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DO I REALLY NEED SOME KIND OF PERMISSION TO WORK HERE?!\nSHUT UP!\n\nYOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE COME HERE!\nIF YOU HAD EVEN A SHRED OF CONSCIENCE, YOU WOULDN'T BE PARADING YOURSELF RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES!\n\nYOU FRAUD!\nYOU MURDERER!\n\nU-UGH...\n\"AND PLEASE, MY LADY, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT COMING DOWN TO THE FACTORY, ALRIGHT?\"\n\nWAS NANNY WARNING ME BECAUSE OF THIS EXACT WOMAN?\nBUT WHY?\n\nOUR NOBLE LADY PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING. YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE VICTIM,\nBUT YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES YOU ACTUALLY RUINED!\nMY FAMILY, MY FATHER... WE TRUSTED YOU UNTIL THE VERY END!\n\nSHE'S A VICTIM OF THAT RAILWAY INVESTMENT SCAM?!\n\nARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHERE VIOLETA WENT?\n\nI ONLY LOOKED AWAY FOR A SECOND! LITERALLY JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND!\nWHO COULD'VE KNOWN THAT WOMAN WOULD JUST VANISH INTO THIN AIR...\nJUST ADMIT IT. YOU FELL ASLEEP, DIDN'T YOU?\nWHO DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?!\n\nBESIDES, SOPHIA, WHY ARE YOU EVEN MEDDLING? YOU SKIPPED OUT ON WORK AND ONLY DRAGGED YOURSELF HERE AT THE VERY END OF THE SHIFT!\nI JUST STOPPED BY TO HAND IN MY RESIGNATION BECAUSE I'M GETTING MARRIED.\nAND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK VIOLETA. I HAD NO IDEA ALL THIS CHAOS WAS GOING ON...\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN, GETTING MARRIED?\nWHAT DO YOU CARE WHETHER I'M GETTING MARRIED OR NOT?\nCOME ON, CALM DOWN ALREADY. AND MARCO, YOU SHOULD JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MESSED UP, SO STOP RAISING YOUR VOICE!\n\nWE SEARCHED THE ENTIRE FACTORY AND THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS, BUT SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.\nARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU CHECKED EVERYWHERE?\nYES, THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO LOOK. WE SEARCHED EVERY SINGLE CORNER.\n\nSHE TOOK OFF HER HAT, BUT ALL OF HER BELONGINGS ARE LEFT COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED.\nAND CONSIDERING RAUL DIDN'T SEE ANYONE LEAVE THROUGH THE GATES,\nIT'S OBVIOUS THAT VIOLETA DIDN'T DISAPPEAR OF HER OWN FREE WILL.\n\nTHE ONLY PLACE LEFT UNCHECKED IS THE WAREHOUSES, AND THE FOREMAN HAS THE KEYS TO THOSE...\nI BROUGHT THE FOREMAN.\n\nWHY DID YOU LEAVE YOUR POST?\nW-WELL, THE THING IS... I HAD A SUDDEN, TERRIBLE STOMACHACHE...\n\nHOW CONVENIENT THAT HE WASN'T AT HIS POST RIGHT WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED.\nON TOP OF THAT, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE WHIP THAT HE'S USUALLY INSEPARABLE FROM.\nAND JUDGING BY THE TERRIFIED LOOK ON HIS FACE,\nHE IS EITHER AN ACCOMPLICE OR A CO-CONSPIRATOR.\n\nTHAT MAKES THINGS A WHOLE LOT EASIER.\nWHERE IS SHE?\n\nA-A REVOLVER!..\nWHERE DID YOU HIDE THAT WOMAN?\nI H-HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT...\n\nSO YOU DON'T KNOW, HUH?\nSERIOUSLY! I-I SWEAR, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!\nAS A RULE, STATEMENTS LIKE THAT MEAN YOU SAW EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.\nI'LL GIVE YOU TWO OPTIONS.\n\nEITHER YOU TELL ME WHERE SHE IS...\nOR...\nGASP!\n\n...YOU CAN DROP DEAD ALONG WITH YOUR ACCOMPLICE.\n\nP-PLEASE, HAVE MERCY!\nI-I ONLY HELPED CARRY HER!\n\nIF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE... WHO SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THAT INVESTMENT SCAM...\nPLEASE, JUST WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, AND I... I'LL COMPENSATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING.\nI AM TRULY, DEEPLY SORRY.\n\nWAIT? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR?\nMY FATHER WAITED AND WAITED, AND IN THE END, HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE! WHAT EXACTLY AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR NOW?!\n\nAND AFTER ALL THAT, YOU DARE TO SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME?!\nWHERE DO YOU GET THE NERVE?\nTHAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO GET RID OF YOU MYSELF.\n\nSO YOU'LL NEVER HAUNT MY LIFE AGAIN.\n\nTHIS IS ALL MY FAULT!\nI HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE EXCUSES.\n\nYOU'RE GONNA ROT HERE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.\nFORGET ABOUT PEOPLE, NOT EVEN A STRAY DOG EVER PASSES BY THIS PLACE.\nEVEN MARCO DOESN'T KNOW THIS WAREHOUSE EXISTS.\n\nDON'T EVEN DREAM ABOUT ANYONE COMING TO RESCUE YOU.\n\nJUST DROP DEAD HERE ALL BY YOURSELF!\n\nBUT...\nI DON'T WANT TO DIE JUST YET...","bubble_count":75,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"At the factory, an enraged woman confronts Violetta, shouting at her, calling her a fraud and a murderer; she holds her responsible for her father's death due to a railway investment scam.","spoiler_summary":"At the factory, an enraged woman confronts Violetta, shouting at her, calling her a fraud and a murderer; she holds her responsible for her father's death due to a railway investment scam. 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