Lorry's lips widened into an evil grin as he finally saw the message he had been expecting since the previous day. He looked around the barely lit sitting room, moving his eyes from Gerald to Elena who was on her phone just like him.Patricia was likely in her favourite place. Dreamland.“I'll be going somewhere very soon,” he became the center of attention in a split second, with Elena taking her eyes off her phone, and Gerald taking his hands away from his eyes, sitting up in the blink of an eye.Elena dropped the phone beside her, clasping both hands at her front. “Where?”Gerald watched from where he was, the curiosity announcing itself on his face.“Well, Gerald already told me to find something doing, rather than sit here all my life, watching you guys starve to death,” he pinched the edge of his nose, turning to the old man who could not help but smile, rubbing his bald head like he had just gotten a clean cut.“Not like I was not making any move or I had no plans,” Lorry added

“Are you going somewhere?” Gina tilted her head, while staring at Joshua. “That seemed urgent.”“I don't know, but there's something I need to confirm,” he raised his index as the clacking sound of his keyboard filled the air. He finally found the name he was looking for. Derek's contact.“Excuse me for a moment please,” Joshua rose from his seat, walking outside the restaurant where the warm breeze of the night welcomed him. Joshua knew he was supposed to feel something, he knew this was supposed to affect him, but he just stood there, watching the phone ring, until it ended in a voicemail, and after multiple trials he let out a sigh, staring at the name one more time.“Shit,” he turned back to the restaurant like Gina was watching him, and he ran his fingers through his hair. He checked the app on his phone that showed the countdown to the apocalypse, scrolling slowly till he got to the mission bracket.It was at sixty-three percent.A win for one is a win for all. He knew it, he

Lorry struggled in the chair he was strapped to, while Joshua stood opposite him, watching him rant till he lost his voice.“You don't know what you've gotten yourself into,” Lorry was not going to stop anytime soon, and Joshua was just there, thinking of the perfect judgement to pass down with his hands folded above his chest.He had figured he was three times stronger than an average human. Maybe more. But he was not just going to arrive at an answer, he needed something to make him sure, and Lorry had always been weak so beating him right now was not going to prove a point.'Such a crybaby.’Joshua stared at him in disgust, but immediately he turned his back on the man, a sharp shout slammed into his eardrum.“The world will see you for who you are!”'A world that will be over before you know it?’ He was not going to say any of that to Lorry, and even if he did, Lorry was not sharp enough to know what he meant.“I told you all we needed was just five fucking million!” He let out

“Jessica?” Joshua called the name in an inaudible tone. It was as though he needed to call it, in order to make it feel real.This was not supposed to happen. The system was not supposed to pick her or anyone close to Elena. So why?A million thoughts ran through his head as he remained glued to the floor in confusion, and among the endless questions running through his head, one stood out.What good does she have to offer?Compared to Gina, Xavier and Kelvin that had a specific purpose, what was Jessica capable of doing?Why pick her when Victor Haines was there?“I’ve been looking everywhere for you,” the woman's voice pulled Joshua back to reality but he remained in his position.“Lately, I choose to steer clear of the public eye,” she let out an awkward chuckle while looking away from the woman. “As you know, there was this case I lost recently.”“It made me hit rock bottom.”The silence between them would make one understand what she meant even without giving further explanatio

“Anything else?” Joshua threw the money on the three guys clutching their stomachs.Aiden tried to reach for Joshua's leg but he took it back, offering Ari a hand in which she took without hesitating. He moved his head to the boy sitting close to her. “Who's the boy?” Ari arched her thick brows while taking her hands away from that of Joshua who had not taken his eyes off her.“He's my cousin,” the reply was curt. Just like the only reason she gave him that response was because of what he did for her. “By the way, you don't have to pay my debt.”“You can't pay that tomorrow,” the sun cast a warm glow on his skin and he squinted, stepping under the closest tree which was just two steps away from where he was about two seconds ago.Joshua looked at the guys on the floor. The lanky one had gone unconscious with his tongue out of his mouth, before he returned his attention to the girl.“And there's no telling of what these guys would do if you fail to pay up tomorrow,” he was not expect