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DAD H

Elde asked the doctor who h

tonio, and you are well aware that she d

dies... I won't hesitate to bring all the things you've worked so hard to build crumbling down. I'l

stood up, and walked out of the office. She stood for some second, trying to get her be

. "Are you alright?" he asked and she nodded, stepping past him. "Will you be heading to the comp

is in such a critical condition and you're telling me I

into a knowing look until Elde couldn't bear to look at him. She jerked her ga

asty escape but she could hear him

was more a family really, than an employee. He led her out of the

ied to everyone that Scarlet is schooling abroad? Scarlet die

baby go, and I don't think she c

in there is

when she was barely alive. She recognized me, Antonov. The sea took her from me, and

eed to come to your senses. I too

burst into tears. "It was all my fault. I was so greedy... I should have given them what they wanted. My poor baby.

before, but this time I have to. She has to live. My da

you can save this girl, Do all you must to make sure she survives, maybe then y

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er, his warm hand that was placed on her shoulder grounding and offering her comfort even as a storm swirled in the pit of her stomac

beaming and Elde sagged in relief, her heartbeat stilling and then banging with renewed hope. She looked at An

she be able to function properly" Elde asked excitedly, bracing herself for the answer, but in her heart, even if Sc

pretty normal, and her brain activities indicate that s

be" Antonov asked,

id and Elde nodded. That was still good news. "About her f

h her face... Is s

of the current of the sea, she was smacked around a bit... Her face is disfigured... If

that? Is there no

-ahead before I can do anything. We'll have to carry ou

e going to reform her

to make her look like

dded, squeezing her shoulder a b

g to pay it, but this will not risk her health wo

he best working experts on her case. No harm w

bag and brought out a picture, giving it to the doctor. "Make her beautiful again. I want

was scowling down at her. Amore igno

aid, his finger clenching and unclenching

all the way Antonov, there's no two ways about it. Scarlet came back to

about he

news that she's even missing... She belongs to m

f her identity. She nev

er and that's exactly what I am doing. I failed her the fi

"This has gone on for far too long. That girl has a

ast, her future is with me. You were not the one who found her, If her old family had pushed her to such an extent as to try to kill

ut Scarlet's death? Because you wanted

t death because I knew she was going to return to me, and she did." She said and Antonov grimaced, facing the road

that if she didn't hate me, and If she didn't blame me for the awful fate she was dealt with then she would come back to me before I jumped and when I opened my eyes, do you

have enough burden on my conscience from Scarlet's death, you were going to ad

g to live for... I just... I just wanted to

houted, then recoiled. "I am sorr

way he felt about her. She'd always suspected it, but she couldn

ateful that you worry about me, about my sanity, but I need to do this. I need Scar

oping he found whatever it was. Antonov looked away, then sighed in resignation. "Then you have my support. I'll always have your

as she used to in the past. She just wished that everything wo