Clementine:
"What did you say? Miss Rue will be waiting for us?" I asked him. He nodded steadily, almost carefully, as if afraid of what I might say.
"She is the one who asked me to go look for you," he replied, still holding his hands under my elbows.
"Ian, Miss Rue shot me."
The moment I said that, he straightened his back against the wall, his eyebrows pulling together and his eyes narrowing at me.
"Clementine, what are you talking about?" he asked, looking confused.
That was when I started to explain everything to him, how she had brought me here to show me the fence in advance.
I told him about the task and how she slipped a fake key into my pocket to mislead me.
She told me I would be killed if I boarded the train. But once I arrived at the fence, she asked for the watch, and once she got it, she shot me.
I also told him how I had to pull the bullet out before it caused so much damage that I would not have survived.
He was completely shocked.
"Why would she do that?" he asked me. His hold under my elbows was firm now, showing that even he was surprised she had done something like that.
"Because of Riv," I replied.
My answer only seemed to confuse him further, because his frown deepened.
"Who again?" he questioned.
"Riv. Remember the first crusader who died in the transition stage, the one I was accused of killing?" I responded.
Ian started to shake his head before he slapped his forehead.
"I mean, it was pretty obvious that Riv was dragging you down. We were only looking for ways to bully you. But wait, what does that have to do with her?" he questioned, looking lost.
"Ian, Miss Rue is Rivβs sister," I told him.
That was all I had to say for him to understand why she wanted to kill me.
"That is so stupid. And, oh my goodness. Why would she think that?" he remarked. As soon as he said it, he paused, and a strange look crossed his eyes.
"Maybe because she saw the whole fight, and she believed that her sister was innocent," I mumbled, choosing my words carefully because I wanted to see his reaction.
The way he started to nod made me feel like he knew more than he had ever told me, things even I had not fully discovered.
"I know what you are talking about," he uttered. ππ³ππππ¦π£π―β΄π£π¦π.π€ππ
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