Waking Up From A Nightmare
"Don't worry about the children. We will take good care of them, " Benard replied earnestly. "Nevertheless, it's still too dangerous for you to go back to Erihal. I'm sure you know how important you are to Mr. Giblo. If anything happens to you, it will be meaningless even if you found Derelo."
Carla was touched by his words. She never knew how important she was to Zayn.
"In my opinion, we should try and locate Derelo first, " Benard suggested. "Brandy is now in Erihal, so he can take action the moment he receives your instruction. I believe he will be able to bring Derelo back to Aymo City very soon."
"You don't know how difficult Derelo is." Furrowing her eyebrows, Carla remarked, "He might look like a doctor on the surface but is actually a mysterious and massively wealthy man. No one knows his true identity. When he was treating me back then, he wore a mask all the time. Hence, even I don't know what he looks like. Furthermore, he's quite eccentric. Other than my brother, he doesn't respect anyone else. Even if we found him, he may not agree to follow Brandy back to Aymo City."
"Huh?" The news unsettled Benard. "That does sound troublesome."
"Let's focus on getting a lead first." Carla sighed. "Actually, he might not agree to help even if I see him personally. Unless…"
"Unless what?" he asked frantically.
"Unless Daemon makes the request." Carla held onto a sliver of hope. "As of now, the ideal solution would be to find Daemon first and get him to ask Derelo."
"But Mr. Lierger might not be willing to save Zayn." Benard lacked confidence.
"Begging him to do it is certainly easier than begging Derelo." Carla was still hopeful. "Daemon might seem cold, but he treats me very well, unlike Derelo, who doesn't have a relationship with me. I'm afraid he won't agree to do it on my account. At the same time, I'm not sure if he will make an exception for Dr. Feroma's sake. After all, Dr. Feroma was the one who disowned him back then. Moreover, they had not been in touch in the last ten years. Anyhow, we still need to find him first."
"That's true." Benard sighed. He had assumed that everything would be solved once they located Derelo. To his dismay, he only realized then that Derelo might not be willing to cooperate.
Consequently, the matter was more tricky than he had thought.
"All right now, you must be exhausted after what had happened in the last few days." Carla changed the topic. "You should get some rest while I stay by Zayn's side."
"Mmh." Benard nodded at her before taking his leave.
With that, she remained by Zayn's bedside quietly, grateful that she could still have the chance to do so.
She recalled everything that had happened between them, the ups and downs, the joys and miseries.
By then, Carla came to realize how much their past felt like a story.
Regardless, it was all water under the bridge. What mattered was appreciating those who were still in her life.
With that thought in mind, Carla laid her head beside Zayn and fell asleep.
Probably because she barely slept over the last four days, including three in which she was kidnapped, she was overwhelmed with exhaustion.
Consequently, she fell into such a deep slumber that she did not even realize Zayn had awoken.
Jolted awake from his nightmare, Zayn was covered with cold sweat.
He had dreamt of Carla and Lucas' wedding. When he ran into the venue to stop it, Carla pointed a gun at him and ordered him to leave.
Meanwhile, Lucas fanned the flames by urging Carla to pull the trigger.
Nevertheless, Zayn was certain that she would not shoot and tried his best to salvage their relationship by bringing up the children and all the wonderful memories they shared. However, all his pleas for her to return to his side fell on deaf ears.
Finally, she vengefully listed all the pain he had brought upon her before proclaiming her love for Lucas. She insisted on marrying him and demanded Zayn to get lost.
In the heat of the moment, she mercilessly fired a shot at his chest.
And that was the moment he woke up.
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