To distract Tyler, Vicky said, âI asked Alex when Gloria was kidnapped, and he said he didnât do it. I
know him, and he wouldnât deny his involvement if he was responsible.â
âYouâve only met him a few times, and you claim to know him?â Tyler mocked.
Vicky wanted to argue that she knew Alex since they were children, but that only made sense if she did
not lose her memories.
Ever since she suffered from amnesia, she had only met with Alex a few times.
Noticing her silence, Tyler said, âWhen Gloria comes back, Iâll let her do whatever she wants with Alex.
According to what I know about Gloria, she wouldnât go too far. I donât want to hear any more of this.â
His mood was seemingly affected by the mention of Alex, and he was distracted from the earlier
discussion, so he simply picked Vicky up and carried her back to the bedroom.
â¦
âVicky, are you afraid of me?â
âWhy are you running away? Have I not treated you well?â
âVicky, donât go. I wonât hurt youâ¦â
âAh!â Vicky jolted awake screaming and panting heavily.
Her pajamas were completely drenched in sweat, and as she saw the sunlight shining into the room
through the curtains, she realized that it was all just a nightmare.
She glanced at her feet and could still feel the hand in her dream dragging her into the depths of hell.
Thankfully, Tyler was not in the room, or she would not be able to make any more excuses to explain
her behavior.
After washing up, Vicky skipped her breakfast and picked up her phone to send a text to a certain
number that she remembered.
She could barely contain her excitement and was trembling. It took a few attempts for her to type a
comprehensive sentence.
[Why did you make me marry Tyler back then?]
She finally remembered the mysterious person who had been helping her a long time ago.
She never met them before, but they had helped her time and time again, so she trusted this person
without a doubt in her mind even though they had never met.
She tried finding out who this person was, but they managed to keep their identity so hidden that she
had no clue as to their gender, age, or nationality.
Both Harvey and Tyler had tried to look into this person as well, but none of them had found anything.
When Tylerâs power and influence began to extend, he started to find some traces that this mysterious
person had left behind, and to remain hidden, Vicky stopped corresponding with the mysterious person.
She did not know if the phone number she remembered was still in service, but there was an unspoken
rule between her and the mysterious person, and that was to never call one another.
Vicky once wondered if this person had an ulterior motive for helping her, but they had not asked for
anything in return ever since they stopped corresponding.
âCan someone really help without expecting anything in return?â she thought.
She waited patiently for a long time after that, but she did not receive any response as though the
message was lost.
There were times when she grabbed her phone, wanting to call the number, but stopped herself.
She knew better than to break the rule between them.
There was no response to Vickyâs text for the rest of the day, and as she stared at the screen of her
phone, she recalled the nameless man she ran into.
The man did not exist in any of her memories. Whatever questions she asked, he brushed her off by
saying she would know when she remembered everything.