My Memories Drove Her Mad with Regret

I was covered in wounds as I pushed a USB into Sean's hand, begging him hoarsely, "I'm begging you, Sean, you have to give this to Kyra with your own hands!"

The moment I said this, the entire world seemed to be on pause with silence. Millions of spectators at the square, including Sean and Kyra, looked confused. All of them instantly turned to look at Sean, even Kyra, who asked him, "Where's that USB?"

Sean's face turned pale as his eyes started to look shifty. He forced an ugly smile on his face and said, "I… I didn't dare take that USB from him then, Kyra. I was worried it was a trap set up by Julian to clear his name by harming you. A man like him manipulates the trust of others, and I… I didn't dare hand the USB to you, and I threw it away."

There was a huge outburst from the crowd.

"He's right, Captain Schneider! Lieutenant Jacobs was just trying to protect you!"

"How can a despicable man like Julian Colt be trustworthy? He just wanted to drag someone down with him before he dies!"

"Lieutenant Jacobs is a kind man who treats you well. Everything he did was for you!"

Kyra paused in her tracks and stopped questioning Sean. All she did was look at him silently. Once the seed of suspicion was planted in someone, it would begin to grow madly.

Why did Julian hand the USB to Sean, and not anyone else? Why did Sean have such a big reaction to this? Why would he destroy the evidence instead of handing it to the team for a professional analysis?

Numerous questions swirled in Kyra's mind, which unsettled her.

Sean started to feel a little creeped out by Kyra staring at him, and he suddenly clutched his heart. "Kyra, my… My heart hurts. I think it's my old wound working up. Let's stop watching the memories and go home. Please…?"

Kyra was hesitant when she saw how much in pain Sean was, and in the end, she held Sean by the arm to help him up and said with concern, "Let's go home."

Just as they were about to leave, Kyra heard a familiar voice speaking from the big screen. "Come with me and give yourself up, Julian! I'm giving you one last chance!"

Kyra stopped suddenly, and she turned to look at the screen. It was showing a dark, humid warehouse where she was on a chair with her hands tied behind her back. Deep, bloody wounds could be seen on her wrists where her hands were bound with a rope. Her lips were bleeding from dryness, and she looked extremely pale.

The screen showed her looking up to stare at me, speaking in a weak, yet determined voice, "If you really want me to leave you be, the only way to do that is to kill me."

I pulled out my gun the next second to hit her with the butt of the gun, and her eyes widened from the attack. A gunshot rang out in the night.

Yells and curses filled the square right away from the scene. Back on the screen, I was walking up to Eva when she pressed her gun against my temple. "That shot could have got her in the heart, Julian. Why did you shoot her leg instead? Are you developing feelings for your old lover again? Or are you meaning to tell me that you've betrayed me?"

Kyra immediately snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Eva's words. Eva was right. With my shooting skills, I could have killed Kyra when I shot her at the distance we were in, but I chose to shoot her in the leg instead. Did I miss the shot, or… Was it on purpose?

Her eyes started to tear up as her breathing quickened. Kyra felt like something was tearing her heart. That was when the screen jumped once more.

"No! Don't watch it, Kyra! Don't!" Sean started roaring as he tried to block Kyra's sight, but it was already too late. Kyra was staring at the screen, looking shocked at what she saw.