The World Across

Chapter 3.7

"There you are." Katherine greeted Katelyn and Mike.

"Happy birthday." Katelyn said and hugged Katherine. "Here."

"Aw, Katelyn, you need not to do it." She said when Katelyn gave her a gift.

"I know. But I want to anyways."

"Happy birthday Katherine." Mike said with a smile and hugged her gently.

"Thank you for coming guys." And she closed the door.

"Did Amilia and her brother came already?" Mike asked.

"Ahm, not yet. But Sa5m said she invited them so, maybe they'll come."

"Oh, okay."

"Now, I'll just get this to my room and you guys can party. Just look for Sa5m, she's just around there somewhere, okay?"

"Okay." Katelyn said and Katherine went to put the gift to her room.

After few minutes, the Andersons arrived. "Hey!" Katherine greeted them happily. "You two made it! Come in."

"Thanks." Lyndon said with a smile. "Happt birthday."

"Aw, thank you."

But Amilia just walked into the house and didn't say a word. "Ahm, hey. Mike is looking for you. There here somewhere. And might probably with Sa5m." And she looked at Lyndon. "Now, have yourself some drinks. Come on'."

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"Hey you two." Lyndon greeted Mike and Katelyn.

"Mia!" Mike said anxiously and kissed her and hugged her.

Lyndon watch them a bit amazed and feeling awkward. "Do teens do this all the time?"

Katelyn chuckled. "Sa5m was right, you're a little bit weird."

"What?"

"You sounded like you are not a teen."

"Haha, funny." He said sartistically. "Speaking of, where is Sa5m?"

"I don't know. Katherine said maybe she's here or somewhere, but Mike and I were looking for like half an hour in this entire house but she's nowhere to find."

"Is that so." Lyndon said and searched the house with his eyes.

"I thought she's with you."

"Nope. Haven't seen her since she invited me."

"Hey you guys. Oooh." Katherine approached them and saw Amilia and Mike lip locking. "Easy love birds."

"Don't mind them. Katherine, I think we have a problem."

"Ya, I know. We have a scare problem. The drinks."

"No. Not that. We think Sa5m is missing." Katelyn said without hesitation and Mike and Amilia suddenly stopped kissing.

"What?"

"She's no where to find in this house." Lyndon explained.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I am certain." He said.

"How? You just arrived here."

"Besides, Katelyn said they were looking for her since they arrived here and they can't find her."

"Then maybe they haven't look around that hard."

"No Katherine. I swear, she is not here. Now, I need you to tell me who was the last time she is with?"

"Me. When we were preparing the house earlier."

"And?"

"And then someone knocked at the door. But, then I went upstairs to change already so I didn't know what did they talked about."

"Who was that?"

"Sarah."

"Who is that?" Lyndon asked.

"The new girl." Katelyn answered.

"New." Lyndon mumbled and looked at Amilia who looked worried as he is.