Second chance

19. Is She Still Alive?

When Stephanie arrived at the information room, a man was tracking the email's IP address with his laptop.

Half an hour later, the man raised his head and looked at Stephanie to say, "The current location is in southern California on the west coast of Country M. According to the longitude and latitude, it should be in Long Beach. But it's not certain whether the location is accurate or not."

Stephanie asked with narrowed eyes, "You mean the address is probably virtual?"

Little Five looked at the man and said seriously, "Little Six, don't keep us guessing. Finish it all at once!"

Little Six shrugged, looked at Stephanie and said, "If it were a normal address, I would have only needed five minutes to track it, but this one took me half an hour to locate the IP address at Long Beach. But according to the information I've got so far, I think it's probably a fake address."

Stephanie frowned, stared at the screen and asked seriously, "Is it possible that this email box is virtual or has been hacked?"

Little Six pursed his lips. "Give me five minutes."

After five minutes, Little Six shook his head and said, "This email box is of the highest safety factor in the world, and its service fee is high enough for an ordinary person to buy a house in City A. And when I tried to log in to this email box, I had to answer password security questions and provide a security key, so that email could only be sent via this email box and I don't think it was hacked."

Stephanie was relieved to hear the news. As long as she was the one who sent this email! As long as she sent it herself! He looked sideways at Little Five, and the latter instantly understood and said, "Young Master, don't worry. I've got the flight arranged. The helicopter is on the island and the plane is waiting for us."

Stephanie nodded and went outside. "To Long Beach."

She had to be hiding from him, which was why she hid her real address, and that being the case, she was probably alive. However, Stephanie looked down at the square box in his hand. The finger had been confirmed to be hers, so was she...

No matter what had happened to her, he just wanted her to be alive.

Little Five and Little Six packed up their stuff and asked the others to join them in Long Beach after finishing the matters here.

Stephanie got on the helicopter, fastened his seat belt and said to Little Five, "Tell our men in Long Beach that we're going there."

Little Five nodded from the co-pilot, put on his headphones and started sending messages.

With a buzz, the helicopter left the island. This time, his heart was alive when he left because he had gotten hope. Even if this hope was slim to him, there was at least hope, and at least he knew that she was still alive.

Stephanie held the box tightly. 'Taeyeon ah, you must wait for me there, okay?

'When I find you, I will never let you leave me again. No matter what you've become, you will have to stay with me forever and I will never be separated from you.'

Taeyeon cried so hard that she fell asleep, sitting on the ground and leaning against the bed. When she woke up the next morning, she could hardly keep her eyes open, and her neck was so stiff as if it weren't hers. 

She slowly stood up, went to the bathroom and looked at the mirror only to see a woman in white pajamas whose eyes were red and swollen into a line and whose hair was messy. She was so scared that she screamed aloud, "Ghost!"