Leap OF Fate

Don’t confuse your guilt with love. Justin squeezed his eyes shut. Was he just feeling guilty? Was the pain he felt in the past five years just guilt? He felt a tear drop from his eyes. Fuck her for confusing him!

He rushed out from his room but no longer saw her.

“Follow her!” he barked to his secretary, who immediately sprung to action.

Serene heaved a sigh of relief when she entered a familiar restaurant and sat on a chair. A server approached her as soon as she settled in. She gave her order from the top of her head while her eyes scanned the place. She caught sight of Joseph, Justin’s secretary from her peripheral vision.

“Can I also have the bill?” She gave a polite smile to the server and continued to search the restaurant for a familiar face. When she finally found the person she was looking for, she gave her a wink. She and Susie locked eyes and exchanged a knowing look with each other.

Susie approached her table and gave her the bill. She checked it and wrote on the receipt “I’m being followed”. She took her card and went back to the till. After a while, Susie approached her again and returned her card. She said her thanks and gave her a copy of the receipt before turning around and going back to the cash register.

on it. When she finished reading, she stuffed

in, a server also entered. A few minutes after, Serene got out of the washroom in a server’s uniform and went into the kitchen. Outside the kitchen, an Ellis Inc delivery truck waited

on with their usual delivery stops. She got off when they delivered to a restaurant close to

men he brought with him, hung around the restaurant for almost an hour from the time Serene went to

panicked and scrambled upon learning of her disappearance. They paced all over the restaurant looking for her. They have looked at every corner of the establishment but found nothing. The manager even offered to have them look at the surveillance videos. They screened each second of the video.

were in the same place

place undetected? His head throbbed thinking about the

pain she felt. She hugged them more tightly and showered more kisses on their faces. It

of the morning. Scared that they might suddenly disappear from her. They are all she had, her life source. She did not want to even imagine the scenario where she lost them, she’s not brave enough for