"Ok ask," I said politely. 

"Do you know what happened to Olivia?" She asked as a tear fell down her cheek. 

"Um, yeah she died," I said awkwardly scratching my head. 

"That's obviously not what she means," Taylor said through the spy earphones.

Mrs Smith looked taken aback by my answer but didn't say anything. 

"No, I mean do you know who killed her?" She asked. 

"Nope," I said looking around the house and saw a family photo. There were Mr and Mrs Smith with Olivia and Ethan between them. That's when I remembered that Ethan existed! I had been so caught up with the mystery that I stopped speaking to my friends. I made a mental note in my head to talk to him later. 

"What was your relationship like with Olivia?" Mrs Smith asked in what I think was an attempt to change the topic. 

"She was my bestie," I said. "Soulmate even" 

"I'm glad she had a friend like you," Mrs Smith said "She never had any friends growing up, and was always so lonely"

"Is that so?" I asked surprised, "We never talked about our school friends too much"

"This is boring why are we spying on their conversation," Taylor asked through the earphones. 

"To protect Arya of course," Kaylee said.

"From what? She just went to meet her friend's mom" Taylor said annoyed. 

"Ok, let's stop," Kaylee said "Arya needs to focus on her convo with that lady" 

I was glad Kaylee said that because their argument was getting both annoying and distracting. There was an awkward silence, I guess she didn't know what to say so I decided to speak. 

"I know it's a little late for this" I started "But I'm really sorry for your loss, Olivia was a great person and I'm sure she's in a better place now" 

Mrs Smith didn't say anything, so I decided to continue my speech a little more. 

"I know that what I'm saying won't ease the pain, but I know Olivia, and know that she'd want us to enjoy the rest of our lives instead of being depressed" 

"Yeah, you're right," Mrs Smith said, with no emotion. Did I hit a sensitive topic? I hope not, and even if it's her fault she invited me over. Surely she was going to talk about this right? It's not like she'd want to befriend someone twenty years younger than her.

"At least you have another son left," I said trying to lighten the mood. 

"Arya! What the hell?" Kaylee and Taylor yelled. 

I don't know if they were speechless or just chose not to distract me, but they stopped talking.

"I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable," Mrs Smith said "But are you sure you don't know what happened to her?" 

"I'm sure," I said. 

"It's hard enough losing her, but to find out she's been murdered? And not knowing who did and why, it just hasn't been easy" She said as tears welled up in her eyes "I just thought you'd know since you were her roommate, and did spend the holidays together"

"Do you have memory loss?" I asked. 

"Excuse me?" She asked looking very offended. 

"Oops, I didn't mean to sound rude. But Olivia said she was coming to spend the holiday with her family," I said. 

"No," She said nodding her head "I'd know if she was with me or not." 

Woah, this was huge! So Olivia lied about where she was. Could she have known that she was going to die? Why didn't she tell us? 

I chatted with Mrs Smith for about another hour, but couldn't get my mind off what I had discovered. I left her house and found Taylor's car parked across the street, I walked towards the car and hopped in. 

"Finally you're here," She said.

"I couldn't just leave after I got information from her, you know," I said rolling my eyes. 

"What now?" Kaylee asked. 

"So your friend lied to you and her mom making you both believe she was with the other" Taylor said. 

"That's kind of smart" Kaylee said. 

"But where did she actually go?" I asked. 

"You should know, you are her 'soulmate'" Tayler said as she started driving us back. 

"Are you mocking our friendship?" I asked getting annoyed. 

"Nope," She said. 

"Anyway, once you guys get back we can continue looking through the books," Kaylee said. 

"Yeah, maybe we'll find more information," Taylor said.

"And find who killed her" I finished. 

We got back to my house and sat down on the couch, Kaylee used the invention from last time to project it on the tv. 

"Can't you make an invention that helps us find answers?" I asked Kaylee frustrated. 

"That's not how it works, I could make something that helps us do something with evidence, like the photo you found of the girl, but I still need something to use" Kaylee explained. 

"This is a waste of time," Taylor said getting up. 

"What's wrong?" I asked worried at her sudden outburst. 

"There are three of us, why don't we just take a book each and get this over with?" She asked. 

"You're right! I can't believe we didn't think of that!" Kaylee exclaimed. 

We all looked through different books and agreed to tell each other when we found something. I wanted to be extra careful, as not to miss anything. When Kaylee and Taylor were there, I had faith that they'd stop something I didn't, now that I was alone I wanted to be super careful. 

After a few hours of searching, we realized we were done looking through all the books. 

"I can't believe we found nothing!" I exclaimed. 

"Are you sure you guys robbed the correct school?" Taylor asked staring daggers at Kaylee. 

"Yes, I trust my inventions" She replied confidently. 

"Maybe she was very unpopular so no one wanted her photo" I suggested. 

"I mean you'd need to opt-out if you don't want your photo," Kaylee said. "Otherwise at least one of your photos would be there"

"And even if they missed her, it's unlikely it'd happen so many times. We went through all the books" Taylor said.

"Let's just go to bed," I said. "My head hurts"

"Alright," Kaylee said and followed me to my room. 

We all changed into our pyjamas and went to bed. When I woke up the next day, I saw that the two had woken up before me. I got dressed and went to the kitchen, to see Taylor ready with breakfast. 

I felt weird having my guest cook, but I was secretly happy she did, her food was epic!

"Good morning," I said smiling at the two of them. 

"What are we going to do about the mystery?" Kaylee asked. 

"Well, unlike you guys, I actually updated the mystery board and was looking through it this morning," Taylor said looking proud of herself. 

Oh no! I completely forgot about the mystery board! I was so happy to have Taylor in the group, she was so useful. 

"Well, did you find anything?" I asked. 

"I didn't 'find' anything," She said. 

"But..." I urged sensing that she had more to say. 

"I have a plan"

Author's note: Hey guys! Was this chapter too overwhelming for you? Well get used to it, cuz it's going to get more overwhelming! I don't know in how many chapters they'll find the killer (if they find the killer at all that it 😳), but I can sense that the book is going to end soon. I still need to find love interests for these kids, or is it fine if they don't end up with anyone? Let me know what you think in the comments, and make sure to vote! Bye!