บททั้งหมดของ Ashes on the Line: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

She said with a laugh, [Chloe was saved, wasn't she? Marcus must be so happy.]My voice was nearly gone."Daisy died because you told me to save Chloe."Evelyn was silent for a few seconds. Then she gave a soft laugh.[How is that possible? Daisy is in a behavior correction camp in my time. If anything happened, the instructors would have called me.]A chill ran through me. "What did you say? Why would you do that to her?"Evelyn spoke lightly, as if it were nothing.[Because you spoiled her. When she grew up, she kept going against Marcus. She became rebellious and vicious.][But since you saved Chloe, I might consider bringing her home this month.]I didn't know whether changing the cause in the present would change the outcome in the future.So I dug my nails hard into my palm and begged her. "Can you go get her now?"Evelyn laughed softly. [Ryan, you need to behave.]I heard the threat hidden in that smile.Sure enough, her next words were, [Otherwise, I won't pay your

Evelyn jerked her hand back."What are you talking about? How is that possible? I wasn't even at the scene.""It was you from five years in the future. She called me again."Evelyn scoffed."Ryan, even if you don't want to take responsibility, you don't need to invent a lie like that."I stared at her and smiled bitterly."Evelyn, if it really was you who caused Daisy's death because of Marcus, what would you do?"Evelyn looked at me with absolute conviction, as if afraid I would not hear each word clearly."I would never do that."My gaze fell on a dead tree outside the window."If only that were true."Evelyn locked me in that hospital room.Unless I agreed to clear Marcus's name.It wasn't as though I hadn't tried.When I refused food, Evelyn had people force a feeding tube into me.When I posted nonsense online, she cut off my calls with my parents.The camera in the corner glowed red with terror day and night.Whenever I showed the slightest abnormal behavior, som

Evelyn used every resource she had to find him.But because of that clarification video, Ryan was being cursed across the internet.Finding him became even harder.At last, she found only one surveillance clip from near the mall.In the footage, Ryan looked thin enough to be blown away by a gust of wind.The heavy bundle of flowers and letters in his arms seemed like stones dragging him down.Watching him kneel at the ruins and leave those offerings, Evelyn was seized by the terrifying feeling that he no longer had any attachment left in the world.She struggled to speak. "Why did Ryan go there?"Her assistant gently reminded her."That day was one week after Daisy's death."Evelyn's mind exploded, and for a long time, she said nothing.She touched her face. Her fingertips were wet.Only then did she realize she had been crying without knowing it.She had always been emotionally detached. Even when facing tragedy, she hadn't cried.But now, Evelyn finally felt the piercin

Ryan's POVEvelyn finally found me through the source of the transfers I had been sending my parents.That day, I had just finished printing some documents when my boss stopped me and pointed out the window.I looked over casually.Evelyn stood across the street like a black shadow.The moment our eyes met, she ignored the traffic and rushed across the road.I frowned, nothing but impatience in my eyes.My boss gently took the documents from my hand."I heard a crazy woman has been looking for someone around here. She looks hard to deal with. Go home early through the back door."I thanked him gratefully and left through the back.But before I had gone far, Evelyn caught my hand with trembling fingers.I sighed and looked back at her."Evelyn, I did everything you said. What else do you want?"Her eyes were bloodshot."No. I didn't want this. I'm sorry, Ryan.""I know everything now. What my future self did to you, and Daisy..."The moment she mentioned Daisy, I lost co