THREE
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There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. All you have to do is turn around and say 'watch me'~ROLEX
Artemis...
"What? "Ariel asked shocked.
"I'm sorry but frenardo, he's------"
And then she burst into tears.
We both hugged her while my heart was thumping loudly in my chest.
When she had calmed down, she sniffed and then dabbed her eyes before letting out a humorless laugh.
"Im sorry. Frenardo has a tumor. A brain tumor. We need about a hundred million for his surgery. We only have about seventy five already. We sold everything except this diner but when it got worse, his brain tumor I mean, I had no other choice but to sell it out. I'm sorry"
Her eyes filled up immediately.
"It's okay Aunt, we'll find another job. You have nothing to worry about" said Ariel patting Aunt's back.
Another job?
That sounded foreign even to my ears.
There were only two diners here in butterfield.
This one and Louis Claires'. We had shopping malls and other places but I didn't get to finish high school so I don't know anything about accounting or any other thing except cooking, cleaning and baking.
Now that the diners going to be sold, we were surely going to be thrown on the streets if we didn't pay the rent for this month.
"Arty?"
I looked up to see Ariel watching me like hawk.
"Yes?" I answered my voice barely above a whisper.
"Aunt wants us to move to boom town. She has a friend there who owns a diner and is offering us a job. There's also an apartment there. So do you want us to work there?"
"Yes" I replied immediately.
How can she ask that type of question?
And slowly, Aunt's face lit up like a kid in a candy store with two thousand dollars squeezed up in his hands.
**********
"Why aren't you helping me? Aunt will be back ----"
"tomorrow. Nothing to worry about" Ariel said her eyes still glued to the screen of her old laptop.
I kept on folding the clothes and arranging them in the large suitcase that Aunt bought for us.
"Oh my. Boomtown sure sounds fun" Ariel said before looking up at me, smiling.
I sighed before grabbing our shoes and keeping them in our suitcase.
"I'll read it out loud. Boomtown is believed to be a land flowing with blood and tears. Okay, that doesn't sound fun".
I shivered at that as an image of Brody flooded my mind.
"Okayyy, Erm it also says here that boomtown has a lot of festivities and is fun in general. Though two maffia clans may live there, they came to a conclusion that a certain week will be kept aside for their fights since then boomtown has been peaceful" said Ariel looking up at me.
I gulped and then managed a smile.
"Well that's all" said Ariel tapping furiously on her laptop.
That doesn't seem like 'that's all'
"What are you doing?"
"There's no single pic of them" Ariel grunted in disapproval.
I laughed.
"Someone is madddd"
Ariel glared at me before turning her attention back to the laptop in front of her.
"Leaves me with one other option" said Ariel before smiling smugly at me.
"Oh come on. I thought we're over this"
"We are. I'm just curious. Come on we might bump into them and we won't even know"
I sighed.
"Pretty please" said Ariel popping her eyes out and then jutted her lower lip out.
"Fine but this is the last time"
"Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!" said Ariel jumping before hugging me.
She settled down and began to tap the keys almost forming a rhythm.
I can't believe I'm letting her hack someone's life again.
But this is the last time.
I sat beside her and glanced at the screen only finding numbers.
How do people do this??
"Almost there... "
My heart beat stopped.
She was faster now.
"And... Yes, I got it"
I sighed happily.
"And I blocked our contacts, location and every other important thing about us"
"So, what's next?"
"We play a game" said Ariel her eyes gleaming.
"What type of game?"
She smiled before bringing both our phones out.
I gasped.
"Are you crazy?"
"Maybe" she said smiling.
"Come on, Let's play" Ariel said mimicking the sacred Riana's voice.
I gulped.
Not this again.
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