A few minutes earlier...
Lily had watched her uncle walk away. She shook her head, then held her little brother securely in her arms and started walking towards the beach restaurant.
Just then, her Ring suddenly glowed violently against her finger, its light pulsing with an urgent purple hue. She immediately stopped and put her little brother down.
"Stay here. Don't go anywhere, Noah," Lily warned before quickly moving towards a secluded corner. She glanced back once to make sure he was still there.
Meanwhile, Noah blinked as he stared at Lily. A sly little grin slowly appeared across his face.
The moment Lily turned away, he quietly ran in the direction where his uncle had gone, but not before raising his tiny hand and waving at her as if he were saying goodbye.
Meanwhile, in a lone corner away from the crowd, Lily accepted the incoming call. In the next second, Allen's bloodied face appeared as a hologram above her palm.
"Dad—"
