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Chapter 217
In the kitchen, Elena scurried over plates and pans. Ingredients for food were laid on several pieces of kitchen equipment and looked more like they were laboratory apparatus rather than real kitchen equipment. The flame of the gas stove danced around like a yellow ghost as Elena held over it a pan filled with scrambled eggs. She had an odd smile on her face. One that her servant, Kate, found a little bit disturbing."My lady," she began, careful as a man moving past a field of land mines. "Yes, Kate," Elena replied, still smiling. There was a shadow over her face and eyes that betrayed some sort of worry. "Speak.""Are you okay?" Kate asked."Of course I am okay," she said. Smoke twirled into her nose, and she came away coughing and sneezing. After doing that for close to a minute, she rearranged herself, combing through her bouncy curly hair with her fingers and golden acrylic nails. "I am perfectly okay. It may be that I have become rusty from not being able to cook for quite a l
Chapter 216
"That should buy us enough time," Isaiah said as he dropped the phone. His face was saddened in the dim light. "What's wrong?" Luke asked. "They were lying to me.""I think I could tell about that...""They were definitely with someone else there. And my guess is that someone was none other than Nathan. It's why I couldn't tell them where we were. And I don't really feel bad for it since I was already lying to them. I couldn't help it."It was obvious to Luke that Isaiah was suffering for the decision he made, so he set out to quell the tension between his shoulders by saying, "It's not your fault, man. We all do certain things to help us get through certain circumstances. I understand."Isaiah would have been surprised by Luke's words if he had heard them from him more than two days ago. Now he had nothing to say about it. He was not shocked. The boy had seen what really went down in Isaiah's life when he was not at school or at the boy dorms. And there were a lot of reasons to jus
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After a brief moment of silence, Jackson finally spoke. Although he guessed it was too late by then. "Yeah..." he chuckled, one hand at the back of his head. "There's nobody else here. You know...just me and Jenny..." He laughed nervously.Nathan gave himself a facepalm. "That idiot," he muttered through gritted teeth afterwards. They waited for Isaiah to reply, each of them hoping that he had swallowed the lie hook, line, and sinker."Okay, sure..." Isaiah replied monotonously. Everybody else around the table breathed together in relief, even though the guilt still lingered in the hearts of Jenny and Jackson. "Hey Jenny!" He called out unexpectedly. Jenny froze up. She wanted to speak to him, but she was not in any state of mind to do so immediately. Her heart raced speedily. She fumbled around for what to say. "Hey, Isaiah," she said. "Where have you been?""I'm sorry for everything," Isaiah replied. "But I promise that I will make it up to you immediately, you hear? I will tell
Chapter 214
It was now pitch darkness outside of the room. Isaiah had gained more control over his body and had begun walking. He was staring outside of the window, thinking about the Gambinos and the chances that they would find him here. Behind him, Luke sat, hands inspecting his neck to see if it was now better healed. Kate just stood beside them like a statue, as she always did. Elena was nowhere to be found there."What do you think is going to happen?" Luke asked. Isaiah did not turn around. "I don't know," he said. "I never thought that this was going to happen. If someone had told me that you would be with me in the same room as Elena and Kate one day, I wouldn't have believed it. My head is short of plans."Luke sighed. "So you're saying that there is nothing we could do. Nothing you could fix?""I am even trying to conclude if whether or not it demands fixing," Isaiah said, this time spinning around to look at his friend's face squarely.Luke swallowed, and a sudden dullness encroached
Chapter 213
"Come join me," Costa said, raising a glass to the trio. "I am good," Nathan said, noting that Cost was either drunk or he was trying to portray himself as drunk."Don't worry," Jackson said, one hand raised. "I am okay just sitting here and not drinking," replied Jenny."I see...well, that's no fun," Costa judged. "We did not come here for fun," Nathan retorted harshly. "We came here for information. And somehow we've not gotten anything from you. And now you want to have a drunken toast?""You came here because I threatened you there, smart ass," Costa said. Now it was most obvious he was nearly carried away by the alcohol. "Did you always know about the Lobbes neighborhood? Did you know your friend went there the same day that happened?"Nathan was quiet. Jenny was shaken quite obviously. Costa put his hand in his suit, drew out a gun, and pointed it at her. "And you, you better start talking before my finger slips and your brains become splurged right behind you. Of course you
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"But something happened, didn't it?" Costa noted, his eyes intensely fixed on Jenny.Jenny's lips moved but produced no sound. Nathan frowned at this. He did not like the methods Costa was using to extract information. He did not trust the man, as after all his goals were still unclear, and he had them right in his palm at this point. Still, he was not the type to keep shut when he was confronted by something he did not like."Don't treat her like that," he blurted out. "What did you say?" Costa asked. His voice sounded like hell. "She isn't well, can't you see?" Nathan said. "She is sick. You're only making her feel worse. She doesn't know anything, as she said.""Okay, okay." Costa raised his palms; a charismatic smile stained his face. "I am the bad guy for wanting to help. Well, of course I am, but she knows something.""And how do you know?" Nathan asked. There was no lack of curiosity in his voice. "You haven't given us any reason to trust in anything you say. If you have ac
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