Chapter 3 Mr Varane

I woke up feeling weary and tired, I sat up slowly and grabbed my phone, no message, no missed calls, after a quick shower, my stomach rumbled and I went to the kitchen, and ate the leftover apple pie I had last night alongside my milk, seeing the carton of milk made me miss my mom, I finished my breakfast and slipped my phone into my pocket and stepped out, locking the door behind me. Dave was waiting for me in his new red bike, "Want a ride" He said and I grinned at him.

"How did you get this" I asked, Dave smiled and slapped the seat. "My uncle bought this for me and said I should be delivering the parcel with this baby here," he said and I nodded, not wanting to waste any time, Dave mounted and I mounted behind him he started the bike and soon we zoomed off the paved roads of Neonhaven, the city was bursting with activities, men, and women going about, cars speeding by, children and teens going to school, sometimes I wonder what all these people were doing right now.

"We are here," I said when I saw the familiar building I was going to be working in, Dave whistled when he saw the tall massive building. "Are you kidding me? you work here Diana? My God, we're gonna be rich soon" he said grinning and I punched him playfully "Bye Dave, I'll see you soon," I said and he nodded and winked at me, mounted his bike, and drove off. Remembering what happened yesterday made my mood sour and I stepped in, cold air-conditioned air slammed into me, as I walked in, Meera smiled in greeting and I went upstairs and went to the office I was to work in, Meera had told me Mr. Varane was not around yet. I glanced around the spacious office, and stared at the city below, my mind was threatening to go haywire anytime from the info I got, I needed to get answers, I turned to the laptop on the desk powered it on, and started researching. A knock disrupted my research and I shut down the laptop.

"Come in" I yelled and Mr Varane came in looking older, his face was gaunt and worry lines were evident on his forehead, his dark hair fell to his temples, and the only thing that hadn't changed about him was his build, he was still tall and still always wore suits. "Sorry for hanging up, yesterday" he started and I groaned, can't this man even let me get angry with him for once, I had to admit I was mad at him yesterday, yeah, for hanging up, but mostly for keeping the truth from me, letting me suffer in foster homes "Alright," I said, "But why did you hang up," I asked and he stared at me hard. "My phone was bugged, I was being monitored yesterday, and I had to change phones ten times yesterday," he said and my eyes bugged, I was tired of my shitty phone, and here was someone saying he changed phones ten times yesterday "Seriously Mr Varane?" I asked, and he smiled wrily then his expression turned serious "Believe me Diana, I had to take you from your home to a foster home to keep you safe, I had to act like you never existed to keep the tabs off you, and when the timing was right, I had to bring you back but now the enemy knows," he said and I glanced at him, trying to figure out if he was joking but he looked dammed serious. "Wait who? Who the fuck is after me and why?" I yelled, Varane stared at me sadly, he slipped out a small pack of gum, opened it, and popped some into his mouth, the smell of mint filled my nostrils sharply, "I can't say, I do have my guesses, but one person always comes to my mind," Varane said "Who? Tell me please" I begged but Varane shook his head adamantly "I will tell you when the time is right, right now you might be in jeopardy, so too much information might be dangerous to you," he said and stood up, "I should be going to my office now and you should start working right away, and stay safe.

" he straightened up his suit and walked out of the office, I let out my breath and did my graphics design for the company and submitted for review, I checked my phone and the time read, four-thirty, jeez, I had to go home now, I packed up and said bye to Mr Varane who looked busy on his computer, he only had smiled and sent me on my way, I came out and waited at the bus stop, for the bus going my way, but none seemed to be coming, after minutes of waiting, I started to feel hungry and I decided to go to a restaurant across. I ordered Pepperoni pizza and when my order came, I devoured my meal, as I was eating my attention fell on a powerfully built guy, he sat at a table slowly chewing a huge pile on steak, and when he raised his face to mine, oh God............., my knees started to buckle even while sitting, the guy was so perfect, sea green eyes, well maintained eyebrows, perfect nose and there was his mouth, his lips were well colored and was the most tempting I had ever seen in a guy, I must have been staring so long because he scowled and went back to his meal and my head got clearer, I cursed and finished the last of my pizza, the bartender brought a free bottle of water and I mentally noted the name of the restaurant, I gave a quick glance to where the handsome guy had sat but he was gone, and I sighed in relief, starting at him made my head fuzzy and gave me this light feeling, I stepped out of the restaurant and crashed into someone's back and I was sent flying back onto my ass, I closed my eyes in embarrassment and anger, I could hear some college boys and girls snickering, I opened my eyes and sure enough the person I crash into was the guy from the restaurant, "Watch where you going miss," he said, his deep voice doing strange things to my inside, this only made me madder, "Why don't move out of the way yourself, move your shit out of people's way" I yelled and slowly shut up when his eyes hardened, I wasn't normally afraid when one gets psycho, but this dude's eyes were like that of a stormy sea, his usual stoic expression scared me and I stood up and backed up slowly, " I am sorry" I quickly amended, his green eyes didn't even soften, they hardened the more and I could swear, they flashed yellow, "Better be" came his deep voice, so cold and laced with anger, I should have apologized and left but I don't know what came over me, I started to get angry at his tone, like he was the boss here, who the hell did he think he was.

"You know you should smile or laugh often," I told him, "You look like a psycho," I said "I am," he said, his expression even got fierce but I was too angry to even feel fear, he stared at me coldly, "I don't know what a cockroach-like you would be thinking, that you would not watch where you are going, good day" he stared at me and his eyes briefly became yellow, he turned on his heel and stormed off, I watched as he stormed off, leaving me wondering whether I was dreaming or not if his eyes had turned yellow. Who the hell was this guy? My phone buzzed then and I brought it out, it was a message from an unknown source I clicked on it and a single message was all I saw, it read: