A Farewell After Being Reborn

"Stay if you want. Just don't make too much noise. If you feel bored, read a book," said lan.

Only a fool would want to stay here, Sage thought to herself. Then, she glanced at him and asked, "Can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

"Is your phone dead?"

"No, but I just want to go on Instagram. Don't worry, I have no intention of invading your privacy. I can't see Layla's account, so I want to take a look using your account,” Sage replied truthfully.

lan pursed his lips and unlocked his phone, handing it over to her.

"Thanks." Sage took the phone and opened Instagram, where she immediately looked up Layla's profile. To her surprise, Layla had sent lan some messages, though he seemed to have ignored every one of them.

hadn't blocked lan as every update she posted was visible to him. Sage couldn't help but

quickly scrolled through Layla's account. Layla loved posting daily updates, from what she had for breakfast to her night routine. She loved sharing various aspects of her

particular, a post from two days ago caught Sage's attention. The caption read, "The meteor shower was beautiful. Things got really dicey. But

photos of the night sky. In one of them, a faint silhouette of a

not have recognized the figure, Sage could easily tell it was Henry. So Henry had accompanied Layla stargazing the other night. What else

"dicey" situation Layla mentioned in

that after his previous scheme went awry, Henry had devised yet another plan?

would help Layla come to her senses. She could simply have someone

her, based on Henry's previous actions, he might

Henry and Sandra were acting under Ivy's