Jack didn't expect to be ambushed by Jacob as soon as he arrived at the office. Jacob grabbed him by the collar. Jack angrily asked, "Jacob, what the fuck are you doing?"
"Who the hell was that woman you were with today?" Jacob glared at Jack.
Jack's heart started to beat rapidly - Jacob knew. Jacob knew Emily was alive.
"Which woman?" he pretended to not know.
Jacob couldn't keep calm, "In the coffee shop! The woman who looks like Emily!" he said hastily.
'Fuck! How could he have known? Now he's just going to have you followed now!' Jack thought to himelf.
Jack may have been cursing Jacob in his mind but he remained calm as he talked to him, "Are you saying Emily's alive?" Jack asked mockingly.
Jacob started to question what he saw because of Jack's attitude.
"Well, who the hell is she?"
Jack pushed his hand away. With a scowl in his face, he said, "Who is she? She's the substitute I found for Emily, got a problem with that? You can have her if you want. I mean, there are so many girls out there who look like Emily. There's even one in Tao's if you're interested."
Jacob looked at him fixedly. His eyes were as sharp as a knife. He said firmly, "Don't you ever talk about Emily like that again."
"You think you can get away with what you did? You killed Emily, you don't even deserve to say her name."
Jack's words pierced Jacob - he almost felt the blood oozing out.
Jacob's face had turned pale, his heart was hurting, and he was having difficulty breathing.
Jack just discovered Jacob's weak spot. As he looked at the pained look on Jacob's face, he took delight, "I'll make sure you get what you deserve for doing that to Emily. So stay alive, will you? Let me be the one to destroy you."
After which, Jack just turned around and left. Jacob immediately put a hand on his chest and took a deep breath. His eyes were completely dark that you could barely see the whites in it.
It was on that day four years ago that his world would change forever - never have the lights turned on since.
...
Time passed by quickly and Emily didn't have much to do anyway so she decided to take Beryl out to play.
Beryl jumped in joy. Naturally, she was thrilled with this news, "Mommy, where are we going to play?" she asked excitedly.
Keeping her hands on the steering wheel and her eyes on the road, Emily answered, "We're going to the amusement park. Are you excited?"
Beryl shrieked, "Yes!"
Emily took the chance to make Beryl practice her Chinese, "Beryl, for today, we're going to speak in Chinese, okay? Let's start now!"
Beryl nodded and answered "yes" in Chinese.
They continued to chat as they headed to the amusement park.
But as soon as they arrived, it started raining.
Beryl looked upset, "Mommy, are we still going in?"
Emily looked at her apologetically, "Beryl, it's raining, I'm so sorry, honey."
"Okay, then," Beryl tried to hide her disappointment but she couldn't as in the next moment, she was already crying.
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