A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 120: Book Two - Chapter 13

I left Noah in Zac’s capable hands and got his word that he’d call my father to say the job was completed per normal.He was risking a lot for my sake, I knew that.

A lot of risk for what seemed like absolutely no reason.

The level of danger associated with this insane plan wasn’t lost on me.

After all, the last thing 1 wanted was for Zac’s name to end up in my next manilla folder.I headed home as soon as I could, leaving enough time to arrive well before daylight, and walked towards my front door.

But it was as I was entering through the front gate to our property that something caught my eye.

It was an old lady, huddled up in a shawl, standing just on the street outside.

She had grey hair and eyes to match, clearly at an age that would suggest a retirement home or carer was required.

And yet she stood randomly outside my house at three o’clock in the morning, staring directly at me.

I paused for a moment and looked around, trying to see if she was with someone.

But when the empty street was completely silent and devoid of all other life, I started to wonder if maybe she’d gotten lost.

...Did I really have the energy to deal with this right now though? I was already so exhausted and just wanted to go inside to sleep in my own bed, something that would be a first after many days.

I could already perfectly visualise how soft my pillow would be...

just begging to be laid on and—.

"I can save her," the old lady suddenly said.

"I can save the girl." …

What? I took my hand off the gate handle and turned back around to fully face her, part of me still wondering if she was even talking to me.

"..Pardon?" I called back.

Wasn't it common for older people to lose their minds at a certain age? What if she was a dementia patient who wandered off? I should probably just look up where the closest hospital or retirement home was and tell them where to find—.

"The girl.Clarissa," she said.

As if that was of any real help.

I blankly stared back at her.

"I’m not Clarissa," I clarified.

"I think you’ve—."

"I know that," she snapped sharply, making me flinch a bit in surprise.

"Oh...kay.Well, is that...your daughter?" I asked, still trying to be polite.

"Or your carer? Do you want m e to call someone for you—?" 

But then she started to walk towards me, her stride more steady than I would have expected given her appearance.

There was something oddly strange about her too.

A weird atmosphere around her.

Or maybe I was just slightly unnerved by the whole creepiness of the situation.

"Do you not know who I am?" she asked once she stood within a few feet of me.

"Ma’am, truthfully, I’m not even sure if you know who you are.No offence," I said, starting to get more uncomfortable the longer this drew out.

"If you just wait here a moment though, I’ll head inside and wake up one of the maids.They can maybe help you out or something."

care about courtesy anymore and just wanted to leave

this entire encounter that just rubbed

the hair at the back of my neck standing up.I turned around and tried to open the gate, but she quickly moved forward to

bite back my instincts telling me to

to be

pushed over

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

turned back around to

seemed to hold an intelligence there that

spoke in a tone so low

story of

was completely serious as I shuffled uncomfortably under

analyzing my face for any sort of recognition that

course,

that like a fairy tale?" I

book you used to read to your

she only continued to stare at

I really

a foot away

a step forward and I

I wasn’t sure what she

wasn’t right in the

at the sound of bird wings loudly flying into the air somewhere, she finally turned away, pulling the hood

can save her," she simply

that." And she started walking

hell had that just been? I didn’t waste any more time in stepping through the gate and locking it behind me, my chest still pounding slightly from the whole

much fear caused by just

say one thing that was far more terrifying than the old crone, I would have to answer that it was the

saw a light had been

surprise given most people in the house should have been asleep

happened, I had every intention of just ignoring it and

...

help but catch the familiar scent of

came to this realisation, so close to finally being able t o go to

He was expecting me.

I stepped back...and headed towards

me, sitting in a

arma s he

"Father," I replied.

long ago," he

later than

this old lady

she was lost.Kept trying to talk

the job.The agreed upon time should have

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

couldn’t think of many ways in

dug into things I definitely shouldn’t have, opening a

a kidnapping job...then by failing to take care of the consequences of

to hide that consequence because I didn’t want the

any of

this point, I was already in far too deep to

I shouldn’t be...but I couldn’t help

that smuggler managed to find

it all went smoothly," I

had some issues getting into the building, is all.A crowd of people were drinking outside and, well, intoxicated o r not,

that so...?" he

couldn’t know I was lying...could he? But then again...there was no such thing as a secret from

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