Alicia was very uncomfortable by now. She thought the best way she could distract herself is by reading the book they found when they dug it near the Diamond Puff. But the book had to offer something else, something more truthful about what was going on with her. The mystery of her life lies in the book. She started reading a few incidents that occurred near the Last Lake. She bookmarked the year 2004 earlier as it was the solution to the final clue. She started reading beyond that, one of the incidents which drew her attention was “2006: The Novelty Case”. It was one of the most brutal cases. Two buses bombarded into one another on the Toronto Express Highway and squashed into the lake. But before the buses fell, they were ignited with fire as the hit was very strong which added fire to the entire line of trees near the lake which forms the boundary of the Last Lake-Toronto Express Highway. This culminated in the wiping off of more than 100 trees and the death of around 25 people. This kinda made her sad. But the saddest part came when her attention went to a strange case named as “2007 : Serena Ceres Case.” Her heart dropped a beat. She started feeling extremely low. She started sweating. Shallow was already asleep and Ally was out near the bonfire. She threw away the book and went outside to take some fresh air.
As soon as she went outside, Ally saw her face being extremely nervous and fearful. She immediately asked, “Cia! What happened? Are you okay? Why do you seem so afraid? What’s the matter!”. “I prolly saw something which is extremely, i mean extremely weird. I don’t wanna read it but I will have to. Maybe that will answer my questions!”, Alicia said. “What did you see? What was written and where?”Ally asked. “It’s the book,Dear Diary! I saw a case, it’s named 2007: Serena Ceres case.”Alicia replied. “Ceres!!!! Are you kidding me! Damn I am officially in a dilemma now!”, Ally said.
They then both went inside and Alicia picked up the book and opened the page of the case. Her hands were shaking when she started reading. “2007…. Serena Ceres Case, the daughter of.. Aria Ceres and.. Mason Ceres. Gist… Sunday 27th May 2007, The car of…….. Daniel Miles.. (at this point she was almost filled with tears) hit the car of the Ceres family... due to the brake failure. Serena being almost 5 years old removed her seat belt while playing which caused her….. death during the hit. All the other family members of the Ceres and Miles were safe. The charges are filed against the Miles family by the Ceres in order for the justice of their child…” Both of them were shocked and numb. They didn’t utter a single word. Both of their attention went to Shallow who was sleeping. Alicia went outside and started crying heavily. She was unable to control herself. Ally tried to console her but went in vain. She was extremely sad about what happened to Serena. Just for confirmation, Ally read the remaining part of the article to find out that Serena was indeed the sister of Shallow. Alicia told Ally, “Ally this is not a coincidence, we here at the Last Lake with Shallow and that too on 26th May. Something is definitely wrong. I can’t take this.. These illusions which I have been getting so far were never the illusions Ally, they were real. Someone did this. Someone knew about the story. Shallow definitely knew about my family. I don’t know what to do!” Alicia was crying and crying. Ally told,”Cia, we should talk to Mrs. Marina and we can get back to home. Let’s talk to her. Let’s go.” “Wait Ally! Shallow has never been rude to me. I should not be someone who ditches this and leaves Shallow alone without asking for an apology for what my family did. Let’s decide this tomorrow. I’ll have a talk with him in the morning. Till then, let’s sleep.” “Cia, you sure about this? I don’t think it's a good idea to talk about this with Shallow. That too tomorrow, the day her sister died. I am sure you won’t be able to sleep anyways.” “I think he deserves better than just us abandoning him. I am sure about this. Let’s get to our bed.” They both went to sleep.