When Fate Decided to Play its Part

CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE:

A man with a silver eye

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That day, Althea was busy watching out for Kai to be bothered by the continuous ringing and buzzing of her phone. There was nothing more important than her child’s safety. Althea watched from afar as her son rode a horse in the merry-go-round ride. Kai searched for her face and when their eyes met, the young boy beamed at her. His eyes were going into slits in happiness and with one hand, he waved at her.

Althea’s heart thump in nervousness, thinking that her son might fall from the horse, but seeing that his figure did not wobble at all, she sighed in relief and waved back at him. Then she mouthed at him, “Be careful!”

Her son obediently nodded his head and once again held the pole of the horse with two hands. Althea let out a small chuckle before letting her eyes stray at the place where they’re at.

The amusement that time was bustling with people. There are many families, boys and girls with their mother and father, walking around the place. She can also find students with their teachers guiding them in the tour. They were probably having a field trip.

Some came alone just to enjoy the foods in the stalls, some came with their lovers on their date.

There were different kinds of people and different kinds of emotions, but she can see happiness above all the other emotions on the people’s faces. As Althea was lost in thought, her eyes accidentally looked at someone from the crowd, meters away from her. He was also looking at him without emotion on his face.

Althea paused her train of thoughts and stared back, thinking that he will remove his gaze after being caught. But contrary to her expectation, the man did not even flinch, nor he looked away. Althea looked away, hoping that he will also look away. But a minute passed, Althea can still feel the gaze on her.

It was bone piercing; Althea felt the chill run on her spine. She decided to peek, and lo and behold, as she expected, he was still looking at her. Althea’s heart thumped widely when she noticed something. Their distance decreased.

Not only that, but Althea can also feel gazes from different directions aside from the man she initially saw. Althea’s throat tightens when she spotted the others also just meters away from her. Likewise, they were looking at her without emotions on their eyes.

immediately looked at the ride and saw that it was slowly stopping. Kai was looking at him worriedly. He must have been noticed that something was wrong

when she saw them advancing, casually shoving peoples on their ways. Those people that are seemingly after her easily blended in the crowd,

they were

finally stopped. She ignored the operator’s warning yell when she entered inside and directly removed Kai from the horse he was riding. She lifted him

that they were nearing by now forcefully shoving people around, gaining some curses and hostile gazes, Althea sped up, bumping shoulders with

curses, but she let it pass from her ear to the other ear. She

to the stream of people, the men that was after them were slowed down greatly, making their distance grow more and more. The one leading the chase stopped,

gestured something, and they all nodded. They

them paled and backed away. When the others noticed that they were all backing away from something, they also turned to look. When they saw that one of the armed men pointed his gun up at the sky, the crowd

sound of the gunfire made the others

“AHHH!!!” Screamed echoed.

father carry them on their shoulders and arms. In their panic, they still manage to look back to see if the men carrying firearms were aiming at their directions.

same panic like them, but more intense as they know

was also ducking a little in fear that a flying bullet

flinched with the bang, when they heard a thud of someone falling on the ground, the

someone. Someone

second thought,

that?” The little boy asked amidst the

who was shot by the bullet instead of her.