The shop assistant took it anyway.
Then she gave Summer five yuan in change with a wooden smile and said, "Here you are. Welcome
next time."
Summer took the money and caught a glimpse that the shop assistant had touched her ear.
The assistant was a short-haired young girl and Summer saw something was stuffed in her ear.
Summer thought of that when she had entered the mall, there was not many people...
Summer suddenly felt uneasy.
She glanced at the assistant again, turned around and hurried out.
When she had entered the mall, there had been a few people outside.
But as she came out of the bakery, she found it was unusually quiet in the mall.
Summer went to take the escalator down to the first floor.
Just as she stood on it, she heard the elevator door open behind her.
The elevator was near the escalator.
Summer turned her head subconsciously and saw a man dressed in black walk out of the elevator to
the escalator.
The black-clothed man saw Summer, too.
He was wearing a peaked cap. Summer could not see his expression clearly, but she could feel that he
was looking at her.
Summer got a strong sense of discomfort.
She looked around and found the surroundings were quiet.
It was bright in the mall, but there was not a single person.
She remembered that in the bakery just now, the girl who didn't look like a shop assistant seemed to
have been urging her to leave quickly.
And according to her cautious appearance, she probably was a policewoman!
The shopping mall was so quiet that it must have been cleared.
They must have been clearing the place when she had come in.
She wrote suspense plays and was no stranger to such a situation.
It should be for security reasons when such a crowded mall was cleared.
Either a celebrity or a criminal came.
In spite of the thoughts flashing through, Summer remained calm.
She held the cake in one hand and put the other on the belt. The black-clothed man behind maintained
the same posture as her on the escalator.
The man was either a policeman or the criminal.
The escalator arrived at the first floor.
Summer got off the escalator, pretending to look back at the man inadvertently.
That man was still on the escalator and he did not seem to be in a hurry. Just as Summer was about to
turn around, the black-clothed man took off the peaked cap and grinned at her.
He looked gloomy and crazy with that smile.
Summer was scared. She took a few steps forward and began to run towards the entrance of the mall.
It was very spacious on the first floor and the escalator was very far from the entrance. It seemed that
no matter how fast she ran, there was always such a long distance from the entrance.
Suddenly, a voice sounded in the mall, "Dylan Saunders, you are surrounded now. Stay right where
you are!"
Summer looked up just to find that there were so many policemen around.
The man shouted, "Go to hell!"
Summer felt as if the man was shouting beside her. She turned around and saw that the man had
taken off his coat and there were explosives all over his body.
Seeing Summer turn around, the man fiercely said, "So what if you have evacuated the crowd? See?
There's a beauty left behind. It's worth it!"
He then stretched out to pull the thread...
The policeman's voice came from the loudspeaker again, "Get down! Get down!"
Summer was so scared that she threw the cake towards the black-clothed man. Then she swiftly
turned around and pounced forward with all her might.
"Boom!"
Summer felt her ears go numb and the entire world was buzzing.
"It has been six years. Rachel is very lonely. We should go find her."
"Let's go!"
"It's useless. I've buried explosives under the entire golf course. Let's go find Rachel together..."
"Take good care of Rosie. Go!"
Memories suddenly surged in her mind.
Before Summer passed out, the scene of the explosion on the island three years ago flashed through
her mind.
"Is she still alive?"
"Where are the paramedics?"
The world returned to silence after a short period of noise.
"So ugly."
"Who are you?"
"Don't you know who you married?"
"Of course I do. I'm married to Leonardo Emerson!"
"Well, you're Leonardo's wife then. I'm Leonardo's cousin, Douglas. You don't want to be with an
impotent man on your wedding night, do you?"
The man's eyes had been ink-dark, sharp and deep, with which he had looked so cold...
"Leonardo!"
Summer opened her eyes just to see the white ceiling.
Where was she?
Where was Leonardo?
She rolled over and sat up, startling the nurse who just came in.
The nurse walked over and said, "How are you? I'll go for the doctor."
Just as the nurse walked out of the ward, Jessica arrived.
"Excuse me, is Summer Jarrett in this ward?"
"Yes, she just woke up. I am going to call the doctor over."
"Thank you," Jessica said and pushed open the door.
Jessica walked to the bedside, held Summer's shoulders and gazed at her. She asked with concern,
"Are you alright?"
Summer tried to move her limbs and muttered, "It seems to be fine."
"Thank god." Jessica heaved a sigh of relief, "But you still need a further examination."
Summer did not listen to Jessica. She kept silent for a while before she suddenly raised her head and
asked Jessica, "Where is Leonardo?"
"What?" Jessica was surprised because Summer had not asked about Leonardo in such a caring tone
ever since she had lost her memory.
Jessica asked doubtfully, "Why do you look for Leonardo?"
"Is he alright?" Summer reached out to support her forehead, "My mind is in a mess. I remember we
have gone to the island to look for Adams and bring Rosie back, right? Then there was an explosion..."
Jessica covered her mouth and looked at Summer in disbelief.
She asked tentatively, "Summer, do you remember everything?"
Summer frowned, "I..."
She looked down at herself. She turned out to be fine. Then she blanked out for a while before
continuing, "Stanley has saved me..."
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