Emma pulled out the knife and stabbed Cindy again, her voice seething with hatred. "I hate you! It''s all because of the son you raised! If he hadn''t said he wanted to have a taste of Sophia, I wouldn''t have let him vite her!
"Cindy, if you want to me someone, me yourself!"
Emma gritted her teeth. "Sky can''t die! If I kill you if I just kill you-Sophia will let me take him to the hospital!"
"Ms. Emma..." Cindy''s shocked expression faded into bitterness. She reached out, trying to touch Emma''s face, but Emma took a step back, avoiding her hand.
"Cindy, just die already! You raised Shane, a rapist-you''re no better than him!" Emma spat out the words through clenched teeth. "If you want to me someone, me yourself."
"Ms. Emma... Ah!"
Cindy copsed to the ground, her expression a mix of sorrow and despair. But Emma didn''t spare her another nce.
"Sophia! I''ve killed Cindy. Now you can let me take Sky and leave, right? I need to get him to a hospital!"
Emma suddenly calmed down, her gaze locked onto Sophia, her voice trembling with rage. "If you don''t let me take him, I''ll kill you, and then I''ll kill myself."
Sophia let out augh and pulled out her phone, making a call. "Open the door."
The door was unlocked from the outside. Supporting the weakened Sky, Emma staggered toward the exit.
"Emma..." Sky''s weak voice called out to her. "Emma, leave me behind. Go."
"No." Emma''s tears fell uncontrobly. "I won''t leave you behind."
"Sky, why were you so foolish? Why did you listen to Sophia? You killed Shane- what are you going to do now? I can''t let anything happen to you. I won''t let anything happen to you."
Crying as she walked, Emma continued to support Sky toward the door.
Behind them, Sophia apuded.
"Sky, Emma, your sibling bond is truly touching. But did you really think I would let you leave so easily?"
"Sophia Sinir!" Emma spun around, fury zing in her eyes. "What more do you want? If we wait any longer, Sky will die! And what does that have to do with me?"
Sophiaughed, madness creeping into her expression. "If he dies, I''ll be happy. And if you die too, I''ll be even happier. But just letting you die like this, that would be too easy for you."
"Hehehe!" It was as if something inside Sophia snapped-her entire being seemed to radiate insanity.
"Emma, we''re all going to hell together! Let Sky go ahead first. You were siblings in this life—maybe if you plead with Reaper, he will let both of you be a couple in death."
Sophiaughed wildly, herughter eerie and chilling. She took a step forward, grabbed Emma''s hair, and yanked her off bnce with barely any effort.
Then, she forced Emma''s hand around the knife she had used to kill Cindy and guided it to stab herself, just slightly off from her heart.
"Ahhh—!" Emma screamed, terrified by Sophia''s insane behavior.
Sophia''s smile deepened. "Emma, you''re going to die!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she picked up her phone and, without hesitation, dialed the emergency authorities.
"Hello? Help, someone is trying to kill me! Please! Save me-save me! Ah!" Sophia let out a chilling scream as Emma knocked the phone out of her hands.
"Sophia, you''re insane! You''vepletely lost your mind!"
Emma stared in horror at the blood spreading across Sophia''s chest, then turned and bolted in fear.
"Emma, don''t run!" Sky''s weak voice stopped her just in time. "Don''t panic-call an ambnce right away."
"Sky, I—I killed someone. I killed Cindy!" Emma sobbed in a panic. "Sky, I didn''t kill Sophia!"
"Cindy was my doing it has nothing to do with you." Sky''s voice was firm, unwavering.
"Emma, listen to me. I''ve already
killed Shane. Cindy and S
killed them too. Right now,
to wipe your fingerprints off that knife."
"I won''t!" Emma refused, gripping Sky tighter. "Sophia forced us into this-I''m not afraid."
"Sky, you didn''t kill Shane. He fell and died by ident."
After her initial panic, Emma suddenly found herself calming down.
"Cindy was killed by Sophia. Sophia was killed in self-defense by Cindy. It was mutualbat. As for us, we were never here."
"Emma," Sky understood what she was trying to do, but he knew they wouldn''t be able to escape unscathed.
Unless someone helped them.
"Where''s Ka? When I arrived, I didn''t see her. And what about the bodyguards I arranged for you? Why aren''t they here?"
"Sky, don''t talk. You''re losing too much blood. I need to get you to a hospital now. Ka must have betrayed you."
Emma continued supporting Sky as they made their way downstairs.
Just as they reached the entrance, they saw headlights approaching from the distance.
As the car got closer, unease settled into their hearts.
Finally, the vehicle stopped at the vi''s entrance. The car door opened, and out stepped Natalie and Marcus.
At the sight of them, Emma felt herst hope shatter.
"Sky, we can''t get away." Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Sky, I''ll take responsibility for everything—even for Shane''s death. None of this
has anything to do with you."
"Emma, listen to me. I did all of this-it has nothing to do with you. You don''t know anything."
Sky''s strength was slowly returning, though he still didn''t know what kind of drug Sophia had used on him. But one thing was certain-this had all been meticulously nned.
As Marcus and Natalie approached, Sky forced himself to stand tall.
Emma''s eyes burned with hatred as she red at Natalie.
But Natalie simply met her gaze with a cold, indifferent stare-one filled with an
overwhelming sense of pressure.
The invisible force of Natalie''s
presence was suffocating. It felt like
Emma was being plunged into
freezing water, her breath stolen from her lungs.
Her instincts screamed at her to back away and she did.
But the moment she realized she had flinched, she gritted her teeth in fury.
How could she cower in front of Natalie?
No-she refused.
She forced herself to step forward again, ring daggers at Natalie, as if trying to
regain some semnce of dominance.
But before she could do anything, Marcus stepped in front of Natalie, blocking Emma''s hateful gaze-along with Sky''s burning anger.