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that I wouldn’t have to deal with the raw emotion that consumed me moments ago. I opened my eyes. He was right. We were in my room.
    Nothing seemed to be different; it was as if I had only been there yesterday. My double bed was still covered in the same sheets. I let go of Aiden and ran my hands through my knotted brown hair. I walked over to my dresser to get a brush and heard a familiar bark come from outside. “Tyson.”
    I rushed to my bedroom window, pulled the curtain to the side, and searched for Tyson in the backyard. But he wasn’t there. My eyes drifted to the left where a furry black head was bobbing up and down behind Mrs. Carson’s fence. I guessed that answered the question about what happened to him. I had often wondered where the big fella was living and had hoped someone was looking after him, and it turned out someone was. Mrs. Carson may have been nosey as hell, but she always did have a soft spot for my dog.
    “It looks like she’s taking care of him,” Aiden said, coming up behind me.
    “Yeah, it does.” I let go of the curtain and turned around. I hoped that maybe one day I could get Tyson back, but then I realised he was probably better off staying with Mrs. Carson. We were hardly ever home, whereas she was always home. And maybe having a pet would give her some other purpose in life apart from snooping on all the neighbours .
    Before we went downstairs, I needed to get changed. After having a go at Aiden for putting on clothes just left on his bed, I found myself doing the same. Once dressed, I braced myself, then turned to Aiden. “Let’s do this.”

CHAPTER 6
     
    Walking down the hallway that I had walked a million times before felt surreal. Everything still looked the same, but I knew that it wasn’t. My stomach lurched with each step that I took down the stairs. I had to wonder what I would have been like if Aiden hadn’t worked his magic on me only minutes ago. I probably would have collapsed down the stairs, possibly joining my mother on the other side. Actually, that wouldn’t be a possibility for me. There was no “other side” for me. I often wondered just how great the whole being immortal thing would sound in a thousand years. Would I still be so eager to live life, or would I just be existing without any hopes or dreams, or even enjoyment?
    I couldn’t ponder what could be any longer because we were about to round the corner to the last few steps before we reached the bottom, which was only metres away from where her body had lain. Aiden grabbed my hand. My fear subsided almost instantly, allowing me to take the last few steps.
    Nothing that I had imagined to see when I returned to the scene was there. Nothing. Not even a single drop of blood remained on the carpet. At first, I wondered if someone had put in new carpet, but the two-year-old coffee stain beside the sofa blew that theory.
    “I don’t get it,” I said, turning to Aiden. “How is this possible?”
    “I don’t know.” He knelt next to the spot where she had died and touched the area where her blood should’ve been.
    “But she was right there. You saw her, too. Right?” I was starting to sound a little hysterical. I had expected to see blood, police tape, and even the white chalked outline of her body. But there was nothing. The room looked exactly as it had before she was murdered.
    He got up off the floor, then sat on the arm of the sofa. “Of course I saw her. Maybe they were able to get the blood out.”
    “Maybe,” I agreed, even though his theory didn’t feel right. There was only one other person I trusted who might be able to tell me what happened. I just wasn’t sure how welcomed I would be. After all, I had just disappeared without even saying good-bye. But I had to try. Besides, I was sure Aiden could make her forgive me. “I’ve gotta find Chelsea,” I said more to myself than to Aiden.

CHAPTER 7
     
    We had to pop into Aiden’s house in Paradise Waters to pick up his car