Chapter 57

“that day, Rose had ran out of the bar when I was out. I looked for her throughout the bar and surrounding parks and when I didn’t see her, I went to her house… the door was open so I rushed in and found some men taking her, I saw the face of one of them because he didn’t have it covered

When they saw me, I ran away and they chased and chased me until they caught me… A blow to the head and blank blank” Tony narrates and we nod. We were able to find some edible snacks on the ship

I don’t know how long it had been but I do know that we didn’t have to wait with anxiety, instead we decided to use that time to bond since we would have to go our separate ways when we get back to civilization

It is really sad though but I have learnt not to use the uncertainty of the future to stain an opportunity for good memories.

Talking about our families and how much they will be happy to finally reunite with us, that is…when we have torn down this organization

The boys on the other hand had no family to return to. Except Tony who had a sister that Rose mum had taken in because she was just five and Tony had it rough after his parent’s death. And all these details we told with laughs, we were tired of grieving and hurting

“I hated the fact that Bell was so good with people whereas I was the lonely one. She could easily make friends and me on the other hand had only her as my friend. It did make me jealous and then bitter” Olivia says

I smile “my friends were actually jealous of you, I don’t know why but they kept asking me to cut you off but then you were my only connection to reality and I didn’t want to lose the last warmth that I had. That is until we separated and I started dating Jeffery. I do hate how much I relate to people, I cannot pin the fake friends in my life from the real ones and I was basically living the boyfriend dream. Putting my boyfriend above the things that matter because I let it define my life. Look where it got me” I spread my hands apart and my audience laughs

“wow. Well, I loved keeping attention to myself and sometimes it pushes me to do crazy things like forcing myself on my then boyfriend” Rose says and we laugh

“I hate the part of my life that involved my foster mother” Willow says and we laugh

“I love you Bell, and I am willing to start something serious” Tony say and I gasp with my mouth held open

“I thought we would never come to this, you guys are just – “ Rose blows a breath “you know, without this experience I would have hated this new development”

“yea, you were clingy as hell” Thelma says

“I hope I meet you first next time” Harper says and Tony hits him on his shoulder “ouch! That hurt”

“maybe this is the best time” Thelma says and we all look at her “I like Willow”

Wait what? we were running away from shadows and you lot were falling in love? Even me funny enough. Rose giggles and look at Willow “you finally got your answer” Willow smirks and walks up to her and they both kiss followed by cheers from us

“so Bell, what is your reply?” Olivia asks

“more like who do you chose?” Rose jokes and we all laugh

The sound of helicopter wings above us alerting us, we go quiet and listen to the helicopter fly farther and farther away from us until we are satisfied that it had gone afar enough. we all leap out of the boat and push it into the ocean

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I personally don’t know how long we had been in the village because of the lapses through the kidnap and getting back to civilization – in fact I actually don’t remember the date we were gone

But I did watch the news of my suicide on YouTube. It was really touching – I mean we all watched each of ours laughing at the details of the news

But it was sad that the others could not unite with their families yet, I was opportune to meet my mother so she can treat us well while they watched their families from afar grieving their deaths. This became our drive to fight the secret organization

I did undergo a minor surgery in a private clinic and all my friends got treated too, my mother was more than excited to meet me, more so when she figure out how much I have changed

We did do random guesses as to the country we wanted to stay in to keep a low profile for a couple of time and with the new Identities ready through an investigator we grew to trust coupled with the stack of cash we found in the boat - courtesy of Harem. we all went our separate ways

He did promise to unite us when he hears anything and also to look into Harper’s past since he doesn’t still remember anything

We were not allowed to contact each other except during emergencies and we created the emergency messages that would circulate to all of us should anything happen to one of us and just like that we became a secret organization of our own