Deirdre nodded with a pained expression. "Okay, we'll leave tomorrow."

She made a call to Tobey to make arrangements while Brendan took care of his work.

In the evening, he embraced Deirdre as they drifted off to sleep.

"Can you sleep without the incense?" asked Deirdre.

"I'm trying. It has consumed too much of me. I don't know why I got entangled with something as poisonous as that. I want to quit," Brendan replied as he closed his eyes.

Naturally, memories associated with the incense were also tampered with. Deirdre didn't tell Brendan that it was all Emily's idea because it would shatter his inner world. "You don't have to quit and don't worry about finding a way to quit. I'll find a solution for you later, so you can fall asleep without relying on the incense," she said.

A sense of melancholy clouded Deirdre's eyes. She didn't even know if Sterling was doing well in Germia.

She felt guilty for dragging him into this mess and could only hope that Declan would find him and