Phoenix

28.

The young woman left the kitchen through the back door. Arya didn't think ahead and just followed her.

But it didn't come to her mind that the girl was also scared and desperate to get away and she can also play some tricks if she wanted. She fell stumbling on the girl's leg just outside the door. She fell hard on the pavement soon after she stumbled as she was running with all her might. As soon as she tripped, she fell like a stone statue, and her face hit the pavement cruelly. The torture did not end there, with a few heavy kicks to the side of her stomach, she saw stars in broad daylight.

with difficulty, Ary lifted her head a little and saw the girl running towards the dock behind the house. Arya's face turned dark when she heard the sound of the speedboat engine starting. 

Shaking her head gently, she pulled herself up on her knees.
At that time there was a sound of footsteps in the kitchen - Jin has arrived.

"What on earth?! Where is that girl?" he said in a surprised voice when he reached the door.

"You call that 'thing' a girl?!" Arya said bitterly, "she kicked me down and ran away!"

Jin frowned, "where?"

Arya stood up slowly, "the lake...she took the speedboat from the dock."

"What are you saying? Weren't you right behind her? How did she escape?"

"I must say she is smart. She did not run around like a madman to get away, rather she waited for me outside the door and set a trap. When I stumbled down, she kicked me."

"Why does she sound like a trained person?"

"Umm, no. I don't think so. She didn't feel like trained from the way she was kicking. Those were very random kicks like any other common people. Nope, she isn't trained, this time she just got away with her reflex and courage alone."

"Common, you say?" said Jin in a worried voice. He looked around and then looked at the dock, "then why did she go to the lake? If you're a common person like everyone else, you're supposed to be on the road... Her car is in the driveway, too.
If you want to run away, you should run away with it."

"I said she was smart, didn't I?" Arya said, "if she wanted to reach her car, she had to go to the front of the house again from here. In whatever time it takes, you could have intercepted her by going through the front door. That is the risk she didn't take and just ran away towards the dock."

"Mnn," Jin nodded, "it is still not clear though. How did she get away with the speedboat so fast? You can't do it that fast if you are not used to it, she had the code to open the lock of the house, she was walking in a relaxed way too... it means either she lives in this house or visits often. Who is she? I have not received a report that there is a girl of her age in Dr. Buren's house!"

"I didn't even see her face, if I could, I would have recognized if her photo was there in Dr. Elisa's file. Did you see her face, Jin?"

"Just From a distance. When I approached, I held her from behind...there was no way to see her face then."

"Then what's the point of thinking much now?" Arya said in a frustrated voice, "let's just get away from here. I can bet that girl will come back with the police in no time."

"Yeah, right." Jin agreed, "from her behavior, it seemed like she was someone very close to Dr. Buren. We could have possibly known about Dr. Buren if we could have just talked to that girl. Bad luck!"

He suddenly stopped after a few steps inside the house.

"What happened?" asked Arya, a bit startled by Jin's sudden pause.