Chapter 41

Finally, we reached a forest with brilliant lights, so it was not a scary place. I took a glance because I was extremely familiar with the area when I suddenly realized that I had been here before. My half-brother Tony, who is no longer with us, and I used to hang out in this tree house.

Hans grinned at me as I watched him ascend to the tree house and said, "This forest." Curious, I just stayed mute.

"Hans, how are things between you and Tony?" I inquired enquiringly, but he merely offered me a charming smile.

My heart was filled with curiosity and a peculiar, hard-to-explain feeling when Hans took me to the tree house. How did Hans discover this location? How was he to know about the hidden locations I frequently visited with Tony? I was even more perplexed by Hans' similarity to Tony, and I could not help but feel conflicted.

I gripped Hans' hand with my feet as I climbed on the board that ascended upward till I reached the tree house. Hans asked, "Hold my hand. I