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means.” With that, she haughtily headed downstairs.    I cried in terror, “Please don’t tell them. I’m sorry, I was wrong. Liliana, I won’t play piano anymore. I’ll listen to everything you say.”  Liliana smiled and said, “That’s more like it. Remember, you’re just a stray dog. If you behave and obey, I’ll naturally throw … Read more

This time, I finally dreamed about Liliana’s disappearance.  Three days before she vanished, Isaac bought me a piano to practice on. He didn’t love me–he just thought I was too unlike a rich man’s daughter. I was like a beggar who had suddenly moved into a mansion, completely out of place.  Whenever friends came to … Read more

Ezra’s expression instantly darkened.  Isaac and Harper downstairs heard the commotion and came up to comfort Liliana.  They stood outside my door looking at me, all silent, as if an unbridgeable chasm lay between us.  I collapsed onto the bed, instinctively curling up.  8/18  21:14  So my new home wasn’t paradise after all–demons lived here  … Read more

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself sitting in a luxury sedan.  This was Ezra’s car, a Maybach S680.  Ezra was driving himself, and in the car sat Isaac, Harper, me, and Liliana, whom I was meeting for the first time. We were happily heading home.  I had dreamed of the scene from my … Read more

Ezra snorted coldly: “You’re not struggling anymore? Smart.”  He was about to proceed when Isaac stopped him.  Isaac had reached the limits of his patience, but still gave me one last chance: “Scarlett, this device is Ezra’s company’s latest product, highly unstable and likely to damage your brain. So I’m asking you one final time–will … Read more

Chapter 1  To find their missing adopted daughter, my family forcibly extracted my memories.  They were convinced that I had been bullying her for three years, which was why she left home.  I smiled bitterly, my face pale, letting them extract my memories without resistance.  Past scenes unfolded one by one, revealing that I was … Read more