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A young woman was walking into the hospital, she saw a familiar face. "Dad?" "Who are you?" "I'm your daughter! Emilyn Dolan!" "Emilyn? Emma Winter's daughter?" "Yeah, and you're my dad!" "Emilyn, you're not my daughter." "Then who is? The DNA only matched yours." She said confused. "It's wrong, Ema. You're Ethan's daughter, not mine." "What?" She didn't fight back. She just stood there, seconds later, she fell down and her heart broke into pieces. The story her grandmother told, it was her father who killed himself, and he killed her mother. "I'm sorry, Emilyn." "What? You're lying! You're my dad!" "No Ema," he said calmly. She cried for a little bit, Grayson hugged her. "Grayson, please tell me you're lying!" "I'm sorry, Em. I'm not." "I wanna visit my father." She wiped her tears.

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"Dad." She says, softly. Her voice, and her melodious laugh reminded him so much of Emma. "Dad, why did you have to kill yourself? Why did you have to kill mom? Isn't it bad enough that you've lied to me by saying that Grayson was my father?" "Emma." Two people says behind her. "Mom, Dad!" She hugs them. "Em, I'm gonna tell you once, you have to trust me on this. You are in great danger from something, and I'm giving you to Grayson. He needs to protect you-" "Protect me from what?" "I can't tell you, but trust me. Please?" "I will, I just wish you'd tell me." She sighed. He grabbed her chin and carefully lifted it up, "I will do anything to help my brother protect you. You're my daughter, and you will never be in danger with me by your side." "Thank you dad." "I love you, Em." He kissed her forehead and hugged her. "Promise me, you'll be with me?" "Both your mother and I promise." He smiled.

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"Emilyn Dolan?" "I'm here." "Let's go into my office and talk in private." She sat into her chair, and said, "I'm Detective Zane." She nodded back. "Emilyn-" "Sorry for interrupting, but doc, it's much more simpler if you pronounce my name as Ema." "Ema, I dug more into your mother and father's case. I found something that you'd like to know about." "What is it?" "Your mother wasn't buried by Ethan, just by some notebook. Ethan knows how much he loves her, and wouldn't even have the guts to kill her. I know who killed your mother." "Who?" Silence began to drip into the air. Zane began to speak up to stop the awkwardness between them. She took a gulp and cleared her throat.

"Grayson Dolan."

Emma couldn't believe it, just a few days ago, she found out she was Ethan's daughter, not only that, but she hugged the murderer of her mother. No wonder why when she visited both her father and mother's graves, Ethan didn't answer her question as to why he had to kill her mother. He avoided it from letting Emma finding the truth.