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Vancouver | 12 am
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Ashley :
   But don't misunderstand what I'm saying! It's not that I've always hated you... Do you remember when I wanted to help you, the day you woke up at our hideout? You were lost, you even forgot who you were... I was sincerely trying to help you Joshua.

Me :
   Stop lying Ashley... It's useless...

Ashley :
   Listen. The person I love the most on Earth is Cole and nobody else. When you shot him in his thigh, oddly I told myself it was more important to save you than helping him to commit a murder.

(How is it possible to think it's odd to save someone from a murderer?!)

Ashley :
   I wasn't even supposed to follow you in the car, he ordered me to make you believe that you were safe with me... Hmm, when we were at Aiden's there were several times I still wanted to protect you from my brother. If I suddenly decided to leave it was because I knew Christian, Mason and Owen had found us... If we went in Toronto it was for you Joshua...

Me :
   Sometimes you're sorry, sometimes you're not...

Ashley :
   You've just said it! Sometimes I'm sorry, sometimes I'm not.

Me :
   And how about Aiden??

Ashley :
   Oh. Aiden... You know, it's not that easy to be a spy!

(At some point she better stop treating me like a fool, honestly!)

Me :
   I've been a spy too huh!

Ashley :
   I had to be close to him, but not too much.

Me :
   Hmm, I'll never know right?

Ashley :
   That's it.

Cole :
   Time's up!

Ashley :
   I bet my dear brother already told you why he was angry with you. All what you need to understand is that I helped him to coax you here, it's kind of the last step.

(What are those steps she is talking about??!)

Cole :
   Well, it's time to say goodbye to your beloved Ashley, and hi to Aiden. I'm sure you'd be happy to see him again.

He points his gun to my heart... I'm scared but I feel like whatever I'd try to do will fail so I just let me him to do what he wants to do...

Besides, it's all my fault if Aiden died... My poor brother... It'd be so unfair if I could live my life, as if nothing had happened...

Nothing is more stressful than an icy silence, just like now...

It all became a muffled noise.
And then nothing left.

Dear Ashley,

You brought me in a vicious game,

But it was actually not funny at all.

Your victim, Joshua.

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