Raeleigh got out of the car and fixed her eyes on the attackers in front of her. Someone inside one of the cars knocked on the door and another opened the door before inviting her into the car. Raeleigh walked over and saw that it was Flynt as expected.
After thinking for a while, she got into the car.
As the door closed, she looked at the person beside her. She did not say anything but kept thinking.
Flynt said, "You really don't remember?"
To Raeleigh's silence, Flynt said, "I don't believe it."
She looked at him. "What happened to your hand?"
Flynt wore a pair of gloves, but his metal wrist was still exposed. Raeleigh saw it by chance when she lowered her head.
Flynt immediately said, "Jepherson did this."
Then he took off the gloves, rolled up his sleeves, and showed half of his arm. Raeleigh thought for a long time before saying, "Is it a metal arm?"
"Does it creep you out?"
Flynt asked Raeleigh, but she did not answer. By the time she looked up at him, he smiled and said, "I thought I would never see you again. I didn't expect that we would still have a chance to meet."
Raeleigh looked at Flynt. "I have no recollection of you."
"It's okay. It's just a matter of time." Flynt used his hands to hold Raeleigh's. She carefully pulled back her hands and stared at him without saying anything.
"Jepherson is not a good person. If he were a good person, he would not have hurt me like this, killed my grandfather's family, harmed my mother and my two sisters."
Flynt kept talking along the way. Raeleigh looked out of the car from time to time. It seemed that she was really in trouble this time. They were already out of Capital City, yet Jepherson still wasn't here.
His droning on had tired her ears, and she said, "Look, can we take five? The more I hear, the more confused I am. Maybe it's just me, but I don't get why you two are fighting. What kind of bad blood is there between the two of you?"
"Because I like you, but Jepherson did not allow us to be together. One thing led to another, and we became what we are now. I was injured, he took you away from me, and you forgot who I am."
"Raeleigh..."
Flynt raised his hand to touch her face, trying to kiss her affectionately, but she turned away to avoid him.
Raeleigh said, "I don't believe you. This is not how Jepherson explained it."
Flynt said, "Even if you don't believe me now, you will, one day. By then..."
He moved his hand away. Raeleigh sat there feeling frantic. What did Flynt mean? Was he going to imprison her as Jepherson had done?
Jepherson had already made a mistake once. Would he repeat it this time?
Raeleigh looked at Flynt. "Will you hurt me?"
Staring at Raeleigh's innocent eyes, Flynt's heart softened. He raised his hand and pulled her into his arms.
"No, I won't hurt you. You just don't remember me. I'll make you remember, a better me than before."
A trace of cunning flickered in Flynt's eyes when he spoke, and then he let Raeleigh go.
Raeleigh fixed her eyes on him and said, "Can you let me go? I want to go home."
"Go home? Where are you going?" Flynt asked tentatively. Raeleigh thought for a moment and said, "I was in Waverly Village when I woke up. I'm probably from there."
Flynt frowned. "Is there anyone called Xanthos with you?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Cutie, Please Marry Me Again (Jenna and Hansen)