699 To Her Death

"Why me?"

The reflection's eyes softened, 'I also don't know... Maybe it was because the person I wanted to see alive the most was you. Or maybe Heaven wanted you to return to your rightful place.'

Xiu was even more confused now as she voiced out, "I don't get any of it."

Suddenly, she found a fair hand extended before her. Xiu thought she won't be able to hold this hand. It seemed like if she tried her hand would pass right through the other. But it didn't. Although the hand extended towards her had no physical form, she still felt warm. 

'Before answering you anything, I'd like to show how we ended here.'

Xiu didn't know what was about to happen but suddenly, the reflection or Destiny's soul or whatever you'd call it, pulled her right inside the mirror, and Xiu's vision darkened.

//The following flashback is from Destiny's point of view.//

*Flashback*

Back when Destiny learned about her real father, she didn't know what she felt. Just like any child, she definitely wanted to meet her father. This wish came from the deepest part of her heart. She couldn't resist it.

One day, she finally gathered the courage to give him a call. The phone rang for a while before it was picked up and she heard the deep but soothing voice of the man, "Hello!" 

Destiny felt a rush of emotions bubble up making it difficult for her to speak. She didn't know what to say to him. She didn't know if she told him she's his daughter, what he'd do. Would he be happy? She definitely hoped for it.

"Hello! Who is this?" After the other person didn't hear any answer for a while, he asked.

"I'm..." Destiny's choked up voice had just rung when she heard another voice from behind Xin Zemin.

"Min, did you cook the dinner?" 

Hearing that voice Destiny's eyes darkened. It was Zhao Huan's voice. Since she had every single piece of information about Xin Zemin in her hands, how could she be unfamiliar with his wife?

"Huanhuan, take a seat. I'll serve it to you in a bit," said Xin Zemin in a doting voice. He turned his attention back to the phone call, "Who is this really?"

Destiny was feeling so frustrated after just hearing Zhao Huan's voice that she directly hung up the call. Thinking that it was this woman that took her mother's place made her angrier. And since her father had already abandoned her along with her mother, why did she have to yearn for him? It was not worth it.

And she was very excited when she received his email in a very short while, but the content of it made her heart chill...

'I don't have a daughter. Don't try to contact me again. You're nothing but a mistake.' These words really tore Destiny in the worst way possible. She had already lost her mother and now, she lost her father as well. She truly felt abandoned now.

But it was at this time, she noticed the abnormality in her life. Take the elevator incident for instance... It fell from such height and stopped so close to the ground, just in the nick of time. If it hadn't she'd have died. But after it stopped, she heard a voice from the elevator speaker, "Little girl, know your place. Don't dig a grave for yourself. This is just a warning!"

She had never been given such a fright in her entire life. Not even when she had actually knocked on the door of death, she didn't feel scared. She was never a coward. In fact, she loved dangers to the extreme. It was the feeling of being watched and controlled that instilled a fear in her heart.

In her fear, she called Xin Zemin once again. And as soon as the phone was picked up, she started, "Dad! Please, save me. Someone is trying to kill me."

The call was directly hung up leaving her in despair. That's when she faced the incessant play of cat and mouse. She was standing on the sidewalk waiting for the signal to turn red when she felt someone standing behind her closing in. She frowned and then she heard a low voice, "You little girl don't take warnings seriously."

Before she could turn her head to see who it was, she was pushed with force onto the road where heavy traffic was rushing about. She closed her eyes as the car closed in on her but the driver stepped on the brakes on time and she was barely grazed. 

Instead of waiting for others' help, she stood up and ran around trying to find the person who pushed her from behind. But how would she find anyone now?

Realizing that her enemy was hiding in dark, she clenched her fists and came to a conclusion; she needed to wear the mask of darkness as well! Two could play this game. Right now, she was in the light and seemed like an easy target. And just because she didn't know the identity of her enemy, she was at a disadvantage.

Somethings needed to change, she needed to turn into a predator rather than prey. She'd also hide in darkness and lure her enemy out first before attacking. She thought she planned it well. But it was a pity, she was too young and hadn't really seen how despicable the people could be. 

That's why it was so easy for her to fall to her death.

*To Be Continued*