Innocent me.... Episode 11
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Ella screamed softly as glass scattered across the floor. The hooded man stepped inside slowly, rain dripping from his dark clothes. His face was still hidden, but the dangerous silence surrounding him made Ella’s chest tighten with fear.
Jayden immediately pulled her behind him protectively.
“What do you want?” he demanded coldly.
The man tilted his head slightly before speaking in a rough voice. “The girl.”
Ella gripped Jayden’s hoodie tightly.
Jayden’s expression darkened. “Not happening.”
For a second, nobody moved.
Then suddenly, the man reached into his pocket.
Ella’s heart nearly stopped, expecting a weapon, but instead he pulled out an old photograph and threw it onto the floor.
Jayden picked it up carefully.
The moment he saw it, his face lost all color.
“What is it?” Ella asked nervously.
He didn’t answer immediately.
Slowly, he turned the picture toward her.
Ella’s breath caught.
The photograph showed three people standing together years ago — a younger version of her father, Jayden’s missing brother Ryan… and Ella’s mother.
They were smiling.
Like they had once been close friends.
“This can’t be real,” Ella whispered.
The hooded man finally lowered his hood slightly, revealing tired eyes filled with warning.
“Your parents hid the truth from you for years,” he said quietly. “Because if Ella remembers what happened that night… all of you will be in danger.”
Ella’s head began pounding again.
And suddenly, another memory flashed through her mind —
Blood on the floor.
Someone crying.
And Ryan Cole screaming her name.
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