Chapter: 31 Millie nodded, already aware of that."Let's try hypnosis today," Rita said. Hypnosis... Millie paused, considering it. Then she gave a quiet nod. She followed Rita over to the couch and slowly lay down, closing her eyes. The moment her eyelids shut and her mind drifted away, everything turned dark and scattered. At last, her mind cleared, and she found herself standing in the dim light of a grey, overcast day..o. It didn't take long before Millie realized exactly where she was. The fluorescent lights were cold and sharp. The stillness around her was heavy, like a thick fog. In front of her was her father's corpse, wrapped tightly in white cloth. She remembered this dayyears ago, when she had been called in to identify him. Her mother had been sobbing uncontrollably beside her, but Millie could barely move. She had just stood there, eyes locked on her father's pale, battered face... That year, he had jumped from a high-rise building. After that, their family had collapsed...m The memory morphed. Suddenly, she was standing in front of the Bennett Group building. Her father's blood and brain matter were splattered across the pavementred mixed with white. She stood still, unable to move, staring into her father's eyeseyes that refused to rest in peace. All around her was chaos-loud voices, arguments, screams from her mother that tore through the noise. And peopleso many people circling them like vultures, ready to tear off whatever remained. Unable to fight them off, Millie was shoved, falling straight into her father's blood. Everywhere, teeth and claws. And thenshoes. A pair of polished shoes appeared in front of her."The Watson family will protect Millie from now on." She knew that voice. She looked up. There he was. Young Brandon. Still a teenager, but already standing like a man who knew how to lead. He wore his school uniform neatly, and his eyescalm and unwavering felt like magic."If anything happens," he said, "come to me."At his signal, people behind him sprang into action. Everything that had felt out of control suddenly fell into place...