Mary stared at Zach, who looked at her apologetically, and was silent for a long time. She didn't know what to say. She was very angry about the fact that he sent someone to monitor her, but he explained the reason so clearly She knew he cared about her, and she knew he really thought it would keep her safe. She lowered her eyes, sighed deeply, and said, "I can't forgive you anytime soon, Zach, you don't You should watch me!"

Zach heard this, with a bitter smile on his face, nodded and said: "I know, I'm sorry, in the future, it won't happen."

"Never spy on me again, if you are really worried about me, never do it again!" Mary looked up at him, "Zach, I am no longer the child who needs your protection everywhere."

Zach looked back at her silently, without saying a word.

Mary thought for a moment and said, "But, I still thank you very much, that promise to protect me, it's time to stop."

Zach's face sank slightly, and he said, "No!"

Mary looked at him helplessly and said, "I've grown up, Zach, and I've learned how to protect myself. I can protect myself. Even if I might get into trouble, I can."

"If the trouble you're talking about is...the kid inside, believe me, you can't!" Zach said suddenly.

"What?" Mary was taken aback, looked at his serious face, and said, "So, you didn't come to Seattle because of Captain America's manuscript, did you? You did it because of..."

"Steven Rogers." Zach's mouth curled slightly, staring at Mary's surprised face, "I will take him away before you are in danger. Hydra already knows that he came out of the Avengers base, I'm afraid someone will come to arrest him soon."

Mary pursed her lips, looked at him for a long time, and said, "You're lying!"

Zach smiled slightly, looked at Mary and said, "I never lied to you, and now, it's even more unnecessary!"

Mary shook her head and said, "Why did Hydra come to catch him? For them, Captain America has become a child, and is of no use to them."

"His existence affects Hydra's plan," Zach said, "Understood?"

"How do you know so clearly?" Mary narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Zach, "You, and Hydra..."

Zach showed a faint smile, and said calmly: "You really make me sad when you say that, Mary, do you think that Hydra and I are on the same front?"

Mary stared into his smiling eyes without answering.

Zach shook his head and said firmly: "No, Hydra is not worthy."

"You haven't answered me yet, why do you know that he is Steven." Mary asked.

Zac's smile gradually faded under her gaze, and finally disappeared from his mouth. He turned his head to look at the fountain beside him, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Well, I admit, I have done it with Hydra before. A deal. But it was because of my revenge plan, I had to." He turned his head and looked at Mary with a strong self-mockery on his face, "You see, I have always wanted to be kind in front of you, but, Mary, I'm not a kind person."

"Revenge plan..." Mary repeated softly, "You made a deal with Hydra in order to get revenge on the man who abandoned you and brought you home, but if you just made a deal, you And how can we get the news so quickly that Steven has become a child?"

Zach couldn't help laughing when he heard this, with a bitter smile.

"Answer me, Zach." Mary stared into his eyes, "I never thought you had to be a good person, but, tell me! Why did you find out about Steven so quickly? You and Hydra Did you make a deal again?"

Zach turned his eyes away, and said for a long time, "Yes, for the complete destruction of Odyssey."

Mary stretched out her hands to her forehead, her inner emotions were in turmoil. She remembered the phone call Zac gave her last night, and realized that what he said now was true. He made a deal with Hydra, in order to completely destroy Odyssey and his father's life's hard work, She actually knew Zac's hatred for his father all along, because without his father, his mother would not have died, and he would not have been sent to the Forks Orphanage.She raised her eyes and looked at him, but couldn't say a word.

"Now, you already know that the me in front of you is such a vicious and unbearable person. I am no longer who I was when I was in Fox." Zach stared deeply at Mary, and said slowly: "Maybe ...you'll hate me for it, but, for you, I have to take Steven Rogers."

"Hydra helped you completely destroy Odyssey, what price did you pay? Give Steven to them?" Mary asked.

Zach smiled and said nothing.

"If, I say no, what will you do?" Mary stared at him and said slowly, "Will you take Steven away despite my obstruction? For your revenge plan, for the complete destruction of Odyssey, you are going to do that?"

Faced with her questioning, Zach's eyes flashed with panic. He looked back at Mary for a while and said, "Is he more important than me in your heart?"

Mary was taken aback, frowned slightly, and said, "What?"

Zach approached her, reached out and gently stroked Mary's hair, looked down at her and said, "Steven Rogers, you are very important."

Mary subconsciously said, "I didn't." She turned her head slightly, avoiding his palm, "Don't change the subject, Zach."

Zach watched Mary avoid his hand, and his eyes fell on the hand that kept stroking. Deep and shallow feelings of loss and anxiety flashed through his heart, but he quickly concealed the pain that was about to be revealed with a smile. Disappointed on his face, after slowly retracting his hand, he said, "No, I won't."

Mary looked at him suspiciously.

Zach looked at her with a smile and asked, "Don't you believe me anymore?"

"I don't know!" Mary sighed, a weary look on her face.

Zach held out his hand to her and said, "No matter what I've become, I'm still the Zach Hoffman you know."

Mary looked up at him, slowly stretched out her hand, held his thumb, and said in a low voice: “Zach, he’s already dead, don’t take revenge for revenge, okay?”

Zach heard the words, the corner of his mouth moved slightly, he hesitated to speak, and finally, except for the indifferent smile on his face, all the emotions were hidden by him with the smile, and he said in a low voice: "Okay!"

As night fell, it was cool.

Steven sat on the window of the room, with his feet dangling outside, looking at the quiet houses in the community with little lights on, and a small wooden house facing the water slowly emerged in his mind, but, He didn't know where the small wooden house was, but he only remembered that he seemed to have been running near the wooden house. It was in a continuous mountain forest, and he seemed to be chasing someone.

"Steven!" Mary called from behind, and he turned his head to look.

Mary walked up to him and said, "It's late, you need to rest well, and you won't have the medical examination tomorrow."

Steven crossed one leg into the house, sat on the windowsill, met Mary's eyes, and asked, "Can I not go?"

"No!" Mary shook her head and said, "If you want to get better soon, you have to undergo a medical examination, so that Mark can help you."

Steven folded his arms on his chest, leaned against the window and turned his head to look at the night outside. After a long time, a troubled expression appeared on his small face, and he said, "Have I been to Seattle before?"

Mary remained silent, with a look of surprise in her eyes.

Steven withdrew his gaze, looked at Mary and said, "But, it doesn't look like..."

"What do you remember?" Mary asked.

Steven shook his head and said, "My head is very messy, and occasionally there will be some strange images, like, those movie clips."

"Movie clips?" Mary raised her eyebrows slightly. Does Captain America still like watching movies?

"When I was in that damn place, they showed me movies when I wasn't checking, and I watched a lot of..." Steven explained, pausing and asking seriously, "I really, must, Do you want to go for a medical examination?"

"Yes, you have to do it." Mary replied decisively without giving him any hope of escape, "Afraid of the medical examination?"

Steven hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said in a low voice, "I hate being pricked by needles!" As he spoke, he touched the bruises on his knuckles that hadn't faded away.

Mary stretched out her hand and gently touched the bruise on his arm, sighed, and said, "I will be with you tomorrow!"

Steven heard this, smiled, and said, "Really?"

"Well, I don't have anything to do in Seattle anyway!" Mary laughed, "Come down, wash up and go to bed."

Steven obediently jumped in from the window sill, looked up uneasy and asked, "You will definitely be with me tomorrow, right? You promise?"

Mary nodded and said, "Well, I promise!"

However, Steven was not at ease. He looked at Mary and said, "You have to promise that you will be with me tomorrow, not anyone else!"

Mary looked at his serious eyes dumbfounded, nodded and said, "Yes, I will definitely be with you tomorrow, not like I promised last time!"

Steven nodded, seemingly relieved, he went to the bed and picked up the new towel that Mary gave him, left the room, and walked towards the bathroom.

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