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In the hospital,

“How is my father? Is he good?” Dylan shook her as his breathing became unsteady after hearing from Paige what had happened.

A second ago, he had thought that maybe after all this forsaken life, they had been through something good that came out of it. Despite that, he was wrong in his thoughts.

His father, Merle, was released too easily, and the next second, blood from his body began to gush out profusely with no real spot where he was punctured.

According to the doctor, it was neither poison nor any toxin that resulted in his extreme loss of blood, something he couldn't yet explain.

Paige stood under the dim light, avoiding Dylan's exhausted stare and looking down at her hands. Her hands were covered in Merle's reddish blood, she shivered and sniffed back in her tears.

‘I am so stupid! I am so stupid!’ Paige slammed herself hard. Here she was celebrating a good happening, and then another bad event struck again.

She rested her head on the wall and took deep and slow