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Chapter 5


I couldn't believe he had the audacity to show up here! But then I looked closely I realized I mistook and random person for someone else. 

"What are you staring at?" Liam asked.

"Nothing," I said turning towards him. 

"I can get us something to drink" He offered and I agreed. I needed to get to business, I couldn't hang around with Liam all night. I knew that the killer owned a red ribbon, I found it in my room when I first found Olivia's body. It stuck to my shoe and I noticed it only after I'd gone to bed that night. 

And I knew someone back from Dawson City with the same ribbon. But I needed to make sure he was really here. Liam came back with our drinks and we chatted for a while, I had no interest in hearing him speak but I couldn't ditch him right after we arrived. 

"I need to make a quick phone call, I'll be back," I said and disappeared into the crowd without waiting for his reply. I looked around trying to look for Taylor, but the place was packed with people. I pushed them all aside and kept looking until I finally found her helping herself to cupcakes.

"Hey," I said grabbing a cupcake for myself. "I didn't think you'd come"

"I didn't want you to die," She said. "So what is your plan?" 

I told her about the ribbon I found that day, and how if the man was here, it'd make sense for him to be invited to such a party. 

"Isn't that a little far fetched?" She asked not looking convinced "Anyone could have that ribbon"

"My dad's friend has that ribbon he wears all the time, it has this butterfly carved on it," I said.

"Then why didn't you return it to the cops? If they have it they can track the killer" She said.

What she said did make sense, but now it had my fingerprints everywhere, besides if I pulled this off everyone would think I'm awesome. I ignored Taylor's remark and continued speaking, "This place is too packed, we'll never find him"

"Maybe if I knew what 'he' looked like, I could help," She said. 

"He's a lanky man with bristly blond hair and a wedge-shaped nose," I said picturing him in my mind.

"Look over there!" Taylor said pointing behind me.

"Where?" I said turning back trying to find what she was pointing at.

"A CCTV camera!" She said "If we could get into the control panel we can locate this man"

"Good idea, but they'll never let us inside," I said trying to come with a plan.

"Follow me," Taylor said and started walking, I quickly ran after her, she took me to a room with a sign that read "Restricted Area, Employees Only"

"How will we get in?" I asked.

Without replying, she took out a hairpin from her head and started doing something with the lock, before I knew it the door swung open.

"Wow," I said staring blankly at the open door.

"Come on," Taylor said ushering me inside.

The room had several monitors, all showing the live footage of the camera, with one massive leather seat. Taylor sat down and began fiddling with the keyboard and I was observing all the monitors. We searched for a few minutes and found nothing but people drinking and chatting. 

I began thinking about my life so far, wondering if doing this was a good idea. It all sounded simple when I first decided to do it, but now I wasn't so sure. 

"Is this the guy?" Taylor asked zooming into a man's face.

"No that's not him," I said

"Don't you have a picture of the man?" She asked

"Nope," I said. 

We continued surveying, but couldn't find him anywhere.

"Maybe it's not him" She suggested, she had a point there.

"You're right, we should leave," I said.

I slightly opened the door and looked in both directions, making sure no one saw me, we crept outside the door and found everyone else. 

We walked around the hall, eating everything that looked delicious until we came across a balcony on the second floor. The view from up there was breathtaking. I took a few pictures and uploaded them all on Instagram. 

Both of us just stood there doing nothing, I didn't know what to say. There was an awkward silence, I just headed back downstairs hoping Taylor was right behind me. 

Suddenly I saw him! He replaced his old ribbon with a new one, but he was here! Which meant I was right all along.

I turned back but Taylor wasn't there, guess she didn't follow me. I started running back to the balcony, on my way there I heard her voice call out to me.

"Arya?"

"Quick, I found him! We have to hurry before we lose him" I said grabbing her hand and dragging her with me. We ran back down the stairs, but he was gone. I groaned in frustration. 

"We could've caught him," I said annoyed. But from the corner of my eye, I saw him go inside a room.

"Hurry!" I said dragging Taylor again. We pushed past everyone and made our way to the room. 

I discreetly opened the door, and peeped inside before entering completely, I tip-toed inside and gestured for Taylor to follow me. I looked around and saw nothing but books, it was a library! 

I looked around and saw two huge windows bringing the powerful moonlight into the room, the red carpet was thick and comfy.

I continued walking and smelt the antiqueness in the books, all aligned neatly in tall shelves made of rosewood with unique patterns carved onto them. The sound of Taylor's voice brought me back to reality.

"Where is he?" She whispered. I didn't reply but gave her a confused look.

"Are you sure he went in here?" She asked, whispering.  I nodded. 

Suddenly we heard the creaking of a door, followed by the noise of it closing. Taylor snap-pointed towards the direction of the voice, I quietly followed her. 

We reached, but looked around and saw nothing. I was positive that the noise came from here, but there was nothing but more books. I looked around looking for a door but there was nothing.

"Did we just hallucinate that?" I asked with a confused expression on my face."

"I don't know," Taylor said resting her back on the bookshelves, before we could understand what was happening a door opened. 

I felt excited, scared, and shocked all at the same time. Before I could say anything Taylor put her finger on her lips gesturing for me to be quiet. We walked inside, it was dark and we couldn't see anything. I held on to Taylor's hand making sure not to lose her.

"Gotcha!" His croaky voice said.




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