A second chance

Experiments

I wake up the next day with my stomach growling. Shame there's no food in the house alongside talking about the fact that we hadn't seen Chase for a week, grocery shopping was one of the last things that we talked about....

-No need for that- says a voice near the door- I was thinking for our next temporary residence we could try somewhere where people won't ask a ton of questions.

-People are always asking a ton of questions- I point out

-True, but if we stay at the right place, we can practice our powers and have a roof under our heads in the meantime

-That sounds too good to be true, where are we gonna find a place like that? -there's no way we can get away with that

-Maybe, maybe not, I have an idea of how to get in there, whether it'll work or not it's a whole different story

-Ok, so where's this magical place that will basically let us do whatever the f**k we want?

-San Roque, yes the asylum

I can't help to laugh, seems oddly fitting, but how....

-I have an idea for the how to get in part, but first we're gonna do a small experiment, how much money do you have?

I look into my sad wallet, the part time jobs that me and Kay use to have before the world went to s**t payed just enough to get the bare necessities, mom's job used to cover for the utilities, we could have made enough for rent too and maybe more if at least one of us would work full time and also if neither mom or Kay would let Chase take some of the money they made, granted he could come with this big promises of how things would change soon, but then they never did. That last conversation we were having seemed like finally everybody was fed up with him, mom was even talking about moving to a different place and leave him the divorce papers on the table. I was thinking about getting a full-time job to help out with a lawyer, because he is a leech, he wouldn't let go that easily or that cheap.

I pull a lonely bill from my wallet; he also pulls a lonely bill from his wallet.

-Well between our fortunes we can get a pretty decent meal, so even if my experiment doesn't work out, we can still pay for our food.

I'm glad that despite de fact that we probably could we're both on the same page of not hurting anybody that doesn't deserve it.

-Oh yeah, that reminds me- he says and pulls a beautiful diadem... wait.... - I took the liberty of combining that emerald necklace you had with this, I can put it back the way it was if you don't like it.

Mom's necklace it's now fusioned with the diadem giving it a sorta boho kinda deal, very beautiful. I can see Osmar smiling as he's reading my thoughts, so I stretched my hand ready for some privacy in my head, he understands immediately and hands it over, once I put it on, I smile for my privacy. But then a question crosses my head

-So if you put this on does it do anything for you?

-Yeah- he replies as he walks away, seems to me he remembers something painful, for a second I think that's all he's gonna answer, but then he continues- If I put it on it blocks me from reading anybody, usually I can read anybody's mind within like half a mile, still I'm able to block people if I only focus on one or two which helps my sanity, it's pretty exhausting at times to have a lot of unwanted boxes , so if you don't mind I would love to ask for that thing borrowed every so often

-It'll still look better on me- we smirk and then the sound of my stomach reminds us that we need to eat- Ready?

We get to a cozy dinner, pancakes sound so good right now, some steak too.

As we sit down, I see Osmar looking around and sighs in relief

-What? - I ask him

-Are you always this nosy?

-Yes, you've been in my head, you should now that by now

-True, but one can always hope

-Waste of time- that comment comes out a little harsher than expected, I shrug, and he doesn't push it- So...

-Fine, fine if yo really MUST know, I was originally planning on getting our waitress to comp our meal- he sees that I'm about to protest but he stops me- I know not my brigthest first idea, if it came to that we were gonna pay it back, but there's a couple 3 tables away from us, it's the first date, probably the last since it's not going well at all, he is a dickhead and even though she went out with him because she thought he had money and he drove them here she is waiting for any excuse to leave, my guess is that she was trying to excuse herself to go to the bathroom and make a run for it, but there are no windows in that bathroom and he can see her leaving.

-The dilemma indeed- my voice filled with sarcasm- end?

-Yeah, yeah, I know none of our business, but what if I tell you that: 1.- He has her phone, purse and keeps making any kind of excuses to not give it back, granted she could be more stern and demand it back but still, 2.- he has no intentions of taking her back to her place, he wants to take her to his house, 3.- Mimosas have been flowing somewhat often, she's lost count of how many she's had by now.

Ok...even if I despise gold diggers that still sounds very shitty to me, Osmar seems to already have a plan of action

-So, this guy DOES have the money to pay their bill and ours and then a lot more, he's just a cheap f**k, now there's a small family 5 tables away from us, a single mom with her two kids, they only eat out very rare, money is very tight, so my experiment is to get dickhead to pay for all of our meals, and let her go, ideally she'll take the chance and go, not be stupid and try to ride back with him, ideally,

-Ideally, ok, I like the plan. let's order!

After we were done eating, I watched as our meal benefactor payed his bill, our bill and the families meal, seeing the happy face of the mom stir mixed feelings in me, some of happiness for her and her children, and a lot of sadness.

The gold digger actually took the bait and as soon as he got up she took her purse and was already on the phone with one of I assume her friends before she even reached the exit.

The family thanked him and left, I wanted to stay to see what his reaction would be once he realized what just had happened.

After a minute of staring into emptiness he shook his head and looked around, confused, then when he asked the waitress about the girl he came in with, neither one of them saw her leaving, so they just assumed that she went to the bathroom. After 10 minutes or so he got up pretty annoyed heading to the bathroom.

I was already getting bored so I looked at Osmar as I got up to leave, he looked at me not getting up.

-I think we need to stay a little bit longer, things are about to get pretty ugly

-Cops? I don't do cops- I look at him, I've never trusted them, they were quick to take a bribe and go

-No, obviously not cops

I sti down again, right then the guy comes back from the bathrooms cussing every female in the world

We see somo of the waitresses are staring at him and it seems at least for a second that he's about to insult them too when he stops, pulls his wallet out and leaves them a pretty fat tip, apologizes for his burst and leaves. All of them laugh in confusion but since they got a good tip and he's gone they'll forget him soon.

-Ok now I'm ready-Osmar gets up and we leave that place

Once we're outside, we still see the creepy guy, staring at his wallet absolutely confused on what just happened

-He was somewhat aware of what he was doing, but with no control over it, so because of the fact that he's an asshole he wants to go back to the diner and demand his money back, but because in a way he knows that he "willingly" gave them the money, he can't really do anything, they got cameras in there too. He's jus standing there not because he is unsure of what happened but because to him it feels like leaving with his tail between his legs, he's got no money and didn't got laid either

-The world is a sad place indeed- I reply as I walk away from that scene- so I assume that all these experiments are just ways that you're trying to feel the reach of your power, huh?

-True, but I did something nice for somebody else too besides screwing over some dickhead, so it's a win-win all across the board- he smiles as he says that- you also need to experiment with yours, I have the feeling that you're only scratching the surface of your own powers.

-Oh well if only there was somewhere were I could practice with no interference- I say as I dance around, going in circles around people staring

-Yeah- he says laughing for my no f***s given to the people staring-if only.