Benjamin climbed out of bed early the next morning. He had been tossing and turning on the bed, unable to sleep from the overwhelming thoughts of the things that had happened over the past few days.
First, he was up to carry out their mission. Second, something about what happened the day before made him suspicious. Since he could not sleep, he decided to get out of bed early.
After eating a simple breakfast downstairs, he took a set of breakfast back upstairs.
He stood in front of Thalia's door and knocked on it gentlemanly.
Silence answered him.
Benjamin knitted his brows and knocked again, but there was still no response.
Am I too early?
Benjamin leaned his ear to the door, only to hear nothing from inside.
“Thalia, are you awake? I've brought breakfast for you,” he said.
Alas, there was no response whatsoever.
After a moment of contemplation, Benjamin concluded that Thalia was still asleep, so he decided to come back a while later. Right as he turned around, he froze.
Did something happen to her?
Alarm bells began ringing in his head.
He turned around and continued knocking on the door.
“Thalia, are you awake? I'm going to come in if you're not going to answer me.”
The only thing that answered him was still silence.
Benjamin panicked, and he turned the doorknob. The door was unlocked, so he opened it and walked right in.
The inside of the room was neat and tidy, and so was the bed.
Benjamin's brows snapped together.
Where is she?
Thalia is the type to sleep until her body clock wakes her up much later in the day if she doesn't have anything to do. There's no way she's going to wake up early in the morning.
Benjamin placed the breakfast tray on the table at the side before taking out his phone to call Thalia.
Unfortunately, her phone seemed to be switched off.
Right then, the housekeeper walked past the room. When she saw the opened door, she asked, “Are you looking for someone?”
Hearing her, Benjamin turned around and nodded. “Yes. Do you know where the person who's staying in this room went?”
The housekeeper smiled and replied, “Of course.”
“Where is she?”
“She left early in the morning.”
“She left?” Benjamin froze. “Where to?”
“I'm not too sure either. I only saw her heading toward the exit.”
“So you're saying that she has left this place?”
The housekeeper inclined her head. “That's right.”
While Benjamin was reeling in from the shock, the housekeeper left.
Once he came back to his senses, he immediately went outside.
Anthony was still sleeping on the bed.
Benjamin rushed into his room and roughly pulled his blanket away. “Wake up, Anthony!”
Anthony frowned. “Can't you be a little more civilized and knock on the door before you come in?” He pulled his blanket over himself, turned around, and went back to sleep.
“Stop sleeping! Wake up! Something has happened!”
“We can live on a different planet if this planet's about to die. Nothing as important as me getting my precious sleep, so let's talk when I'm awake again,” Anthony mumbled, unable to even open his eyes.
“Thalia left,” Benjamin said.
“Oh...”
Benjamin stared at him for a while.
A few seconds later, Anthony shot upright and whipped his head in Benjamin's direction. With a groggy look and messy hair, he asked, “What did you say? Who left?”
Benjamin sighed at his appearance. “Thalia.”
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