Chapter 18: 18 Blackhorse Road

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The next morning, Olivia woke up and it seemed like Julian didn't come home yesterday.

So, she hurried to school hoping to see the other girl there because Julian never misses two school days in a row.

However, Julian wasn't there. She asked the people who Julian hangs around with in school and her teammates "Hey have you guys seen, Julian?"

They shook their heads "No, sorry" said one girl

"She didn't go to the training yesterday too" said another

"Thank you" replied Olivia

After school she hurried back to the apartment again but nothing. It seemed like she just disappeared.

She then went to the office thinking she was there. She opened the door to Julian's office but there was no one there. "Hey, have you seen, Julian?" she asked Julian's secretary

"Miss Olivia. Uhm... no ma'am. We haven't seen her. She was supposed to come here yesterday for a meeting, but she didn't" the woman replied

"Ok thank you. Can you call me if she come here?"

"Yes ma'am" the girl politely replied

At this point she was getting worried and getting more desperate to find her. So, she called Robert. The man answered "O-Olivia"

"Hello sir. Uhm...I'm sorry to call but, have you seen Julian. She hasn't been attending school and she wasn't at the apartment"

"Uhm... why don't you come to our house. Your dad's also on his way here" Robert told her

So, she did. She didn't need directions because she knows where it is even with her eyes closed. She stopped on a black gate. 18 Blackhorse Road, the house where Julian grew up in.

She rang the doorbell and a middle-aged woman opened the gate "Miss Olivia, Sir Robert and you dad's waiting for you inside"

"Thank you" replied Olivia and went in.

She went in and saw that the house never changed much. The familiar minimalist contemporary style. She took her time to take everything again.

She remembered the grey sofa, it used to be white, but they changed it because Julian always comes home muddy. "Julian, how many time do I have to tell you to not to go to the sofa when you're dirty" a woman told the young Julian

"But mom I'm tired. And why don't you just change these." Julian whined and laid on the cotton white sofa

"Julian, go wash up. Then we'll have dinner" Joanne told her daughter

"But mom—"

"No buts, go to your room or you won't have ice cream" so with that, Julian ran to her room.

The fireplace where the picture frames where was still there. She grabbed Julian's frame and a smile crept up her face.

It was a picture of Julian looking outside the window on her office. She knows this picture because she was the one who took it.

It was a recent picture actually. This was just taken a few weeks ago when she went to visit her.

She found Julian standing by the glass window looking down the busy city below. There was a camera in the table next to the door so, she took it and took a picture of the other girl.

She put down the frame and went to the grand piano on the corner. She played some keys while reminiscing Julian playing the piano for her when they were kids.

Julian was only five when she started to play, so imagine how good she is now.

"Miss Olivia, Sir Robert and your dad's waiting for you in the study" a woman told Olivia.

Olivia knocked on the wooden door "Come in" a man told her

She saw her dad and Robert seating on the sofa on the side of the office "Seat" Jackson told her daughter

So, she sat next to her dad "Where's Julian?" she asked

The men looked at each other "Uhm... let's get to it shall we. Why don't you tell us about your boyfriend?" said Jackson.

Olivia was taken aback "Uhm..."

"I guess that answered our question. You did have a boyfriend" said Jackson and wiped his face with his hands "I guess this is my fault too. I shouldn't have forced you into this"

"W-what are you talking about, dad?" asked a confused Olivia

"Yesterday, Julian payed me a visit at my office and we had a talk. She explained everything to me"

"What did she say?"

"S-she said that you were happy when you met this guy. And that she's blaming herself for taking away your happiness"

"Where is she?"

"She's gone" said Robert finally saying a word

"What do you mean she's gone?"

"She went somewhere. She said nothing about where she's going" said Jackson

"W-we have to find her"

"We have no idea where she is. She might be on the other side of the world for all we know"

"There's no point of looking for someone who doesn't want to be found" said Robert

"But we have to find her!" said Olivia in frustration

"Olivia, Julian already broke off the engagement!" said Jackson

"S-she what?" Olivia asked weakly 

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