"We're here!" I said grabbing my keys to open the door. But it was already unlocked! I looked at Taylor who appeared to be just as surprised as me. I walked in slowly and looked around.

"Surprise!" I familiar voice said. I spun around in shock to see who it was. 

"Mom?" I asked not expecting her. "What are you doing here?"

"You could at least pretend to be happy to see me," She said rolling her eyes. I just stood there rubbing my shoulders not knowing what to say. 

"And to answer your question" She continued "I came to make sure you were ok. You must be so afraid after what happened with Olivia and Logan, so I thought you needed me"

That's when I remembered! Olivia was dead! And I missed her funeral. At that moment I felt like a horrible friend, how could I forget about her? 

"Mon Dieu, what in the world happened to your face" She exclaimed in horror, noticing my gash. 

"Oh it's nothing," I said trying to shrug it off, and surprisingly it worked. 

"Well, go get yourself cleaned up. We can have lunch together" She said smiling at me. I nodded and walked to my room to take a shower. My mind slowly started to process everything that happened in the last few weeks and I couldn't help but cry. 

I managed to pull myself together and put on the first set of clothes my hand could reach. When I got out of my room, I smelled something delicious. 

"Since when does mom cook so well?" I thought to myself as I hurried to the kitchen. But it turns out Taylor was the one cooking. 

"Should have known, mom couldn't make something that smelt this good" I thought and sat down. 

"Smells amazing," I said grabbing a plate for myself. 

"Thanks," She said blushing. 

"I found something I want to show you-" I started but was cut off by mom coming in. 

"Arya! Let's go shopping!" She said cheerfully. I really didn't want to waste time shopping with her, I had to show Taylor the photo.

"I'll buy you new clothes and shoes," She said winking after she noticed my sceptical look.

I didn't want to look too suspicious in front of me my mom so I agreed. I really didn't have a choice, did I?

"We'll talk later" I mouthed, and Taylor gave me an assuring nod. 

The rest of the day was nothing but boring. Mom took me to all these places I'd love to go to, but my mind was really distracted and I just wanted to go home. 

"I have a headache," I said trying to get out here. 

"Nothing a chocolate frappe can't fix," She said dragging me to some coffee shop. I realized that there was no getting out of this. She only wanted to get my mind of the recent events in my life, so I should just enjoy my time with her. 

And that's exactly what I did, and I must admit I missed spending time with her, we barely saw each other after I left for college and never made an effort to visit her after I met Olivia. I decided that from this day forward, I'd be a better person. 

So we went to the coffee shop, and it tasted epic! Whoever said that money couldn't buy happiness clearly didn't know where to shop.

That night when I got home, Taylor was already gone. Mom went to sleep in the guest room. And I sat next to a photo frame of Olivia with a candle in my hand. 

"Dear Olivia," I started "I know it seems like I haven't thought about you in the last few weeks, but you should know it's not true. Even though we haven't known each other that long, you were still a great person. And neither you nor anyone else in this world deserves what happened to you." 

I took a deep breath, let a few tears escape my eyes and continued, "But the truth is, you're the reason I want to find the killer, everything I've done these last few weeks was for you, and my unending desire to avenge what happened to you. The world is an evil place and I'm glad you left it, of course, I never wanted you to die. But the only thing that's keeping me from going insane is because I know you're in a better place now. Even if we're worlds apart, you'll always be in my heart" 

I blew out the candle, kissed the photo and went to sleep. 

I wake up the next day and went to the kitchen, expecting mom. But there was a note, that said she had some work to do and would come back late in the evening. 

I quickly called Taylor and asked her to come over. 

"I'll be there as fast as I can," She said before hanging up. 

I stared at the photo, it wasn't much evidence. Just a picture of a girl, although she couldn't be the killer. The killer was a man. 

I heard a knock on the door and opened it to find Taylor outside. She got inside and we sat on the couch.

"So, I found this picture yesterday but never got a chance to show it to you," I said handing her the photo. 

"Who is she?" Taylor asked. 

"No idea, she can't be the killer though, the killer is a man" I stated. 

"True, but because of yesterday we know there's more than one, this could be one of the minions," She said taking a closer look at the picture. 

"Should we go back there?" I asked. 

"No, that would be dumb. They either left the place or have more weapons in hand" She said. 

"I wonder which high school this is," I said not taking my eyes of the picture. 

"You don't even know if the school is in Ottawa or not," She said keeping her hands over her temples.

"This is too hard, we have no good leads," I said 

"Maybe the killer just you know, quit? There have been no murders for a while now" Taylor suggested.

"No, that can't be true. If they really quit they wouldn't kidnap us" I said scratching my nose. 

We both sat in silence, there was really nothing to say was there? Suddenly Taylor got up and took a picture of the photo. 

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I have to go, I have work. I'll keep an eye out for clues" She said.

"Ok bye," I said and waved my hand at her. I spent the rest of the day staring at the photo blankly, hoping to find clues in it. But there was nothing! I told myself that no matter how long I looked at it, it would remain the same. 

Suddenly I heard a vibration under me, and I looked down to find my phone. I turned it on and saw a message from a number I didn't recognise. I turned it on and read the message.  

"You're going to regret stealing from me"

Author's note: Hey! I know this chapter was a little boring, but I'll keep more AcTiOn PaCkEd chapters soon. And I decided to be nice and bless you all with 2 drawings in one chapter!! Pretty cool right? Anyway, vote and comment even if you don't like the book. And make sure to share it! Others deserve to see this masterpiece too!