Chapter 168

Damion has been following Carl stealthily for over ten minutes now. He has walked away from the museum and seems to be walking back to the place they had met him and Luther today. Damion wonders if Luther would be waiting there for him, though Carl does not seem to have contacted him. He hadn’t called him, at least. Maybe he had sent a text, and Damion had missed it. But why go back there? He could simply climb up the hill and go home. The car wouldn’t take him there anyway. Once they have walked, jogged, and jumped for over twenty minutes, Carl finally reaches the spot. As there is an open field around, Damion cannot get much nearer, so he hides behind a tree that is closest to Carl and observes him carefully.

Carl took out his phone and called someone. Damion focuses all his attention on hearing what he is saying.

“I am here,” Carl says. “Where are you?”

“Almost there.”

Damion hears a faint voice from the other side. It most probably is Luther, and sure enough because now he can see