The very next day, Taylor went to the academy first. She didn't even eat breakfast. The moment her feet landed on the academy grounds, she went straight to the office of Mr. Demethry. Ashton was about to greet her good morning but she stopped him.
"Don't you ever dare to greet me good morning. Nothing's good in this mother fucking morning." She said then went straight inside, not even minding knocking first.
"I want you to give me the address where those packages came from." She immediately told Mr. Demethry who was shocked by the sudden intrusion.
"You know I can't do that Taylor. We value our supplier's…" he was not able to finish his speech when Taylor yelled.
“Some crazy bastard is pulling different pranks on me. And not only me, but to my subordinates as well. Last night, one of the packages sent to us contained a copy of my head with so much blood in it. Now, give me the address or I'll hunt that supplier of yours on my own!" She yelled.
"Can you at least calm down? The package that was delivered for your unit was only one. If you don't believe me, then check this record." Mr. Demethry told her then passed her the clipboard he's holding. Taylor scanned the list and saw that there was indeed only one package for Blade. Someone from the academy must've put that package next to the original package ordered by Nathanya. She was so mad and went out, grabbing the megaphone as she walked out. Then, she stood in an elevated area and started announcing.
"Someone inside this academy is tired of living. Just don't let me catch who the duck pulls all the pranks on us. I am telling you, I will fry you alive!" She announced then smashed the megaphone and started walking, heading to the parking lot. She doesn't want to stay in this crappy place longer so she planned on going home early.
Meanwhile, in a room that was only lit by a single light, a man was reporting something.
"She caused that commotion?! Seems like we've hit a nerve on her. Is everything ready now?" The man sitting on an elevated seat asked.
"Yes boss. We're just waiting for your orders." The man replied.
"Good. Take your rest for now. We've got a tough job to accomplish tomorrow." The man they're calling "boss" said.
"Did he give you the address?" Lace asked Taylor the moment the latter came in.
"He didn't. That package didn't come from the academy's supplier. Some shitty crap inside the academy did it." She answered. Briana was busy arranging some files while Nathanya was looking for something online.
"It's weird." Nathanya suddenly said so the attention of the three were focused on her.
"What's weird?" Lace asked then took a seat next to Nathanya.
"I've tracked the location of the supplier that sent the supplies I asked for. There were clearly two packages arranged for Blade. The first one was the one I asked for. Look, it even has my name. The second one came from one of the employees of the supplier. That's why it was easy for them to cover for the other package." She then showed them the files sheve retrieved from the supplier's computer data.
"Clark Auden Smith?" Briana asked when she read the name of the employee.

"And this Clark Auden doesn't have any other information in the employee's profile aside from his name. His address or age is not included there." Nathanya said.
" Have you checked him on other platforms?" Lace asked. Briana nodded.
"I've checked it everywhere. And it says that there was indeed a person named Clark Auden Smith but information about him was secured." She answered. Briana decided to call Drake to ask if he somewhat knew him since Drake also loves searching for datas.
"Clark Auden Smith? He sounds familiar to me." Drake said the moment he was asked if he had heard someone named as this person.
"I swear I've seen it somewhere. I just can't figure out where." He added.
"No need to rush. Tell us once you remember." Taylor said.
Nathanya never turned her laptop off, trying her best to retrieve at least a bit of information about this Clark Auden. Lace sat beside her to check if she found any progress.
“Did you find anything?” she asked and Nathanya turned her head to answer her.
“I haven't found anything yet. Whoever he is in real life, he’s really a secretive person.” Nathanya answered.
“Maybe he doesn't want anyone to know who he is.” lace said and Nathanya agreed with her idea.
“Anyway, don’t exhaust yourself too much, okay? Rest if you get tired. We have many days to look for that person." Lace reminded her.
Taylor was silent the whole day. Nathanya is wondering if she’s mad or what. She walked towards her and took a seat.

“Are you okay?” she asked. Taylor raised her head slightly before nodding.
“Why aren’t you asleep yet? It’s pretty late.” Taylor said.
“I can’t sleep. It’s not the first time I stayed up late though.” she answered. They were both sitting on the sofa now. There was an awkward silence after that. All of a sudden, Taylor moved and laid her head on Nathanya’s lap then closed her eyes.
“Wake me up when you’re sleepy.” Taylor then held Nathanya’s hand. Briana and Lace have long gone to bed since they can't tolerate sleeping very late at night.
They stayed like that until midnight. Nathanya can’t feel sleepiness. All she could feel is her heart beating really hard. A little while longer, the look on Taylor’s sleeping face suddenly changed. Her brows were knitted tightly and she’s mumbling something. Her breathing became heavy and what followed was a stream of tears. She’s having some nightmares. Nathanya tried moving her to wake her up.
“Ate Venice, wake up! Hey!” she said then shook her. It took a minute before Taylor was able to snap out of the nightmare. The moment she opened her eyes, pain, sadness and loneliness were spelled in them. Nathanya moved on instinct and hugged her. Taylor finally gave in and showed her soft side. She hugged Nathanya back and cried on her shoulders, like a child that longs for love and care.
“She… she said she’ll come back. But she didn’t. She didn't… she didn’t come back.” Taylor said and continued crying.
“She… she never came back. I was left… alone and afraid. I am so scared.”she added and hugged Nathanya tightly.
“Shhh. It’s okay. Calm down. Look at you now. You became strong didn’t you? You are not alone anymore. You have Ate Briana and Ate Lace. You have Kuya Drake and Kuya Trix. Ate Callix is also there. And you also have me. So you are not alone. You have us.” she said, trying her best to calm her down. Taylor looked at her, her eyes still watery.
“You’re not gonna leave me right? Please don’t.” Taylor suddenly said. Nathanya smiled and caressed her hair.
“I will not. I will never. I will stay with you until you get tired of me.” Nathanya answered.
“That will never happen.” Taylor said before taking the initiative and locked Nathanya’s lips with hers.