The Truth (2)

"How did you know that there's a girl who's after Noah?" I question him,

"I have been watching both of you for a long time."

"Stalker."

"Hey, I'm not a stalker, Tyler is a stalker."

"Whatever, tell me about Diana," I ask Ben,

"Please wait."

I see Ben walk to a room not far from the chamber where Candace or Candace's clone located, he take a file and give it to me. I read the file and it's about the murder of a woman back in 1990s and there's a name on the file which is Tom Welstone or Diana. I read more about the information in the file,

' Case 12 (March, 20th 1990)

Name : Tom Welstone aka Diana

Age : 27

DoB : 02 June 1963

Cause of Death : Murdered by a gang, robbed and tortured'

I don't want to read further about the file then I give it back to Ben. I try to understand everything, about the cloning, about Candace and Diana but there's something that I still don't understand. Why would they clone people.

"Ben?"

"What."

"So the Diana that I met was the clone of the real Diana?"

"Yes. Correct."

"Did you see her dead body?"

"Yes."

I don't want to ask about how's the body or else, I just want to make sure that he's not lying and the Diana that I know is a clone. All of sudden, Noah come to Ben and ask him some questions,

"Ben, why did you keep Candace here?"

"I can't tell everyone about her and I keep her safe here."

"What about her parents? Don't you think they'll be happy if they know that their daughter is back?"

"Are you dumb? They'll freak out when they see that their dead daughter is back to life. It's scarier!"

"You're right. What now?"

"Candace stay here and you can go."

"Just. . . take care of her."

"But Ben?" suddenly I want to ask him something.

"Yes."

"I remember that Candace only remember you after she met you and she didn't recognize Noah. Does it apply to for her clone?"

"I have no idea but it seems they put the latest memory of the dead person to the clone."

"I see. Now you will let us go, won't you."

"Yes."

"Fine. Thank you for all the information."

I take Noah's hand and I'm about to take him with me back to our dorm but I see he keep looking at Candace and I can see he looks so sad. I hug his arm and he look at me,

"Sera?"

"Let's go home, Noah. We'll have a long talk tonight. Let's go."

He look hesitate at first then finally he come with me and go to the front door. Noah open the door and we step out from the building. Outside the building, there's a taxi and I can see the driver wave at us. I walk to the driver then he ask us to get into the car.

"Who are you?"

"I was called by Mr.Benjamin to take 2 passenger and I guess it's both of you."

"I think. . . ?"

I get into the taxi and the driver take us to our dorm. I sit with Noah then I just look at him. Noah look outside the window and he say nothing. I want to hold his hand and comfort him but I hesitate to do it so I just stay still and look outside the window too.

Time passes and finally we arrive at our dorm. The driver tell us that we don't need to pay so we get into the building and go to our room. Right before Noah go into our room, I grab his hand then I give him a hug. This time I really want to comfort him.

"I'm here."

He stand still when I hug him until finally I can feel his arm wrap around my body and he caress my hair.

"I'm here, Noah."

"I know, Sera. It's just I can't believe it. Someone did that to Candace but why. . . Why they made her clone? What's the point?"

"I have no idea, but I'll make sure we'll find the answer to that question."

"Thank you, Sera."

"Now, if you don't mind, I will stay like this until you're doing fine."

"I'm ok now, anyway, want to grab a drink?"

"Well. . . sure."

Noah invite me to his room then he take out 2 bottle of beer. He open the bottle then give one to me. I take it and I drink it slowly.

"So, what's our plan?" I put the bottle on the table and ask him,

"I have no idea, I want to find out about the mortuary and about the human clone. I need to find the reason why they did that, did they clone everyone or just specific person."

"Do you have any schedule for tomorrow?"

"No."

"Same here."

"So, shall we go to the mortuary tomorrow?"

"Do you know the place, Noah?"

"No but I will find out about it in the internet tonight."

He drink the whole bottle then throw the bottle away to the trash can. I drink it slowly and all of the sudden he move closer to me and stroke my cheek.

"Noah?"

"Sera. . ."

"What is it?"

"Can I ask you a favor?"

"What is it?"

"Can you be my partner in solving this case about Candace?"

"Well. . . Sure. . ."

"Thank you."

Suddenly he hug me tightly and I hug him back, I stroke his back try to comfort him. I have so many question in my mind but my priority is comfort Noah, find the answer about why someone's making a clone of Candace and find out about Ben. Is he truly lying or he just act to be a good person so he can take my blood later, I don't know. Noah slowly release the hug and he press his lips against my lips, kissing me softly. I reply the kiss and all of sudden, I hear someone knocking at the door. We stop kissing and Noah walk to his door then he open it. I can hear a familiar voice talking to Noah,

"Hello darling~"