Avery's vision turned blurry. Her heart constricted tightly. She pursed her lips and persisted through the sadness.

"Avery, why are you not saying anything?" Wesley heard her heavy breathing. He immediately said, "If you can't, it's fine. Shea still doesn't know that you found me. She also doesn't know that she isn't Elliot's sister, nor that Adrian is her brother. I don't want her to know all these."

"Wesley, I want to save Shea, I really do, but Adrian has been taken away." Avery wiped away