y and neatly. They acted normally, as if the previous night's events had

anted. Except to leave James

fulfilled. But she truly wanted to forget everything related to James. Even th

a housekeeper as she approached Zia, carr

unimportant thi

ll her memories with James were there. But for Zia, simply removing Jam

to take care of yo

le to believe that Jame

t myself,"

ut

way. You can burn or throw them a

the box from Zia's hands. For a moment, she peeked insid

eryone in the house knew that Zia would never allow anyone else to

hrow all this away, ma'am?"

thing," Zia replied, s

, covering the ground. Everyone was preparing for the New Y

at losing Audrey on New Year's Eve. Zia remembers when Audrey's body was foun

Zia muttered wit

uined their date, but she never pretended to be sick to get more attenti

at's what led Audrey to choose to take her own life ultimatel

ill blames Zia fo

beep..

ll phone rang. She immediatel

?" sai

it's

she heard Bella's voice. Bella seemed to be showing how clo

g on?" Zia a

out on a date. Come to

ke her on a date, but she didn't believe it because Bella said it. She thoug

," Zia sa

that Zia wanted to go

believe me?" Bella seemed t

why didn't Jame

." James's voice sounded a little softer t

ever intended to cancel her plans to leave James's life. No matter how James t

s revealed, Zia would have easily su

it himself. He's prepared everyt

where that r

St. Whi

ing at her phone screen for a moment before finall

Zia would consider it their farewell date together. Her decision to go wa

at home." For some reason, the security guard guarding t

l be celebrating Christmas Eve, sir. You shou

t to bring that energy to people who were supposed to enjoy

oot is inju

taxi and mini

Please b

d to be passing by. When she got in, she felt a little uneasy seeing the tax

St. White Rose, Starfish

nod. He stepped on the gas pedal and drov

uneasy feelings toward the taxi driver. He realized when the car stopped

we lost?"

nation. Please get out." The driv

d only hand the driver some money and get

re is the r

anked him and walked toward the building, which didn't look like a

n me?" Zia muttered to herself, lookin

ince you came in on your own, that

hen she saw a group of men appear and stare a

r who had brou

ly grabbed her and pinned her arms behind her back. Zi

e cried, sta

u!" someone said, holdin