SWAT, huh. How dare you all interfere with my plans."

They see Maria is holding something..

Unfortunately, something unexpected happened.

Someone shot Maria in the head, killing her instantly.

At that moment, they were surprised that what was in Maria's hand turned out to be a remote control.

Even worse, they heard a sound like a clock ticking.