Chapter 127 - Ch. 127 Worst Nightmare

Kaylee waited for Wendy to come home, but she remembered that Wendy would be even busier because she had promised to take her place this week. Plus, Kaylee felt sure Wendy wouldn't want to see Robert, let alone talk to him via phone.

Kaylee sighed heavily while slumping her shoulders on the couch. If only Wendy had not broken up with her cousin, she would have immediately asked for Wendy's help without a second thought.

It seemed that she had to meet Robert in person, but…

'Your cousin is scarier than your father.'

Kaylee couldn't agree more with Nick's random comment. The only thing that kept her hidden in the corner the most was her cousin, her piano teacher when she was younger.

Robert did love her and doted on her, but as soon as they faced the piano, the man turned into the strictest teacher this world could ever have.

Robert wouldn't give her a break until she played a piece perfectly. She wasn't even allowed to drink when her throat felt dry before she reached perfection.

Every time Robert came to her house to teach her the piano, Kaylee always ran away and hid in the attic.

Attic? Her parents' residence doesn't have an attic. She even knew that modern houses in New York City were no longer using a loft since 2035.

Then how could she think she had been hiding in the attic?

For the umpteenth time, Kaylee took a deep breath. She felt strange about herself.

Lately, she's been seeing some images that she thought were her buried memories, but Kaylee couldn't remember them when she wanted to resurface her memories.

Kaylee closed her eyes, and without realizing it, her lips curved into a smile. The person in her mind right now was none other than her fiancé.

Oh, she missed him. Her heart longed for that guy. What is that man doing? Did Declan miss her too?

Declan expected her to contact him first within three days, but Kaylee wasn't someone who could initiate a conversation. She didn't know what the first sentence should she say once she phoned Declan.

Should she say hello first?

Kaylee took her phone and decided to text her fiance instead of phone him. Just as she was about to press her phone's screen with the send symbol, her finger paused in mid-air.

As if she had turned into someone else, Kaylee threw her phone aside and stood up. Kaylee walked as if looking for something until she arrived in front of the whole body mirror.

Kaylee saw her reflection with curiosity, and in an instant, her surroundings turned into a place she had never been. Surprisingly, she felt nostalgic about this unknown place.

She felt she had lived in this place with her father, mother, and also…her sister?

Kaylee walked away from the mirror and looked for a human figure in this place. She tried to hear a voice that could guide her towards the human source. But not human voices she heard, but the sound of beautiful music.

Without being ordered by her brain, Kaylee sprinted towards the sound of the music.

The house was huge, with several corridors that diverge to form several different routes. It felt like she entered an endless maze, and if Kaylee had never come to this place, she would be lost.

But in fact, her legs marched confidently as if her feet had known this corridor. The longer she walked, Kaylee could hear the music more clearly.

Just as she was sure he had almost arrived at the music source, the music playing disappeared instantly, causing her footsteps to stop.

Why did the sound stop? Why did her legs stop too?

Kaylee didn't know the answer and could only turn around to investigate her surroundings. Her pair of black eyes caught something she didn't expect.

There she saw a huge family portrait that almost filled the walls of the room. The family consists of her father, mother, herself, and… her sister!

Her sister had a similar face to her, but she could see that her sister had some dark red hair in the corner of her lock.

No. It wasn't her sister. It was her!

"What are you scared of?"

Kaylee shifted her gaze at the voice, and her pair of black eyes widened when she saw a girl covered in blood from top to bottom.

Her wet hair slumped down, covering part of her face so Kaylee couldn't see the girl. But the girl's appearance was so scary enough to make Kaylee want to run.

"What are you scared of, my dear sister?"

"Wh… What?"

"You're the one who abandoned me."

"No…"

"You're the one who wished me gone."

"No… that's not true." Kaylee started to feel her head feel heavy as if a meteor had hit her head. "Stop it…"

"You're the one who stole him!?"

"NOOOOO!!!"

"KAYLEE!!!"

Kaylee opened her eyes in shock when she heard a loud voice calling her. Her breath was heaving, and her heartbeat rate as fast as running chicken.

"Nick?"

"Did you have a bad dream?"

Kaylee swallowed her saliva as if to calm her frightened heart while wetting her lower lips with her tongue. She glanced in all directions to see if she was home or still in that horrible place.

Her shoulders went limp because of the great relief when she realized she had returned to her best friend's house.

All she saw was a nightmare. She seemed to have fallen asleep without realizing it, though Kaylee was pretty sure she hadn't slept at all.

"Are you okay?" Nick wiped the sweat off her temple with his sleeves. "Really. What did you dream about that you broke out in a cold sweat like this?"

Kaylee tried to recall what she saw, but… nothing. She couldn't remember anymore.

"I don't really remember. What time is it now?"

"Seven o'clock."

Kaylee gasped in shock when she heard Nick's answer. It turns out she had indeed fallen asleep! And she's been asleep for five hours?!

Why is time running so fast?

Oh, right. She had to call her cousin to talk about the music camp.

And just like that, she forgot about Declan once again.. Her other side desperately finds a way to make Kaylee wouldn't think about Declan.