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What did I say when I was eighteen? She's not telling me. She wants me to find it by myself. What if I never find out? What if...

"Fred! T'es rendu où? (Fred! Where are you?)" Fred's call shut down the satellite radio and my thoughts.

"Pogné dans le traffic. J'ai voulu montrer à Dan mes endroits préférés en chemin. (Stuck in traffic. I wanted to show to Dan my favorite places on our way.)" I don't even want to know what they are.

"We're almost at the airport... How long will it take for you to arrive?" It's silent, way too silent.

"I don't know..." Says Dan. Of course, he doesn't.

"Avez-vous un endroit à aller pour faire un détour? (Is there a place that you'd like to go to make a detour?)" I have no idea.

"Honnêtement, Fred, Amélie saurait plus te répondre que moi. (Honestly, Fred, Amélie would know better than I would.)" Well, maybe I do...

"Veux-tu aller voir Cheetos?" No one understands, but she.

"Ouais! On peut faire un tour cinq minutes. (Yeah! We can stay five minutes.)" Kass doesn't know her really well, but they get along, enough to give themselves weird nicknames, and that's all that matters. Our Facebook conversation was quite something with crazy names and behavior. I miss that.

"Jveux même pas savoir de qui tu parles... (I don't even wanna know who you're talking about...)"

"Amy?"

"Yes, Dan?"

It's weird to hear him on Bluetooth, but I think that I can get used to hear his voice that way... I feel weird when his presence is missing. Not it the "I feel incomplete" way, I have my best friend for that feeling, but in the "He's like my shadow" way. He's always got my back since I met him and I feel weird about not having him now. A strong hand pushing me forward, if I fall, is missing.

"Have you had any sign of Maddy yet?" I wish I had...

"I haven't... What about Ash?" He breathes heavily.

"Nothing either... He could've at least texted me..."

"Well, Mads' not a texting fanatic either... She prefers to call."

"Yeah, they have more in common than they think... I can't text him anymore because of the time zones. I need to keep texting for emergencies." Why did you text me yesterday, then?

"I can try, but..."

"No, don't even bother, he won't reply." I don't doubt that if time zones are a problem. "Don't call either, I... I think that for once I can try to be away from him more than a day. It's just really strange when DnA is apart. At least my 24/7 is automatically sent to him." Hum, didn't he just talked about the "forbidden subject"? "It's okay, Aim. I told Fred about you. Don't worry about our denial." But... I never said anything.

"I denied anything, but it's good to know."

"I know, Maddy did for you. You can tell Kass if she promises to never answer anything about knowing you until we reveal your identity. People will know there're your relatives, so it might make it easier for them to find you." Kass isn't able to hide her interest.

"Of course I promise not to interfere! I wanna know everything!!" She's staring at me, excited.

"Okay, I'll tell her. And, Dan?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you watched the last 24/7? Starting with last night, it could reveal what they've been doing even since it's about DnA and not one of you."