Chapter 250 Are You Going to Flee


    "Mark..." Tina''s eyelids fluttered open. It was like waking up from a dream, and the frenzy of rage that


    was in her face was no longer there. Suddenly, every thought came back to her in high definition and


    heart throbbed with horror. "I...I killed them..." she murmured, the shock partially paralyzing her.


    Although Tina had a reputation of being ruthless and merciless, she had never killed another human


    being before. For a moment, fear imed her, and she lost herself within its embrace.


    Fear engulfed her conscience, knocking all other thoughts aside. Hesitantly, Tina''s eyes fixated on the


    dead corpses before her. The people she killed... were her biological parents... ''No! They are Emily''s


    parents! Not mine!'' Tina cried in her heart, desperately trying to fight off the guilt.


    Tina abruptly dropped the gun to the ground. The color on her face disappeared, leaving behind a


    deathlike pallor. "I''m d that you''re dead. I can finally be at peace, now that you''re gone..." she


    muttered under her breath.


    But then why did she feel like she was suffocating?


    Mr. and Mrs. Baiy on the ground with eyes wide open staring at Tina closely.


    Tina felt as if her heart was being squeezed tightly by a big hand and suffocating her from the inside.


    She cried out, "Do not look at me!


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Do you hear me?! I''m not afraid of you!"


    "It''s okay, Tina. They are dead..." said Mark. He stood in front of Tina to block her view of Mr. and Mrs.


    Bai. "Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" he asked.


    Tina jumped into his warm embrace, looking for shelter in his arms, like she used to do as a child,


    every time she would get into trouble. "M...Mark, Mark....I killed them... I killed them with my own


    hands..." she mumbled indistinctly, lips trembling like dry leaf.


    Tina hated Mr. and Mrs. Bai, just as much as she hated Emily. Her hatred for them had increased


    tenfold ever since she found out that they were her biological parents.


    Tina had been wishing for their deaths like a vulture, ever since they revealed her true birth identity to


    the world, bringing her shame and lowering her social status in front of Emily.


    But she never thought that she would end up killing them!


    Consumed by her hatred and anger, Tina lost control of her emotions and shot them dead!


    "Do you know that those who humiliate their parents will suffer from an eternity of damnation?"


    Andrew''s angry words haunted Tina''s mind, and for the first time in her life she felt frightened by a


    premonition of imminent disaster.


    Would she suffer from eternal damnation for killing her parents?


    Markforted Tina, "It''s okay. It''s not your fault..." Holding Tina tightly in his arms, he continued to


    soothe her, "They deserved to die, right?"


    ''From now on, Tina is no longer anyone''s daughter! She belongs to no one, but me. As sister or lover, I


    don''t care. It''s all the same to me, '' Mark thought in his mind.


    "What will I do? What should I do now?" she asked. Bewildered, Tina was losing her mind, bit by bit,


    with every passing second.


    Mark gently patted Tina''s back and cast a surreptitious nce out of the corner of his eyes, at the two


    bodies. "Don''t be afraid. I will take care of it, okay?" he said under his breath.


    Mark spoke as if he was just talking about the weather. His calm andposed disposition made Tina


    feel rxed, and she nodded her head with agreement in his arms.


    "Will you promise me that you''ll stop using drugs from now on? Look at what it''s done to your mind,


    Tina," he said.


    Tina hesitated for a moment, and her eyes were skittish as she raised her head to look at Mark. After a


    brief pause, she nodded and said, "... Okay."


    "Good girl," he said. Mark kissed her forehead and gazed deep into her eyes.


    ....


    The next morning.


    Emily fought off her sadness and pulled herself together, reluctantly. Then she headed straight to the


    airport to catch her flight.


    However, while she was waiting to board, the security rm went off in the terminal and two policemen


    approached her rather quickly.


    "Miss Emily, you are involved in a major criminal case. Pleasee with us now," said one of the


    policemen.


    Stunned, Emily froze in her ce, and she couldn''t force any word out of her throat until the policeman


    was standing in front of her. Puzzled, she asked, "... Are you sure you''re not mistaking me for someone


    else? I have urgent business I must attend to."


    The policemen looked at each other and then shifted their sights towards Emily. "We are sure, Miss


    Emily. Were you hoping to flee from the authorities? Is that why you''re here in the airport?" asked the


    other policeman.


    "I''m not fleeing, but I do have something urgent..." Emily exined.


    "Miss Emily, pleasee with us. Don''t make this harder than it needs to be," the first policeman


    interrupted. If that was not Emily, the police had already caught her back to the police station. How


    could they talk so politely with her?


    Anyway, the police needed to concern Jacob so they made some leeway for Emily.


    Emily bit her lip, having realized that she was going to miss the flight. "Fine, I will cooperate with you on


    your investigation, but you need to tell me what''s going on at least," she said.


    Emily knew that she didn''t do anything illegal, so she wondered whether the Tao family was tting to


    frame her for something.


    To some extent, Emily''s instincts were on point.


    "You wille to know everything once you arrive at the spot," said the policeman. The other


    policeman looked at Emily anxiously, but he did not say anything to Emily about what had happened.


    This made Emily feel worried and the feeling became even stronger as she walked back with them to


    the police car.


    Soon, they arrived at the spot. However, before they took Emily out of the car, they handcuffed her.


    "Is this really necessary? asked Emily.


    "Miss Emily, we need to follow proper procedures and now it''s time to identify the crime scene,"


    answered the policeman.


    "What are you talking about?" Emily asked anxiously. Emily had guessed something was not right, but


    she didn''t want to specte on the matter. "Can you just tell me what''s going on? " she asked.


    The policeman studied Emily''s eyes for a while, wondering whether she was lying or not. "Your foster


    parents were found dead in your apartment. Your neighbors called it in when they saw the blood


    flowing out from the cracks of the door," he answered.


    "What? !" she gasped.


    Shocked, Emily did not have the words to express her disbelief. "Could you please say that again...


    What did you say just now?" she asked.


    "Your foster parents were found dead in your apartment and now you are the major suspect," he


    answered.


    ''Dead... How did they die?'' Emily kept repeating the question in her head, over and over again. Anxiety


    turned into panic, and soon the world was slowly disappearing in front of her. She forced herself to


    believe that none of it was real. "That''s impossible. I saw them just yesterday. You must be kidding,


    right?" she asked, in denial.


    Neither of the policemen answered her, as they took Emily upstairs.


    Slowly, Emily''s brain picked up her feet in an unbnced gait, carelessly dropping the lead weights to


    the ground with each harrowing step. Her mind wanted to run fast, but her body refused to cooperate.


    Emily was in denial. She didn''t want to entertain even the slightest chance, that the policeman was


    telling the truth and that her parents were dead.


    When Emily stood at her doorstep, she didn''t need to go in and take a closer look as she could see the


    two bodies lying on a pool of blood.


    "Bam"— Reality had hit Emily like a freight train.


    Shock choked the breath from her lungs and left her body dry heaving. The sight of the two bodies


    covered with white cloth, devastated her. A scream dragged up her throat but it emerged as a groan.


    Salty tears spilled over onto her cheeks leaving a tight, dry feeling.


    "Dad, mom, it can''t be you, right?" Emily asked herself, under her breath. Emily held on to that one tiny


    shred of hope in her heart.


    Just as long as she did not see their faces, she could still lie to herself.


    Unfortunately, hope was thest thing to die, as the forensic scientist unveiled the white cloth and


    asked, "Miss Emily, are they your foster parents?"


    Emily''s world disappeared into darkness, as soon as sheid her eyes on their familiar, pale faces.


    Fear curled up inside her and clung to her ribs, settling ufortably in her chest.