BREANA’S POV “We still haven’t gone to that place.” Sunny’s voice interrupted as I was trying to make sense of what Alex might have been meaning to say in her cryptic messages to Ari and Sunny and why am I not been told anything. “Where?” Ari asks Sunny as I look up. “Xerxes’ bar.” My eyes widen in realization. The look we gave each other signals our collective agreement to go the place and so we did. We immediately asked the staff for their manager. “Is there any problem? Maybe we could help you out first instead of calling the manager.” The male staff suggested. He gave us a plastered wide fake smile on his face, trying to be as welcoming but failing to do so. He must be new. “No. We just need to talk to your manager. We know him.” Sunny expressed in a hurry. The guy looked a

