Dream noticed that as they hurried up the stairs, Savannah and Liv both seemed eager and excited, whereas she, Francesca, and Fatima didn't care as much. After all, their mission was finished and everyone horrible had been arrested; why hurry?

Well, Dream understood why Savannah was in such a rush to meet up with Zac. But Liv was the one who confused her.

But then, of course, Liv was just a confusing person in general.

"ZAC!" Savannah screeched, running up to him. Zac, who was now standing next to Chloe as they discussed something, looked up.

"Hey," he grinned widely upon seeing Savannah. She crossed her arms.

"I've been so worried about you," she snapped angrily. "And after all this, all I get is 'hey'?"

"Aw, you've been worried," Zac said teasingly, suddenly looking up to see Liv. He suddenly froze.

Dream stared at Zac and Liv as they both stared at each other for a long period of silence. For some reason, the longer they stared at each other, the more they looked like each other.

Come to think of it, Dream had noticed that Liv looked a bit like Zac before.

"Liv?" Zac asked slowly.

"Zac!" Liv screamed, running up to him and engulfing him in a hug.

"What is up with women and screaming?" Zac backed away from her, rubbing his ear.

"Wait, so what's going on?" Dream asked slowly, watching Savannah cross her arms with a scowl.

Zac sighed. "Dream...remember how I told you about my sister? The one who led me to start this Mrs. Woods investigation in the first place? And who ended up disappearing for a long time?"

Dream took a step back, blinking. "Liv's your sister, isn't she?"

Zac and Liv both nodded. Savannah made a face.

"You two are siblings and you get along?" she asked.

"Hardly ever," Liv joked.

"Wait, so let me get this straight," Zac said. "That blonde haired kid. Calum. He's my nephew?"

Liv nodded.

"Cool! I get to feed him ten pounds of candy and teach him to play my favorite video games," Zac grinned happily, skipping away.

"Zac! Don't you dare!" Liv screamed as she chased after him angrily.

"Yeah, that looks more like a sibling dynamic to me," Savannah said.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other.

"Can you believe that this is all over now?" Dream asked, glancing at Savannah, Francesca, and Fatima.

"No," Francesca said with a sigh. "And it feels wrong, but I don't know whether to be happy or sad that it's over. I want to be happy, but...even though she's evil, she's still my mom."

"Well, it's like you said," Fatima admitted. "She's not a good person. And I'm glad that everyone she hurt is finally getting justice."

But Fatima didn't seem too sure.

"What's going on?" Francesca demanded, looking at her sister with a horrified expression on her face.

Fatima looked down at her feet, not wanting to answer.

"Fatima..."

"Okay, okay. It's Damon," Fatima whispered.

"Wait. What? What is going on with Damon?" Francesca demanded.

"Well, you know how Damon kind of...admires...Mrs. Woods?" Fatima admitted, "He likes to harm and hurt people, apparently." she said weakly.

"WHAT?!" Francesca exploded. "Fatima, this is not even normal! Like," she paused. "Back at the ski resort, Damon tried to kill Dream, Chloe, Savannah, and everyone else! Was that what this is all about?"

"Well..." Fatima looked down, "He's been...er...showing signs of liking this kind of thing for a while?"

Francesca turned a ghostly pale shade of white. "Fatima," she hissed at her sister. "Do. You. Know. What. This. Means," she ground out.

"No?"

"You've been encouraging this behavior?"

"Just let the boy be himself!" Fatima protested.

"He is a freaking psychopath! Just like Mrs. Woods! And he's going to," Francesca pulled at her hair in frustration, "Be exactly like her!"

"Oh," Fatima's eyes grew round as she processed what her sister just said. "Oh, no."

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Dun dun dunnnnn...

A few really huge things will be happening in the next couple chapters, so stay tuned! And of course, thanks sooo much for reading! It means so so much <3 I can't believe we're almost at 5k reads too, that's just mindblowing and unbelievable XD. 

Anyways, do you guys have any theories on what's going to happen next? Comment below, I'm always open to hearing your thoughts :D

Oh, and another thing. Remember that sequel I mentioned a while back? It's comingggggg. However, it may have slower updates because thanks to my Asian mom, I have a bunch of summer classes. Oh, and some huge competitions XD. But the first 10-ish chapters have already been written :)

Next update: Wednesday

💙, Stella Rose