Chapter 6

He didn't get out of the car until his phone chimed with a message notification. The screen displayed four large characters:

"Mission accomplished."

Two people wearing black hoodies got out of the car and unceremoniously pushed me into the sea.

Zoran Smith sat quietly in the car until he saw the small figure struggling on the surface of the water become weaker and weaker. Only then did he slowly emerge from the vehicle.

He opened his umbrella and looked down at the sea's surface in the pouring rain, his eyes filled with contempt.

Watching my face slowly sink into the water, the corner of his mouth curved up in relief.

"Scarlett, it's all over now."

"Since you couldn't bear to part with your child, go join him in the afterlife."

"Oh, and you probably never knew this until your dying breath, but that car accident was no accident at all."

"Your child, and your brother - you can finally be reunited now."

The next day, two news stories were broadcast on television: