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Brian was silent for a while. He then said, "I'll drive you there."
"You go ahead and do your work," Molly replied. "I'm just going to have a look at him," she continued hastily.
Brian uttered not a single word from what she just said. Instead, he turned his head to have a look at her. As his eyes turned dark, he nodded and said, "Then, let Eric take you there."
"I can go there by myself..." but even before she could finish, Brian dialed Eric without taking her words seriously.
When the line was connected, instead of asking Eric to bring her to visit Daniel, he first asked Eric what he was doing. After learning that he didn't have anything important to do in the morning, he said, "Molly wants to have a look at Daniel. I'll take her to your place. Then, you take her there."
Feeling the morning breeze at the terrace of the hotel, with a cup of coffee in his hand, Eric looked ahead with his deep sight and asked in a nasty tone, "Do you trust me that much, enough to let me be along with Little Molly?"
Upon hearing his words, Brian raised his eyebrows in a domineering manner. Then, he said, "It's not because I trust you, it's because I'm confident in myself.'
Eric laughed bitterly from the confidence in his words. Even during their childhood, there had always been a gap between him and Brian that he hadn't been able to pass. Perhaps it was because he'd been hesitant all this time that he had missed so much.
Later that morning, Molly and Eric were together. All this time, she felt that there was something off in him, but she could not tell how and where. He still looked frivolous, unruly and arrogant as always, with the usual nasty smile at the corner of his mouth. However, the air of danger in his body seemed have reduced largely, which was more stressing.
Wondering what it was, Molly remained quiet. Eric noticed her perplexed actions. Suddenly, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"You've changed. You're weird now..." Molly told him frankly. Whenever she was together with Eric, despite disliking some of his behaviors, she actually felt relaxed. With him, she could be herself and say anything she wanted to say without thinking twice.
Despite her words sounding a bit harsh, he just raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, since I haven't said any emotional words to you, you..." Eric did not finish his sentence. His eyes were taken aback by something. As a sound of severe brake came through all of a sudden, Molly could not help but lean forward. Thanks to her sharp eyes and agile hands, she supported her body with her hands, pressing against the front workbench of the car to prevent her body from striking against the front window and even flying out.
"What happened?" she asked in an anxious tone. Molly assumed that there was an accident, so she looked around to see what was happening. It was not until she saw the empty road ahead then she realized they were going to a drug rehabilitation center in a remote mountain. Further looking around, she noticed there were no people or car nearby, except them on the road.
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