When Fate Decided to Play its Part

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO:

All Eyes

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Meanwhile…

It was already evening and the people in the shop was having dinner. It was only Becca, Jack, Kai, and Melanie. The shop was already closed for a while, but Jack did not go home. He decided to stay to eat with them.

“Hmm!” He moaned in delight. “Your cooking is really superb, Melanie! I would really like to stay for dinner again next time.”

Melanie almost chocked on her food and looked at the guy who was still chowing down the food like a hungry wolf who has not eaten anything for the past few months. Then she shrugged her shoulders and said nonchalant, “It is just mac and cheese, and some fried chicken, but thank you.”

Jack shook his head, “No- don’t ever underestimate the power of cheese and chicken.” Becca nodded with his statement while stuffing herself with Melanie’s fried chicken wings. She just loves the tenderness of the meat and its aroma. It’s hunger inducing and its sweetness with a hint of spiciness was really good.

Melanie just nodded and said her thanks, not wanting to talk with him anymore.

Kai was just silent in the background; he was not listening to them because he was watching Tv. Melanie noticed it, she watched the focused Kai and curiously peeked at the Tv, wondering what it was that is keeping him immerse. And she can’t believe what she saw.

“You’re watching the news?” she asked the boy.

“Yes, it’s interesting.” He simply answered.

Melanie raised and eyebrow and asked again, “What is interesting about it?”

“The current news.”

the attention of the other two and looked at what kind of news was showing on the tv. It was some news about kidnapping, robbery, and hostage taking. The older three

interesting?” Jack asked

“Charlotte said she

a sudden switch of video on the tv

of robbers that were in run from the police and took everyone

exclaimed. “Isn’t that the hotel your mother is in,

also silent but he visibly tensed.

along furrowed her brows. “Jack, are they the robber who robbed a heavily bank you mentioned two days

though his anxious, he remembered. “It’s them! They are even using the same

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they took a step towards the said new venue, Althea had this inkling feeling that bad thing is about to happen. But, as usual, she ignored it since most of her intuition is wrong. Like throwing a ball of paper into a trash bin only to find it rolling on the floor 1 meter away from the supposedly landing place. It does sometimes lands, but out of ten throws? She can only

she cannot believe in her

and turn back. Then make an excuse that she is not feeling well or about Kai or the

men standing in front of the door like a statue. They were rooted on the place while

the back of one of the men was familiar, but, then again, she dismissed it like how she dismissed the same feeling to the other. She was curious of why the hell the venue was so silent- except the music on the

expected. No old geezers or old women and none of them looks the same as the people she knows on the other party. So, she knew she went

already here, she might as well as check what is happening. The silence inside the party makes er curious. So, she curiously, stupidly, took a sneak towards where all of them were looking. They were looking at two different directions, all their eyes were contained with awkwardness.

why and looked

hopes she did not know about. It was Sheryl. Without any doubt, this made her heart jump and she looked around at the venue once more. Her heart was pounding harder against her chest