Kai was annoyed that Winter refused to say anything. He instructed a team to go on searching for Karina whereabouts. Karina disappeared when Winter turned herself in and no one knows where did she hide herself.

"She can't be that far. I want all of you to find her and never come back until you bring her to me!" Kai slammed his palms on his desk and glared at his team while Jeno lowered his head, standing on his right.

"Now!" Kai yelled and the team nodded their head firmly before leaving his office.

"She must be planning something. I'm sure Winter was just a bait." Kai sighed.

"But, keep an eye on Winter. Make sure to report to me if she ever says anything." Kai told Jeno.

"Yes, Kai." Jeno nodded then excused herself.

"I will find you, Karina. If I can't find you, then your parents will do it for me." Kai smirked.

He found out about Karina's background and her family's background. Karina's parents are well known with their high status and clean image, they always bragged about how Karina is a good daughter that will always listen to them. They are powerful too, so Kai was sure that they can help in finding where Karina might be.

...

Suho sighed silently as he watched Winter was sitting down on the floor with her back against the wall, face buried into her arms that were on her knees. They tried everything to make her talk, but she still refused to speak. Suho then let her rest first and asked Kai to stop being aggressive in interrogating her.

"Why are you protecting her?"

Suho turned and bowed to his senior, Mr Hwang.

"I'm not. I just want to believe that it's still not too late to save her. She seems like a good person."

"But that does not change the fact that she hurt those boys." Mr Hwang said.

"I know, but still, she did not do it without a reason. She was asked to do it, right? Karina is the real villain here." Suho said, frowning.

"It'll be a little hard for us to catch her." Mr Hwang crossed his arms.

"Why? Because her family is powerful?" Suho asked and scoffed.

"We can't be scared just because of her parents' title." Suho said.

"No, it's not that." Mr Hwang sighed.

"We will find her and catch her. I won't let Winter take all the blame when Karina is the one behind all of this." Suho said before he left.

Mr Hwang glanced at Winter for a few seconds before he followed Suho, leaving the cell.

Unknown to them, Winter was listening to it all. 

...

Winter stood up and left her cell as it was time to eat. She walked lazily, lining up with the others. She was tired and sleepy. She can't sleep as she can't stop thinking. She missed Karina that she thought she can go crazy each day of not seeing the older woman, but she has to be patient.

She was on her way back to her cell when a female officer was walking past her. She stared straight at Winter with cold eyes. Winter took note and glanced at her tag. Officer Kang Seulgi. Yes, Winter stayed alert the whole time and made sure she remembered all the names as it might be important details for her. Winter was about to ignore the officer when she felt that the officer brushed their hands before slipping a small note into Winter's hand. Winter kept her poker face and hold herself from looking back at her, quickly hide the note until she was in her cell again. She went back to her usual position at the corner, sliding down on the floor as she hugged her knees.

She waited for a while until she made sure no guards will be around to check on her before she checked what was written on the note.

You just have to follow the female officer, never trust a man. We don't work with men. See you soon, baby.

Winter scoffed and tried to hide her smile. It's time then.

"I will send you a hint of when you should do what we have planned. And I need you do it as soon as you have received the hint."

Winter stood up and stretched her body, warming herself up and preparing for the next step. After all, she can't wait to see Karina again. 

"Karina force me to do it. Karina will kill me if I don't do it. Karina force me to do it. Karina will kill me if I don't do it."

Winter closed her eyes and went closer to play with the cell's lock.

"And I know where to find her."

Winter smiled. Once she feels that she's ready, she called for one guard and asked for Officer Kim Suho.

"You will say that I am behind all of this and that you know where I'm hiding. You will pretend that you're scared of me. You will make them believe all the words that you will tell them."

...

"Thank you. It's great doing business with you. Yeah. Okay. I'm hanging up now."

Karina smiled as she ended the call. She then took out the SIM card before throwing the phone into the wall causing it to break. She then snapped the SIM card into two before dropping it to the floor. She checked the new email on her laptop that she had just received and raised her eyebrows at the new information. 

"Ah, dad and mom are planning to come back? What a fool." Karina chuckled.

"As if that is going to stop me now. Hmm." She then grabbed another phone, she grinned seeing Winter's side profile. It was a picture that she took candidly when Winter was not looking.

"I'm coming for you, baby."

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Hi! A short update before the next chapter of what's going to happen. Stay tuned!

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