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.”

showing on the tv. It was some

that interesting?” Jack asked

boy said. “Charlotte said she was

of video on the tv distracted Melanie

“Just in! A hotel in the 11th street was entered by a group of robbers that were in run from the police and

“Isn’t that the hotel your mother is

but he visibly

they the robber who robbed

he remembered. “It’s them! They are even using the same

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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 dump 3 to 4 ball of papers

believe in her

excuse that she is not feeling well or about

the three tall men standing in front of the door like a statue. They were rooted on the place while their backs facing the

that 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 speaker, none of these living

same as the people she knows on the other party. So, she knew she went into the wrong room. She was deliberately guided into a wrong room. It was

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

a looking furious woman she 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 as she internalizes every single detail in