"Do you know what you're doing? How much does it hurt me?" Shawn said with a tinge of sorrow in his voice.

Gale's body trembled.

"Gale, stop punishing yourself like this; stop abusing your body. It pains me to see you like this. I don't want you to continue like this..." he said.

She turned away.

"What you're doing is pointless; it won't help at all! What you and I need to do is find the person behind this, find the truth, find evidence, and not punish yourself!" Shawn said.

Gale murmured,