Alice lay on the bed, letting the slight rocking motion of the ship soothe her. Unconsciously she buried her nose in the pillow that Adam had used and thought back to his abrupt departure. In reality, she had actually been dreading their parting of ways. He had become such a close friend and she had just been wondering how she would say goodbye to him when Mou Zirui had come knocking on the door and informed him of the emergency. Though she had no idea of the emergency, she had read the tension in his face. As he had packed his bags around hurriedly, she had quietly arranged for a speed boat to take him to the shore and contacted President Mou to arrange a car to take him from there.