At that instance, I grab my phone and call Andy. Only when it rings for the first time, a thought just crosses my mind: If Andy didn't remember Jennifer, how could he catch me up in D.A office back then ? I immediately cancel my call.
"Damn it, Andy !! Why ?!" I condemn my best friend inwardly.
The next second, my phone is ringing. I jolt a bit due to its sudden before I glance at it. Thief !!
"Girl, Where have you ..."
"I think I was being target," Thief's whisper cuts my question.
"What ?! What do you mean ? Where are you ?!" I ask her multiple questions at once.
"I'm at Presidential residence now. Am safe now," she says, still with whispery tone. I inhale in relieve to know she is safe.
Thief exhales heavily before continues her story, "Two days ago.. after I sent you a message about Lily's address, I heard a commotion at my next door dormitory room. So, I went out, about to know what happened. But... when I opened my door... I saw two of my bodyguards who were guarding my floor lied unconscious on the aisle. Some of my friends were also fainted in front of their opened door. I quickly locked my self back in my room, turned off my phone, and hid in my secret room."
"For Freddie's sake!! Who is your neighbor ? why they hint him ?"
"He is nobody," Thief says. "But... I used his name to fly to your wedding," she adds.
"Dennis ?" I remember Thief told me to call her Dennis at my wedding.
"Yes," Thief confirms. "I think.. they were actually looking for me."
"Are they from your dad's rival ?"
"I don't think so. If they were, they should know my dad's child is a girl, not a boy."
"So.. you think it has something to do with me ?"
"Yes."
"Wait.. My wedding !!" I suddenly remember that Thief told me about she was at my wedding. "You remember my wedding ??"
Thief chuckles. "Of course, I do. I'm your best.."
"So, you know Jennifer ?"
"Duh.. Of course, I know her!"
"That's great !!"
"Hey, what's wrong ?!" Thief asks.
I quickly tell her about what happened to me, about the accident, about how suddenly Jennifer seems doesn't exist in this city anymore.
"Hmm.. Now it makes sense," she murmurs.
"They wanted to wipe your memory about Jen, too," I continue her thought.
"But, is it possible ? I mean.. Are they Men in Black ?" Thief asks.
I sigh. "No. But.. my former teammate has the ability to bend mind. She can control people's minds and memories."
"Wow !! Like Dr. Ramorez ?"
"Dr. Ramorez does it with technology, this girl has it as a gift."
I sigh again when I remember about Andy. "And I think they have Andy as their puppet," I add.
"What are you gonna do about it ? Confront him ?" Thief asks me after we are in silence for a couple of minutes.
"If she controls his mind, that will be useless. He won't realize what he has done," I utter my mind. "Beside.. I need to find Jennifer first," I add. "You say you have Lily's address ?"
"O, yes. But it was at my computer at my dormitory," Thief says. "I'm sorry. When my bodyguards awoke, they immediately operated emergency procedure and took me to my father's residence at once," She explains.
I sigh. "How long you think you can give me the address ?" I ask.
"The Emergency procedure usually happens about three days. Once my bodyguards make sure everything is safe again in my dormitory, my father will permit me to go back there. So, hopefully, I can be back by tomorrow. Sorry.."
"That's okay, Girl. Your safety is more important," I tell her not to feel guilty.
"Be careful, okay ? Don't risk your life to protect me! If they wanted anything you know about me, just give it to them," I strongly reminds her. I know Thief has a tendency to act heroic.
"You, too, Score. Be careful."
With that, we end our conversation.
I make a long exhale. In the positive side, I am not hallucinating nor losing my mind about Jennifer. Shit ! I curse my self to have a moment of doubting my sanity. I promise my self to never doubt my sanity again.
I take a couple more long exhales. In the negative side, there is a conspiracy to get rid of Jennifer out of my life. I have already a main suspect, of course. Lily. She is crossing the line not just a step, but a mile. Not only causing Jennifer to be hurt, coincidentally or not, she is also playing with my best friend's mind and hurts others, too.
I count to ten inwardly to decrease my emotion. I need to think with my logic. Charlotte's ability won't affect me. If Mila couldn't read my mind, I'm 100% sure Charlotte can't, too. So, I can erase her from the list. Lily could harm me with her hand. But from my experience against her in the church, she won't harm me. This thing she did... the whole mission is to make me go to her and be her fiance again. So, she won't harm me. Except... when she is desperate.
So, the only person I should worry about is Bruno, assuming Albert a.k.a Gila, Fred a.k.a Fire, and Sarah a.k.a King don't involve. I know Bruno can teleport, I know he seems like he can explode something out of nothing. Bruno was my buddy, but when I harm Lily, he surely won't give a second thought to harm me... worse, Jennifer. Ugh.. I groan when I realize the same logic must be put to Albert. If I harm Charlotte, I will definitely face Albert.
To be honest, Albert's talent is below me. He was chosen to be maale because I prefer to be a marksman. But now, he has his extra power while I... don't?
My mind quickly shifts my memory to the moment when I bowed my head because a voice within me told me so. After able to get rid of guilty feeling that suddenly infiltrate since... that movement caused Jennifer in danger, I realize that the voice is my profound power. It's back!
Is that mean, I can move things with my mind now ? I immediately put my gaze to a couch pillow next to me. I focus my mind, concentrate it to make it fall off the couch. A minute... two minutes... three minutes... It doesn't move even an inch.
I sigh in disappointment. Still, I don't lose hope. Maybe I should start from small things. I remember the first time I had this power, I trained it with a piece of toilet paper. I ran to my bathroom to take a piece of toilet paper and put it on the coffee table.
I then sit on the floor, right in front of the toilet paper. Once again, I concentrate all my thoughts to the tiny piece of toilet paper. Move.. I whisper inwardly. The paper stays where it is. I gather more of my focus, looking at the paper with deep frown and winced eyes. The paper is wiggling a little, but I reckon it is because of my breath.
"Move.." I whisper. It doesn't move.
I stare at it for few more minutes with so much focus until my shirt becomes dampen. It still doesn't move.
"Move !!" I shout at it and with a frustration slam my hand on the table. The toilet paper move, but of course because of the wind from my slam.
"Damn it !!" I curse my failure then dishevel my hair to vent my frustration.
My phone is ringing again. I glance at its screen. Andy. Unlike before, this time I take it fiercely. I'm going to make Andy tell me where Jennifer is, no matter what!
"You, Bastard!! Tell me where.."
"Daniel is dead, Scott..." Andy interrupts me with his stammered voice in between his sob.
"What.. ?"
"Daniel... he... they promised not to.. they promised..." Andy wines uncontrollably. Daniel is his new boyfriend, the dark brown 'delicious' guy he met when he took me to dinner after I slept like a death man for two days.
"How.. ? Who are they.. ?" I ask Andy.
"Meet... meet me at the park... I... I will tell you all," he tries hard to make a sentence in between his wine.
"Why not on phone ?" I ask.
"I can't... Thirty minutes," he says, this time in whispery voice as if afraid to be heard by someones arounds him. "Thirty minutes," He repeats himself before ends his call.