"I need to hurry," I thought to myself, "Kaylee could be dying or dead" 

But I wasn't good at working alone, I was so used to having someone with me. I tried calling Taylor several times, but she didn't pick up. Did she get kidnapped too?

My only hope of finding them was Ethan, he was smart, cunning and probably wanted revenge too, he was just being a pussy. 

I thought I'd approach him one last time anyway. 

"Ethan, will you-" I started

"Help find your friends? No" He said. 

"How did you know," I asked confused.

"I'm a smart man," He said with a grin on his face. He indeed was smart. 

"One phone call to my mom and two thousand dollars will be in your account," I said trying to look like I had the upper hand. I saw his sceptical face and said "Three thousand?"

I knew this was an offer he couldn't deny, so I waited for his response with a smirk on my face.

"Ugh, fine" He grunted. Yes! My plan worked. 

"Let's go to Taylor's penthouse," I said excitedly. 

I got on to his bike and we reached there in five minutes. Luckily, I knew where she kept her spare keys, so I opened the doors. 

"Where do we start," He asked. 

"I- I don't know," I said feeling stupid for not knowing anything. 

"You said you know where the killer's base is, it's where you were kidnapped last time, maybe that's worth checking out," He said thoughtfully. 

"Good thinking!" I praised him. 

"But we can't go there empty-handed," He said ignoring my compliment. Was he mad at me?

"I have a bean bag gun, you?" I asked. 

"You know a 'bean bag' gun won't help us, right?" He asked sounding annoyed. "We need real weapons" 

"But who will sell them to us?" I asked feeling defeated. 

"Your friend seems to have some," He said looking at the floor. I looked at the floor too and saw some bullet packets. 

"Taylor has weapons?" I asked, taken aback. Why would she hide this from me? 

"Seems like it" He responded, with no hints of emotion in his voice. I was starting to believe he was indeed mad at me. But I had more important things to worry about. 

"A locker!" I exclaimed. 

"Do you know what the passcode could be?" He asked. 

"Hmm let me try," I said walking towards the locker. Luckily it was already open! 

We opened it to see a few photos, which must've been before her adoptive parents died. A few pistols and bullet packets. Ethan started loading two guns so we'd both be armed, while he did that, my eyes fell onto a family photo, with Taylor, a middle-aged couple and some other blonde girl. It seemed like it was taken during high school graduation which was very weird. 

I wanted to look into it, but Ethan told me it was time to leave. We rode on his bike and we stopped a few blocks away from the crematorium. We decided to walk till there, to not draw too much attention. 

"Ethan?" 

"What?" He replied. 

"I just wanna say, thank you for doing all of this," I said, blushing. 

"Whatever," He said coldly. I could feel my heart sink, what was his problem? 

"I hope things can go back to the way they used to be," I said praying he didn't say anything mean. 

"I wish they could too, but you're not the same person anymore Arya," He said "Not the girl I loved" 

I could hear my heart crack, why was he saying this? What changed about me? I wanted to ask him what he meant, but we'd already reached the base.

He kept his finger on his mouth, gesturing me to not make noise. We slowly tip-toed to the entrance. We went to the basement where me and Taylor had been held, hoping to find Kaylee and Taylor. 

"They're not here" Ethan whispered. We slowly crept back up and decided to continue looking, when I heard a few familiar voices. 

"You know you want to help me, it's what any good sister would do," An unfamiliar voice said. 

"I don't know" A voice that sounded like Taylor said. The curiosity got the better of me and I peeked through the window to see Taylor and Kaylee talking. What the freaking flamingo? 

"You know you could never pick some random girl over me," Kaylee said. 

"I don't like what you're doing, why would I help you?" Taylor asked. 

"Because if you don't, I'll go to the prison and probably never come out" 

"Eh, you kinda deserve it" 

Kaylee rolled her eyes and continued to speak. "I mean yeah, but you wouldn't want that for me, would you?" 

"What do you want me to do?" She asked.

"I feel like Arya knows that I'm 'C.A' as that loser likes to call it" She started "But she has no reason to suspect you, I want you to pretend like you're on her side, and kill her when she least expects it" 

"Arya doesn't deserve that," Taylor said. 

"Hm, maybe, but I don't wanna be arrested, and killing her is the only way" 

"I can't betray Arya, especially not for you" She sneered. 

"I know you and Arya have become close, but don't let your anger for me to cloud your judgement," She said. "Think carefully" 

I waited for Taylor to say 'Hell no' and shoot her with the pistol in her hand, but she stayed silent for a long time. I hid there anxiously, hoping she'd do the right thing. 

"Ok, I'll help you" She finally said. 

I couldn't believe the words that came out of someone who I believed would be there for me, but now she was selling me out to the killer we spent all these weeks finding. From the conversation I just overheard, it seemed like they knew each other, but still, she couldn't do that to me. 

I could hear indistinct words coming from Ethan, but my mind was occupied, it felt like the room was spinning. 

"NO!" I shrieked. 

"Who's there?" Kaylee asked.

"Damn it, Arya!" Ethan said, annoyed. "Run" 

We bolted out of there and ran towards the exit, but we were stopped by a bunch of minions, all wearing black hoodies and armed with a few hammers. 

"Stand back, or we'll shoot!" Ethan commanded. 

He's so brave! I knew bringing him along was the right thing to do. 

He started shooting but his aim was pretty bad, I started aimlessly shooting hoping they'd get scared. 

Suddenly, I felt something hard hit my head. I fell to the ground, my vision got blurry, I could feel Ethan beside me and saw the hooded minions and vague figures of Arya and Kaylee. My whole body went numb, and my heart was broken. 

Taylor had betrayed me.

Author's note: Hey guys! I've posted after so long, I bet you weren't expecting this twist 😏Since my summer holidays have started, I'll be posting regularly from now on, and finish the book in maybe 3-4 more chapters. Anyway, don't forget to vote and if you haven't already, then add this to your library! See ya next Sunday 😘