Lilly made adjustments to the circles she had drawn.
Within these circles, everyone would be able to encounter the ghost of the missing girl.
The girl's mother was momentarily stunned, her pupils dilating as she stared intently at the girl, afraid to look away.
The girl's father stood up abruptly, his lips trembling as he was unable to utter a word.
Lilly glanced outside.
It was around two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and although there was no one around, it would be best to talk inside the house.
She rose to her feet, took the scorched girl's hand, and led her into the house.
In a panic, the girl's mother hurriedly stood up and called out loudly, "Tracy… Tracy..."
Blake advised, "Go inside. You'll be able to see Tracy once you're inside."
This time, the girl's parents rushed inside.
Zachary was the last to enter. She stood still for a moment, then turned around and closed the door behind her.
The scorched girl stood in the center of the living room, her body trembling, emitting sharp and mournful cries.
"Mom and Dad..."
The girl's mother rushed over, trying to hug her.
Though charred black, she recognized her immediately—it was her daughter, Tracy!
"Tracy!"
But her efforts were in vain, she could not hold Tracy in her arms like before.
The girl's mother wept bitterly, and Tracy cried out as well, saying, "Mom... I saw you wandering, both you and Dad searching tirelessly for me, I saw everything."
The girl's mother was in a daze, her only response being uncontrollable sobs.
Lilly and the others remained silently by the side, as they needed to sit there quietly.
The girl's father, a man who had experienced many hardships, broke down in tears and asked, "Where did you go, Tracy? Why didn't you come home... Do you know how much your mother and I miss you?"
"Your mother was waiting for you every day..."
Tracy burst into tears, the tracks of her tears cutting through her scorched face.
"I can't come back, I can never come back." She sobbed, "I'm dead."
The girl's mother already knew the truth, but she still could not bear the blow, collapsing onto the ground, crying out, "How could this happen... who killed you? Tell me, and I'll avenge you..."
She was willing to risk her own life.
What was the point of existing if her daughter was not here?
It would be better to seek justice for her daughter's death.
Tracy shook her head, saying, "I died by accident..."
She could never have imagined that on the day of the accident, she was walking home just as she always did.
Having recently graduated and started working, that day the accounting work took longer than usual, and she felt a bit frightened walking alone on the deserted street.
"The wind was so strong. I was a little scared, so I looked back."
However, because of that, she did not pay attention to where she was stepping.
"I stepped on a nail and an electric shock surged through me."
Tracy did not understand what was happening, but for a moment, she lost consciousness. When she regained it, she found herself standing in the same spot, as if it were a dream.
She still looked back and saw that the strong wind had blown away some black smoke and sand. So, she hurriedly went home...
But she soon realized that no matter how she walked, she could not move more than 300 feet away from the café.
It was only at that moment that she realized she was dead.
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