"It's not that serious..."
Sienna Johnson's pervasive negativity and pessimism made her assume the worst about everything, and Adrian Desmond didn't know what he could say.
Sienna suddenly stopped talking. An abrupt silence fell, and he felt her mood instantly plummet.
Worry and heartache spread through his chest. His tone softened as he asked, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop talking?"
"I just suddenly remembered when I was kidnapped.
"Back then, when Charlie Parker abducted me, there was a girl about Samara's age with us on the road. She died from a drug overdose..."
This incident was like a nightmare, one Sienna Johnson had never mentioned to anyone. The thought of that girl—violated even after death and then carelessly buried by the roadside—still caused Sienna an unbearable heartache.
Adrian, who had seen many deaths, was unfazed. "It's all in the past. Why dwell on it?"
