SPLIT BETWEEN THREE WORLDS

erson approaching my way. Once again, luck wasn’t on my side as I bum

I ex

ns? I really hoped th

aiden whom I originally thought I would only get to

ern overwhelming the delight and joy of

unto strangers is kinda becoming your thing” she ch

xchange earlier with t

soothing that I felt like I was in an angel’s presence. Or maybe she was an ange

you another drink but you’d

ty bucks” she s

I quickly regained my original demea

lars?” I ask

es

h I just met her five seconds ago, I felt like I woul

he same time. The feeling of her eyes assessing me fro

ally fifty percent my fau

e a poi

smiled as I indicated at the drink that

ok out a bundle of cas

” she casually asked “a hundre

hat her back ground wasn’t that simple. It almost seemed l

e that rich, it only mat

tly smiled. A bit embarrassed that I was like a normal

” she handed me a two

eceiving such kind of cash from her, it didn’t sit right with me. How she turned the situation to the point where s

proximity, I felt her scent filling my nostrils, so much that I wished she would j

miled, her eyes ligh

e started walking away towards the

idn’t have a phone, nor did I know how and where I would find h

ll fi

ion I had with the young woman. I regretted not asking her name and not prolonging the conversation a couple of times, but t

ing, we heard a commotion wh

their lives. They stood against a dozen men whom I recognized from yesterday outside the mountain truck.

to get plastered on my face

ness and bright smile forgotten. Her face was now stern and seriou

he short moment too seriously? Of course a girl of her beauty ought to have lo

fferent. And just like that, my mood was instan

y faced the other young woman, despite the

without emotion, her face deadpan s

the red-haired lady shru

you guys,” Alexia’s voice drop

out of

problem” Al

will

need you

aybe I didn’t say it properly, let me rephrase it then. By the authority of the tri-pact, and as the dau

ings she said but they sure made A

low. On reaching the counter, we stared at the huge men whose presence was hard to mis

he ordered

perplexed that she g

dego?” she glared “you don’t wan

hat go

er phone then

sual reaction on seeing me minutes ago that I was pressed to confront her about it. When I assessed the ot

e made me sto

t was me just imagining things so I hes

turned, she was walking towards me. I noticed Al

bout my broth

row

yesterday?” she

at had a greater chance at a singing care

warned him, he wil

nodded

ur name?”

about me. Didn’t she just ignore me a while ago? Pr

a a glance, sh

itated “John

ike a John” she c

the exte

r a drink?” she o

ur earlier conversation? Or

ng me for the drink I ow

leaving” Alexia a

darted her eyes be