Field of Innocence

Chapter Three

 

Rutledge Cafeteria

Chloe yawned in front of cashier counter. “Good God, I felt so tired~~!”

Aunt Jesse walked pass the girl and gave her a warning glance. “Behave yourself, young lady, can’t have the customers see your tired face, remember to…”

“…always smile and be polite, blahblahblah, I know I had heard it many times already…” Chloe said as she rolled her eyes.

Aunt Jesse shook her head. “Then, no more yawning on your work hours…”

“So…does that mean I have to hold farting?”

“Young lady are not supposed to fart in public…”

“It’s a natural calling!” Chloe started to babble incoherently.

“Don’t start pointless argument with me, Chloe!” The woman gave the young girl a look.

Chloe faked a hurt gasp. “When have I ever…?”

Aunt Jesse waved her off and entered her office.

Chloe sighed. “I’m so sleepy~~!!”

Fay, who had just finished writing orders for their customers that afternoon, walked toward Chloe with a smile. “You know that’s your own fault for not sleeping when it is time, right?”

Chloe only rolled her eyes as she watched as Fay tore a few papers from her notepad and went to the kitchen to give the list of orders to Uncle Julio. When Fay came out from the kitchen, Chloe leaned against the counter and said, “I’m so bored, I wish you could just…have one of that visions thingie…”

Fay sighed. “Well, I don’t want to… You know that if I have that visions means that there are people in trouble, right? Wishing that I have a vision is somewhat like you wished for someone to have trouble anyway…and that’s bad…”

Chloe shrugged. “I think even if you don’t have vision, people are still involved in trouble anyway… Your visions helped us to right what’s wrong… It’s a good thing…”

“Say you… You are not the one with brain-splitting headache every time you get visions…” Fay gave Chloe an annoyed look.

Chloe laughed a little. “Oh, don’t be such a baby. All you have to do is consume some pill and you would be fine again…”

Fay shook her head. She gave up on Chloe, the girl is too mesmerized with Fay’s ‘gift’ to see that it wasn’t all that awesome.

A bell ring indicated they have a customer. A man entered the cafeteria, he looked kind of tense. He walked toward Fay and Chloe. The girls gave him a smile and greeted him politely. The man didn’t return their smile and flatly ordered a mineral water.

Fay got him the mineral water bottle while Chloe delivered the foods to the other customers. The girl noted a bead of sweat covered the man’s face as if he was scare, nervous or having stomachache…maybe?

The man drank his water slowly and gulped hard each drop. He looked pale now and asked Fay the way to the toilet.

Fay couldn’t shake a feeling that something is wrong so she watched the man as he entered the toilet. She was so absorbed in her thought that she didn’t realize when Tyki and his friends entered the cafeteria and seated on one of the table.

Tyki walked toward the girl and stood right before her in front of the counter. He noted the girl is in trance so he waved his hand in front of Fay’s face. “Anybody’s home?”

Fay snapped out of her trance and smiled weakly at the man. “Oh, sorry…” She blinked a few times as if trying to shake the uncomfortable feeling.

Tyki smiled. “That’s okay…”

Chloe walked toward Fay with empty trays at hands. “Are you checking out that guy?”

Fay flushed especially when she saw Tyki raised an eyebrow in amusement at Chloe’s accusation. “What are you talking about? I’m not…” She stopped talking when she felt a familiar sensation. She put a hand over her forehead and accidentally knocked her notepad off the counter table and to the floor.

Chloe noticed the strange expression on her friend’s face and realized that Fay is about to have another vision.

“Uh, I have to go…” Fay said weakly as she made her way toward the kitchen. She managed to walk a few step inside the kitchen before the headache started to tear her mind apart. She moaned in pain and quickly clutched to the nearest table for support.

Tyki’s forehead furrowed. “Is she…?”

Chloe quickly pick up the notepad. “A head rush…”

“What?” Tyki look puzzled.

“She has a head rush… You know when you eat too much ice cream…” Chloe explained rather lamely. “She needs to lie down a bit. Yeah. So what can I do for you?”

“I see…” Tyki said though his expression is those of unconvinced. “Hmm, I would like…”

After finished listing Tyki’s orders and gave it to Uncle Julio, Chloe quickly entered the kitchen. She saw Fay leaned against a wall, face pale and sweating. “What did you see?”

Fay walked out of the kitchen just in time to see the earlier man walked out of the cafeteria.

Chloe followed Fay’s line of sight. “Is it him?”

Fay nodded. “He’s going to kill a man sometime soon…”

Chloe nodded. “Then we have to stop him…”

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Fay watched nervously from across the street as the man she and Chloe tailed entered a shop. The man looked tense as he look around him as if making sure that no one is looking.

“Is that the shop he’s going to rob?” Chloe asked.

Fay nodded. “He’s going to accidentally kill the shop owner…”

“Let’s get in…”

“Wow, wait a minute, what are we going to do? Walk toward him and said ‘don’t rob the store’? The man has gun on him, Chloe! He can shoot us if we get in his way!”

“Well, we can’t just sit here do nothing!”

The girls look upset and confused of what to do.

Chloe saw a young police officer and quickly ran toward him before Fay can stop her. “Hey, Officer!!”

Fay watched as Chloe spoke with the police officer and pointed the shop across the street.

Chloe led the police officer toward the shop and pointed at the man. “That’s him!”

The man look surprised to see Chloe and the police officer. The gun on his hand faltered but he managed to get a grip of it.

The police officer quickly pulled his own gun but the man quickly fired his. The police officer pulled Chloe down to the floor protectively. The bullet missed them and hit the glass window instead.

The men quickly escaped through the back door.

Fay felt her heart almost exploded when she saw from across the street the window in the shop shattered. She ran across the street and yelled Chloe’s name in panic.

Chloe smiled up at the police officer. “Thanks a lot for saving my life…” she said.

The police officer smiled. “No problem…”

“Chloe!!” Fay entered the shop quickly and felt relief to see everyone is alright.

Later…

The police officer known as Jack Duncan walked toward Chloe and Fay. He is a new police officer in town. “Thanks for the tip off, Miss, because of you, no one got hurt…”

“Yeah, it’s too bad the man got away…” Chloe said.

“We will catch him…” Jack convinced her.

“Do you recognize that man?” Fay asked. She still felt uneasy.

“Can’t say I am, Miss…” Jack said politely before turning to Chloe and smiled.

Chloe responded with a suspiciously sweet suggestive smile which made Fay’s forehead furrowed in disbelief and annoyance.

Fay shook her head as she realized Chloe had found another of her potential boyfriend. The two are practically flirting with each other! She walked away to give them some time alone.

After awhile, Chloe bid goodbye toward the handsome police officer and walked toward Fay with a huge grin as if she just won a prize.

Fay waited for Chloe with arms crossed. “Did you flirt with that policeman?”

“It’s a good flirting…” Chloe said with almost a faraway look on her face.

Fay rolled her eyes. “We better get back to the cafeteria before Aunt Jesse decided to fire us…”

Chloe ignored Fay’s words and instead babbling about Jack Duncan.

Unknown to them, the man whose plan of robbery failed due to their action are watching them from across the street in an alley. His eyes filled with anger.

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Rutledge Cafeteria

Aunt Jesse crossed her arms in front of the two girls. “I’m disappointed in you two! What possessed you two to left the cafeteria when your shift is not over yet??”

Chloe decided to speak up. “Well, it was kind of emergency call…”

“What kind of emergency that require you two to ditch your jobs in the same time?” Aunt Jesse asked.

“We didn’t ditch our jobs. We came back, didn’t we?” Chloe tried to reason. She looked over at the silent Fay. “Feel free to chime in anytime, Fay!”

Fay grimaced. “We’re sorry…”

“Do you think sorry will cover this?” Aunt Jesse asked.

“Come now, love, don’t be too hard on them…” Uncle Julio said.

“Don’t call me ‘love’ while I’m lecturing people, Julio!” Aunt Jesse glared at her husband.

Chloe bit her lips to prevent herself from laughing.

Aunt Jesse turned her attention back to the girls. “Well, what can you say for yourself?”

“Err, maybe it’s time that you know you can hire some more staff for the cafeteria…” Chloe suggested. “Because Fay and I couldn’t be here all the time…”

“Since when?” Aunt Jesse asked.

“Since…” Chloe trailed as she looked over at Fay.

Fay gave her a warning glare, telling her silently to leave her visions out of this.

“It’s a good idea…” Uncle Julio finally said. “We do need some more staff especially since it almost time for holiday; visitors will be flooding the town and cafeteria soon. Beside they are still young, they should not be cooped up in the cafeteria forever…”

“That’s right!” Chloe nodded eagerly. “Especially since maybe soon I will have to date a certain handsome police officer….”

Fay rolled her eyes at what Chloe said.

Aunt Jesse sighed. “Fine, but I don’t want you two to slack off later on, alright?”

“Ok…” Fay and Chloe said in the same time.

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Later that night, the cafeteria is closed down. Fay left Chloe to finish closing down the cafeteria and went home earlier. She met Tyki on the way home.

“Yo, Fay…” Tyki greeted with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

Fay smiled at the older man. “Hey…”

“Going home?” Tyki asked as they both walked together.

Fay nodded. “Yes. What about you? Where are Eaze and the guys?”

“They are back in the mine’s hostel…” Tyki dropped his cigarette to the ground and stepped on it.

“You know, working in that place is bad for Eaze, the air and stuff…”

“I know but Eaze wanted to stick with me and the guys. We had tried to convince him that he could get a small easy job here in town but he didn’t want to…”

“I see…”

“Don’t worry; we made sure he gets easy job and plenty of rest…”

“I know you do. You care for him, didn’t you?”

Tyki only smiled in response.

Fay watched the older man’s smile. She felt something stirred up in her and frowned a little.

“Are you alright?” Tyki asked.

“What? Oh, I’m fine…” Fay stopped suddenly.

Tyki stopped walking and stared at Fay. “Fay?” He noted the girl look dazed.

Fay quickly clutched her head with her hands as the brain-splitting headache started to tear her mind again. She felt her body shaking and she almost fell to the ground if Tyki hadn’t steady her.

“Fay?” Tyki asked.

Fay tried to take a deep breath but another shot of pain attack tore her again and a small cry escaped her lips. The vision finally over and she blinked as cold sweat started to form in her head. “Oh my God, Chloe…”

“What?” Tyki asked again.

Fay stared at Tyki. “I have to go back…” She said and turned back to the cafeteria.

Tyki decided to follow her.

Fay ran toward the alley where the back door of the cafeteria is. She saw Chloe were putting up the garbage into the dumpster when the man from earlier that day appeared with a knife and threatened her. It seemed the man is asking her how she knew that he was going to rob the store earlier that day.

Chloe is terrified but still managed to shot the man a few taunting words which provoked the man into another rage.

“Chloe!!” Fay yelled and rushed toward the girl in blind panic.

The man looked surprised to see Fay. “What is it with you girls kept appearing on my face?!” He grabbed Chloe roughly and held the knife near her neck. “Don’t come any closer!!”

Fay’s eyes widened suddenly as she realized that this is the same man that a few days ago had tried to attack Miss Greenhorn. “Ok, calm down, there is perfectly good explanation for this…” She finally said. “Just let her go… You don’t want to hurt her…”

“Oh yeah? Why wouldn’t I? You girls kept screwing up my plan!! It’s all your fault!!” The man yelled hysterically.

Tyki appeared shortly behind Fay, his eyes widened when he saw what’s going on. “Fay, what’s going…? Oh…”

The man pushed Chloe toward Tyki and quickly ran away from there.

Tyki caught Chloe as she fell toward him. “You ok?” he asked.

Chloe quickly stood up and tried to regain her composure. “Yeah, thanks for catching me…”

“Who is that man and why is he attacking you?”

“I don’t know him though…”

Fay stared at the way the man had gone then she suddenly noticed something left behind by the man on the ground a few feet away from her. It was a wallet. She picked it up and then put it on her jacket pocket.

“Really? But he seemed pretty upset toward you…” Tyki said.

“Yeah, I just happened in the wrong time and place…” Chloe said with a somewhat nervous smile before turning her attention at Fay. “Fay…” She walked toward Fay. “Thanks, if you had not come back, I would have been dead…”

Fay stared at Chloe but didn’t say anything.

Tyki walked toward the girls. “How did you know that Chloe is in danger?” he asked Fay finally.

Fay blinked dumbly at his question. “That’s, err, we…”

Chloe only smiled and said as she put her hand around Fay’s shoulder, “It’s because we have a super connection, you might say…”

Tyki raised an eyebrow at the obviously false answer but he didn’t push further. “I see…” He stared at Fay who quickly busied herself ranting about how she has to go home now before her grandpa throws another fit. He couldn’t help but smile before following the girls out of the alley and into the road.

Chloe decided to spend the night at Fay’s home. She has a few questions she wanted to ask regarding what happened earlier.

Tyki decided to be a gentleman and walk the girls’ home to make sure they arrived safely.

When they arrived in front of Fay’s house, Fay shyly bid goodbye at the older man.

Tyki smiled and waved at them before left.

Fay stared at Tyki’s departing figure and sighed.

Chloe watched Fay’s expression and grinned. “I see…”

Fay snapped out of her trance. “Huh? What?” Seeing Chloe’s huge grin, she rolled her eyes. “Don’t even think about it!”

Chloe let out an innocent smile. “What ever do you mean?”

“Chloe, I know you since we’re little. When you make that kind of face, it meant you’re up to something and whatever it is, just left me or Tyki out of it!!”

“Whoever said that it is involved you two?”

“Chloe!!”

“Come on, admit it, you have the hot for the guy!!”

“I do NOT have the hot for him!! And could we not talk about this here please? It’s embarrassing and if grandpa hears…”

“Right, right, let’s get inside then…” Chloe said with a smile and pushed open the door. She walked inside as if it is her own house and went to greet the old man inside.

Fay sighed but smiled at Chloe’s retreating figure before entered the house.

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In Fay’s room, after the girls took a hot bath together and get dressed for sleep, the girls sat up on the bed while drying their hair with towels.

Fay stood up and pour Chloe and herself two cups of milk chocolate. She gave one to Chloe before settled back down on the bed and has a sip of her milk chocolate.

“Ok,” Chloe spoke up as she blew the milk on her cup. “Tell me about tonight. Did you have a vision of me in trouble?”

Fay stared at Chloe and grabbed her jacket on the floor. She pulled a wallet from the jacket’s pocket.

“What was that?” Chloe asked as she put down her cup on the nearest table and grabbed the wallet.

“That…is something the man had left behind earlier…” Fay replied. “You see, this is the same man that tried to kill Miss Greenhorn…”

Chloe raised an eyebrow at that. “Why didn’t you say something before? We could nail this guy to the police with this wallet.”

Fay shook her head. “Because I think we are supposed to help him…”

“The guy that tried to kill many people needs our help?”

“Otherwise why would I have multiply visions about this man? I think the visions are trying to tell me to stop this man from doing something wrong...”

“How do you know that? For all you know before you had visions the man is already a killer. I almost died tonight killed by this man…” Chloe said and opened the wallet to see ID card on the man. “This…Adam Riffler…guy…”

“Well, the thing is, Chloe, tonight I have a vision of you and Adam. He tried to threaten you but you fought back…and then you ended up kill him…” Fay said slowly.

“Wow! Hold on a minute!!” Chloe suddenly stand up. “You’re trying to tell me…that I’m going to end up a killer tonight if you had not come back??”

“It was clearly a defense on your part…but I can’t let you commit that mistake nor can’t I let the man die…” Fay said seriously.

Chloe noted Fay’s expression. She couldn’t help but smile a little. “Look like you’re starting to take your power seriously…” She sighed and settled back to sit on the bed again. “Ok, so what do you think we should do now?”

Fay noted the wallet. “We have to look for this guy…and found out what is it that requires him to commit desperate acts like that…” She observed Adam’s wallet and found a picture of him and his family. He had such a beautiful wife and lovely daughter. Fay made a promise to herself that she would find a way to help this man.

“Anyway back to my point…” Chloe suddenly said.

Fay snapped out of her trance. “Huh, what point?”

“You know about you have the hot for Tyki?”

“I do not… Why did you kept saying that? I told you that I…”

“Oh, come on, we’ve been best friend forever, I think I would know when my best friend is checking out a guy…”

“I do not checking out guys! That would be…oh yeah, YOU!!”

“No need to yell…”

“Well, I wouldn’t if you just stop teasing me!”

“Denial, denial~~!!”

“Oh, shut up, Chloe!!”

Chloe laughed before turned serious. “It’s time to move on, Fay… I think it’s great that you finally liking someone again…”

Fay sighed. “I don’t know about what I feel toward Tyki, alright? So don’t be quick jump into conclusion. He…felt like…sort of brother to me…”

“But you don’t think of him that way, right? Even though he is friend with your brother and a few years older than you doesn’t mean…”

“I don’t know… I mean he is not interested in me that way… I think he treated me like I’m way too young…childish…immature for his taste or something… Beside I don’t know him all that good anyway…”

“That’s why you’ve to make your move, girl! Before some random girls or women snatch him away from you…”

“You make it sound like Tyki is a rare product that everyone is looking for…”

“Well, he is…to you, right? I mean it IS rare for you to actually have a crush on a guy, so I would say: Yeah, he’s a rare…because obviously there is not much guys that could take your interest that much…”

Fay glared at Chloe and said, “Now, you make me sound like a weirdo…”

Chloe laughed. “Well, you got to admit there’s plenty cute or handsome guys around here…and yet you’re only interested with Tyki and that ridiculous glasses of his…”

“Speak for yourself, you and that new crush of yours…”

“Oh, you mean Jack? He’s cute…and he’s a police, have uniform, can arrest bad people…gotta like that…”

Fay buried her head on the pillow when Chloe’s rants became too much.

Chloe tried to pull the pillow off Fay’s head and told her to listen to her.

Fay whined and told her that she needed a good sleep.

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The next days, Fay and Chloe started to investigate Adam’s family. Adam was angry when he saw the girls at his home, talking to his wife and daughter.

The girls assured him that they don’t mean him any harm and that they wanted to help. They found out his daughter is dying from sickness but they couldn’t brought her to hospital or buy the most proper medicine because they don’t have much money. The daughter had been receiving treatment from a new doctor in town who has a small clinic nearby. The doctor claimed the daughter need some kind expensive medicine in order to relieve her of pain and possibly prolong her life but he gave her some pill to consume for the time being.

Adam and his wife tried to find a way to purchase the medicine. No one wanted to lend them money because they had already too much unpaid debts. That’s why Adam became desperate and tried to rob people but he claimed he didn’t mean any of them harm.

Fay and Chloe decided to collect money needed from each of their own saving all these years, seek help from the others (friend, family and employer) and devised many other ways to gain money.

A/N: Too goodie good, I know, but I want to believe that people like them, who will help a total stranger in need, do exist in this world.

Adam felt so happy and grateful when the girls came to deliver him money needed to buy the medicine. They soon made a purchase of the said medicine to give to the daughter.

Fay and Chloe went home, feeling happy of their good deed for the day.

“So does that mean the vision is actually trying to lead us to Adam’s daughter then?” Chloe asked.

“I don’t know, Chloe, but I’m glad we can do something for that poor girl…” Fay replied with a smile.

“Yeah, does that mean it is all over? You’re no longer going to have a vision about Adam, right?”

“Probably. Only time would tell…”

“Everyone is happy and alive, this is great!!”

Fay smiled at Chloe but stopped suddenly. She almost fell as the brain-splitting headache caught her off guard. She soon pulled into another vision of Adam pulling a gun on a doctor and he looked upset, desperate and sorrowful. The doctor was seen trying to calm down the man. The gun fired and the doctor lay bleeding on the floor.

Chloe caught Fay when she almost fell. “Fay!! What’s wrong?”

Fay bit her lips. “Oh, no…not again…”

Chloe’s eyes widened. “You mean…”

Fay nodded grimly.

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Somewhere on the road, inside a small clinic

“You lied to me!!” Adam yelled at the doctor.

“Easy, Mr. Riffler, just put the gun down…” The doctor tried to coax the upset man.

“You said she would be alright if she had the medicine!!”

“Mr. Riffler…”

“Shut up, you lying bastard!! My daughter had died!! You said the medicine will prolong her life and relieve her of pain!!”

“I don’t know what to…”

“My daughter is suffering… She was screaming to make the pain stop… She was crying…calling out to me…” Adam said tearfully. “You lied to me!! You are the reason she died!!”

“Mr. Riffler, please, there is still a way…”

“She died!! You can’t bring her back to life!! Now you die too!!”

“No, please, I know someone who ca…”

Fay and Chloe entered the clinic followed by Adam’s wife.

“Mr. Riffler, don’t!!” Fay yelled out.

“Adam, stop!! What the hell you’re doing?” Adam’s wife yelled.

“Mr. Riffler, please put down the gun…” Chloe said.

“He kills our daughter!!” Adam yelled, still pointing his gun toward the frightened doctor.

“Mr. Riffler, don’t do this. You are not a killer. Even if you kill this man, your daughter is not coming back…” Fay replied.

“Listen to her!!” Chloe begged.

“Who are you girls actually? How did you know I would be here? How did you kept appearing everywhere I go?!” Adam demanded.

Fay and Chloe exchanged a look.

“Please, Mr. Riffler, just put down the gun then we can all talk…” Chloe said.

“Yes, please listen to them…” The doctor begged.

“Shut up, you bastard!!” Adam yelled at the doctor.

“Mr. Riffler, please calm down. You will regret this day if you kill that man…” Chloe said. “Don’t let our effort to save you go to waste…”

“Save me? Save me from what?” Adam demanded.

“From yourself.” Fay replied. “We’re supposed to help you…”

“Who told you to help me?” Adam asked.

“I have a vision…” Fay finally said. “I saw what happened before it happen. I saw you tried to rob a woman a few days ago but you ended up kill her. I saw you tried to rob a store and kill the owner. I saw you threaten Chloe and you ended up dead. I’m supposed to stop all of that from happening. I think I am supposed to help you…from doing the wrong thing and kept you alive…”

“W-what?” Adam didn’t believe her. “Is this some kind of joke? You’re telling me that you’re a psychic and…and… I don’t believe you. You are just trying to save this bastard!!”

“I know it’s hard to believe, but it is true!!” Fay yelled. “How do you think I know that you would be here?”

Adam look hesitated now. “If that’s true, why didn’t you save my daughter?”

“I don’t know either. I wish I could…” Fay said honestly. She looked sad. “We tried…”

“You did…” Mrs. Riffler said. “You helped us to get money to buy the medicine…”

“The medicine which he said will save our daughter!!” Adam yelled again.

“It supposed to…” The doctor finally said. “But, I guess by the time you purchase it, it was too late for your daughter…”

Adam glared at the doctor. “So you’re telling me that it was my fault? If I had that medicine earlier, she would have been…” He looks faltered. “Oh my God, it was my fault…” He pointed his gun toward his own head. “I was a bad father… It was my fault…” He started to mumble unclear.

Everyone’s eyes widened in this sudden turn of event.

“Adam, no!!” Mrs. Riffler yelled.

“Oh my God!!” Chloe put her hands over her mouth.

“No!!” Fay yelled. “Mr. Riffler, wait!” she called out. “Don't do this...please. I would never forgive myself if you did.” She felt guilty because she thought it was because she kept interfering with Adam’s plan days ago that his daughter hadn’t gotten much sooner help from the medicine and now she had died.

Adam stared at Fay in confusion.

“Please, your wife needs you. She had lost a child; don’t let her lose her husband too. She needs you. And…you can’t go like this. Your daughter wouldn’t want you to.” Fay said coaxingly.

“Adam…” Mrs. Rifller sobbed. “Please, listen to her… I do need you…”

Adam finally let go of the gun to everyone’s relief.

At the time, two policemen entered the clinic and capture Adam for attempted murder.

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Later that night, as Fay and Chloe closing down the cafeteria, Chloe asked her friend, “So are you going to speak or what?”

“What?” Fay asked as they went to the back of the kitchen to grab their jackets.

“You know, about today? What was that all about? Don’t tell me that you felt guilty of the death of Adam’s daughter…” Chloe asked as they both wore the jackets.

Fay turned off all the light and opened the back door of the cafeteria. As they got out, she locked it and then turned to Chloe. “You heard what he said… If he had gotten the medicine much earlier, he would have been able to save…”

“You don’t know that! For all we know, it was already way too late for her even before you started to have visions of him…” Chloe said.

“I don’t know, maybe you’re right…” Fay sighed as she put the keys on her jacket’s pocket and walked together with Chloe. “But it just…I feel like I should be able to do more for them…”

“You did all you can to help out, Fay, I think it’s enough…” Chloe said.

“Yeah, maybe…”

“Believe me, maybe, it was simply her time…”

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Inside the clinic

The Doctor called Walsh Penn sat on his office that night. He was on the phone with certain someone. “Yeah, well, I guess I failed this time. The Riffler case is a goner…even after I put all the trouble to poison their daughter…” he said on the speaker on the other side of the line. In his hand, there is a map and pictures of Riffler’s family. “Yeah, I guess I should move out of the town, the man had made too much ruckus for me to get my job done…”

After a while, he put down the phone and leaned on his chair while observing the map in his hand. He lit up a lighter and set the file on fire. He then threw it on a garbage can near him ad watched as the fire destroyed the evidence of whatever he had done to Riffler’s family.

Dr. Penn smirked evilly. “Too bad, he could have made a good akuma… Oh, well, next time I will find some more suitable targets…”

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Cassiel Lorna

Edited by Moth - October 01, 2008