Scarcely Bemused

en of her desktop computer above her desktop table. There are accumulated fil

curtains clasped at the standpoints of it, a speck of apparent daylight i

Kane on glancing at her coffee, not forever warm, fl

er to the brink of her thinkings, shaded by a particular location on her mind, but still, she closed her eyes. Eve

n up first," she indicat

perking up to the canopy, catching sight of the t

e previously, she admits she's been way too wary on working on a s

child she knows- then something occurs in her- her mouth twitches close, her m

le, looking at her with a wimpy face. Her brow lifts as her inde

ed. "Is there something wrong? Aren't you supposed

arms crossed, and Kane can't be ascertained why Shane

dwriting? Kane wondered. No, that can

y blue eyes rolling, and crinkled eyebrows. Kane smiled, a usual reac

ur classmate?" she inqui

r blond pigtailed hair, shoulder-leng

self, freeing an intense pumping of veins in her sanity. "That would never solve

ted, groaning. "I'm just gonn

t, arms stayed over Shane's chest. Her stares dulled

he other side of the room marked with the fifteenth of March, 2019, her dress uttering profanity at her

the kids' chuckles, the silent disagreements, the kids readin

her low

day," she spell

ol year, at least, she's not going to see these insolent kinderg

r she ponders of these children, from well-known familie

o are in need, who earns to learn, and not with these kids that have parents who can't even

And mean. Definitely mean. But she expect

ing she's uncommon with, she realizes she's still lucky to be with

the basics of learning: coloring, counting, shaping, and letter recognition, phonics, basic personal hygiene, and social proficiency such as dealing and associati

ered to no one in covert, "

e on her desktop and shut it down when she has saved

listening, judging how she sauntered in front of them, going besi

ale answered with an American accent, smiling as he's on his se

red an admiring and deemed curve on her scarlet lips.

is uniform responded and chuckled as he trots towar

oes anyone here, except Jonathan, heard the story

he door heavily. She paused for a while, a curious crump

own the naughty and noisy kids. You'll have no rec

mming p

e for Kane, the reason she has to less her reminders to her class.

ense at all. She grips the damp knob of the door as momentarily as she's closer, then dragged it, and an unknowingly unforeseen

d on her mind. Had this guest not be in front of her, she won't be this flabbergasted. Had this not taken plac

dn't have

sped, "what are

nathan queried behind her. "And who is that guy?" he asked, takes a

the ebony irises spiraling a profound chilliness in her en

from Jonathan who has abided by her authority

s jeans, a grin visible on his narrow and soft lips

f madness in her voice quickly retali

"that's so wrong of you to make me d

ides Low Sanctuary," Kane reprimanded with re

orridor, then she has heard the engines of vehicles ou

the Vice Leader o

rate her more. "But there's some

h her pitch quivering. "Seriously, do you have a problem w

cussion that goes on, that certain matter he has

ne," Hazel unleashes through clenched

ou've only visited me after a year and this is what y

quent times. "I apologize for my very impression after a year of visiting you. However,

pray tell me what exactly it is." Kane leaned her shoulder to th

air, pissed, "and can I remind you that even though I am that brat

rself just like the genes of the different races in the village. And don't bothe

tured, almost a murmur. "Anyway," he stepp

ha

is scarred in it. "Meet me at the Wensylvanian Cafe after your residing classes. I'll wai

he liar she's furious at. She recognizes his duty when they were both in that village. She can

l midday, the breadth of the daily schedule is described in

town where Wensylvanian Cafe is located, more than ten blocks away from the establishments at the left corner of the school. Hence, it's not inconceivable to hike in an ele

dle the exceptionally high heels of hers and be a profe

ores inline with the latter but are the first ones in their column. Across the alley, beside the two corners of

onveying the journal in our discussion earlier?" Kane maintained her

, prancing, and drifting the flock of slender pedestrian lanes with the automobiles quelling, hastening, and ceasing in the sliver of the summertime. While on the contrary corner, another

solar systems. Other walls, dismissing the walls of glass, are smudged jet and pearl as if a mosaic to obtain the substantial textures in the billow. It is ar

ong ago, nearly eight years from the present time," Kane add

ved up. "You are," he crinkled his faultlessly full-figure

pe of a guy that everyone can be delighted to be with. He has the tenderness of a soul lou

!" Teary-eyed, she clasped her hand

ceits, and nobody can rectify Kane's impression toward him. He's a wicked man who has broken someone's tru

Ma

k!" Kane whined silently, a tear whirled down her cheek. "You didn't, remem

words that are mouthed by Hazel. "U

giggles of youth in the cafe, nor the struts of shoes of various styles, sizes, and colors- greens, blacks, blues- as Kane and Haz

all be consumed by our crestfallen days?" Kane placed her elbows above the thick table, her palms fondled the sides of her head. "We

Hazel gave an assuring yet bitt

r finger to who's at fault, who needs to be condemned. She's way to

n of, Kane will shatter into slabs. She has a drawback for the sanctuary, the Nol Magno's group, and the village its

t journal," Hazel began, his eyes are a

r lips commence to tremble, her eyes squinting quicker. She didn't say

s writ

down her spi

l," Hazel ad

stions. Who is he? Is he the thief who stole her journal, or the one who found the journ

lumination darkened the room. The disturbances lulled in deafening rest, that although Kane's royal blue stilettoes are

hen, where, and why? She reckoned that he flees to his hometown in L

sly theorizing that h