Avery breathed as hard as she could. Apart from the scorching smell, there was another smell she couldn't tell.

Evan said, "It's white phosphorous." He smelt it too the second he entered the house. So he immediately opened Avery's quilt, and white phosphorus caused the fire as long as it was exposed to the air.

Evan grabbed Avery's ankle. Apart from slight burns on her ankles, there were big burnt holes on her clothes. Apart from those, she wasn't hurt.

Avery felt smothered, saying, "Why does the quilt have white phosphorus." No wonder Avery was in a daze and couldn't feel much apart from being hot.

As she breathed, she inhaled white phosphorus. So her mind was in a blur, and she almost fainted. That was why she didn't realize anything.

Evan said, "It's obvious that the quilt doesn't have white phosphorus." He found the medical kit from the cabinet calmly and found something for Avery, saying, "I'll ask Tinder to get to the bottom of this."

There was knocking on the door. The second Evan finished talking. It was Tinder's voice, "Sir..."

Speak of the devil; the devil comes.

Tinder said, "Sir, the small forest is on fire."

The small wood?

Evan was still applying ointment on Avery's ankles, but she already got up and rushed in front of the door with bare feet.

Faraway, there was a fire lighting up the moonlight.

Avery asked, "Do they send people to put out the fire?" She was nervous. The trees were burnt down and the little white worm inside...

Avery turned around, grabbed a coat from her wardrobe, and put it on. Evan stopped her, saying, "Are you going out so late?"

Avery said, "What should we do if all the little white worms are burnt?"

Evan answered, "You can't do anything if you go there." He picked her up and put her on the sofa. Then Evan asked Tinder without opening the door, "Does Maeve know?"

Tinder answered, "She knows. She already sent guards over to put out the fire." Then he added, "They say the small woods have a lot of snakes recently. So they use white phosphorus to scare them off."

Avery and Evan looked at each other, hearing so. They knew where the white phosphorus came from.

But it was worth investigating how it got on Avery's quilt.

After this, Avery agreed to sleep with Evan.

Avery had a pretty rough night.

***

The next day.

When Avery woke up, the place next to her was empty. She reached out, and it was cold. Evan probably left early in the morning to avoid any suspicion.

Avery got downstairs to ask what was going on. The guard was out, putting out the fire all night. They were exhausted when they came back. According to them, half of the woods were burnt down. Luckily, they got there on time, so little white worms weren't destroyed catastrophically.

Avery was relieved. Luckily, there were some little white worms left.

At the same time, Avery had to cure her daughter fast with little white worms. Or who knew what might happen in the future.

Luckily, one of the terms Maeve and Avery agreed on was she had access to the presidential house. After breakfast, she came to a theater.

While she was watching movies about little white worms, she was recruited and commercials from the theater.

Avery was attracted here by its fame after reading the show list of the Yama Thorn Bug Festival. It included dance and music, and this would be where she started her plan.

As Avery was about to push the door open, the guard said, "Miss, you can't come in."

Avery pointed at the commercials outside the door, "Aren't you looking for actors?"

Avery didn't plan to apply for the job. She just came up with something to get in.

The guard said, "The cast is picking out actors. Come back in the afternoon."

Avery said, "Cast? What cast? Why are they picking out actors in a theater?"

The doorman was a kind, middle-aged man. Since he had nothing going on, he explained, "It's a director from A Country. They are doing a movie here and adding a song and dance."

A Country?

Avery suddenly recalled that Gabrielle told her to come here for a movie. But she didn't hear from her anymore. Avery picked up the phone to call Gabrielle. Then she remembered it was still dark in A Country...

***

Gabrielle's phone died due to over 100 unanswered calls. At the moment, she was sitting next to the swimming pool on the top of the apartment building, Bryan stayed.

Actually, Gabrielle didn't take it seriously when Bryan told her he had a crush on her. Bryan never mentioned it again.

Apart from Avery, Bryan was her only friend here.

She was depressed after seeing Jackson's engagement party invitation. She felt like drinking.

Bryan got drunk and started talking a lot. Gabrielle lost her usual sharpness because she drank a lot. What Bryan said went in at one ear and out at the other. So she didn't hear a thing.

They drank too much that their stomachs hurt. There was a pile of empty bottles next to the pool.

Gabrielle looked up, and her look was drowsy. The moon was shining, and the stars were few. There were red clouds on the dark night sky.

Gabrielle was sitting next to the pool. If she swam across, she could have a view of the city's lights on the edge.

Gabrielle slid on the water with fair feet. She suddenly laughed.

Bryan asked, "What are you laughing about?"

Gabrielle said, "I'm not laughing, but she is." She pointed at the moon.

Bryan said, "She's not smiling. You are."

Gabrielle asked, "You're drunk. She's smiling."

Was it raining?

Gabrielle touched her corner of the eye. It was wet.

Bryan asked, "Are you crying?"

Gabrielle asked, "I'm not! Who says I am! It's raining!"

"Oh!" Bryan looked up at the sky, "Do you like the moon?"

Gabrielle burped and nodded as hard as she could, saying, "I do."

After Gabrielle drank, even her voice was different.

Hearing so, Bryan rolled up his sleeves and said, "Wait here. I'll take the moon down for you."

Then Bryan got into the water. He stood in the pool, and the water was above his waist.

Bryan scooped up water and said, "See, I got the moon for you!"

Bryan tried to keep a balance, so the water didn't slide away from his fingers.

After Bryan took a walk, he realized the moon in his hands was gone. So he turned around and kept fishing the moon where it had shadows.

They didn't know how long had passed. The moon moved west, and Bryan finally scooped up the moon back.

Bryan said with a proud tone, "Say? I told you I got you the moon, and I did!"

Gabrielle tried to look inside Bryan's hands and gave him thumbs-up.

The wind blew over, and it got stronger and stronger. The moon in Bryan's hands was gone.

The wind made Gabrielle's hair fly in the air. She looked at the sky, murmuring, "It's such a big bird."

A small helicopter stopped at the top of the building. The door was opened, and a man in baby blue trainers came out.

He didn't change his clothes. It was the same he wore in the gym.

But the second he showed up, the moon sky darkened and covered clouds. The yellow light went away.

Everything was quiet. Jackson's lips were pressed in a straight line, especially when he saw Gabrielle and Bryan talking and flirting. His look was dark and cruel.

Did Gabrielle leave the gym to have a drink with Bryan? Jackson wondered.

Jackson said with a cold tone, "Gabrielle, it's half past 12. Go back to sleep."