Chapter 52 (1/2)

Chapter 52: Chapter 5 Wi GaHyun-9

”The fourth hint is…”

Heart repeated a fairly long address to Alice. It was the location of the place where Alice had healed Shirley Howard.

She had not slept well after the trauma Twins had put her through, and the words he said went in one ear and out the other. Heart looked at her with a smile planted on his face and quietly observed her.

”You don't look well, GaHyun.”

”Huh? Oh...My parents came out in my dreams last night…”

”A sad dream? Or a happy dream? Now that I think about it, I haven't heard anything about your life at Outhouse. I'm curious about how you lived; could I ask you about that?”

”It was quite ordinary. There isn't anything to tell you...Um, it's pretty cold out today. Wouldn't it be better to go inside now?”

The two of them had been sitting on the patio in the garden, but as Alice pointed out, the wind was cold. Heart got up and escorted Alice inside.

If they had gone straight up to the third floor, this boring day would have come to an end. But as they approached the second floor, he felt a presence. He turned his head as if prompted by an irresistible force.

On the first floor, SoYoon stepped in through the front door. She raised her head and stood frozen in place. Heart mouthed to her, ”To the office.” She watched the two people head to the third floor, and she quietly went up to the second.

Even though it was daytime, the dark office looked desolate. She turned on the light and sat on the sofa. SoYoon pulled out the letter that Baby had given her and placed it down next to her. The reason Baby had sent a letter when a phone call would have sufficed was that there was intel that the relationship between Heart and herself was something serious.

No, it wasn't even worthy of calling it intel. However erratic it was, she had visited Heart's house once every couple of days, but having seen it completely stop all of a sudden would have looked strange to anyone. It was obvious that there were rumors that Heart and White Rabbit's relationship was becoming strained. There was also the chance that White Rabbit was now teaming up with Mad Hatter.

She thought about Mad Hatter, who was now frequenting her house every chance he got. She felt a headache coming on. Her head did throb a bit, probably because she hadn't been able to sleep after coming back from Outhouse late last night.

Truthfully, she hadn't been getting much sleep these days. She looked down at the sofa she had so often used as a bed.

She felt a presence behind the door, and Heart soon stepped inside. Unlike his usual self, he sat on the sofa opposite hers with an expressionless face. The always warm office now felt cold.

”What business did you come here for?”

His feelings were mixed up so muddily that he spoke in a voice that couldn't be read. SoYoon lifted up the letter.

”I came to deliver a letter from Baby.”

”I guess even he has times he butts in for something useless.”

Heart's lips curled slightly upward. He reached out, and SoYoon handed the letter to him. With the thin piece of paper between them, their fingers touched for a moment before they removed them from each other.

Upon receiving it, Heart twirled it between his fingers then tore it open to check the content. There was one piece of small paper inside. She thought that maybe this was one of Baby's jokes, but Heart asked her a question with a serious face.

”Have you ever told anyone that Baby is an informant?”

”No. Why?”

”A person that shouldn't have known came to see Baby and asked if he was an informant.”

”There are people that figured out that I have an informant, but they shouldn't know that it is Baby.”

Heart thought for a moment and then folded the memo in half and stuck it in his pocket. When she glanced over at it, his eyes narrowed.

”What's up with your state?”

”What about my state?”