Sofia looked at Aaron in awe for a while before bursting out crying, falling on his steady chest. She clung onto his shirt firmly as she sobbed, making the white shirt drenched in her tears.
She opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't. She looked so pitiful as her makeup washed away, making two straight lines on her cheeks because of the black mascara, turning her beautiful face into a monster's one.
"I-I..." She stuttered. "I'm helpless, Aaron. I had to do that."
Aaron was impatient and confused at the same time.
"What are you talking about, Sofia? Please explain clearly."
Sofia wiped her wet cheeks using the back of her hands as she began, "Yesterday evening, an anonymous person called me and told me that he kidnapped my parents and I had to do as he said in order to save them. I cut the call and dialled my parents' numbers but none of them answered it."
