I was awakened by the sound of drops falling in the drip tube. I opened my eyes… it felt like déjà vu… the same bright lights I saw in Samuel’s clinic. Only this time, there was no Samuel with me, and the air in the room felt much colder and hostile. Nevertheless there was only one thought in my mind, “I’m alive!”, nothing mattered more than that.
Some nurse noticed that I opened my eyes and called for the doctor.
I spent almost an hour of sitting and staring at the table where I put the mysterious device. I assumed it was some kind of unknown to me, spying equipment. I couldn’t help but to wonder if it was connected to Wang Hiro. Did I already have it when I went to a meeting with Liu Wei? Or maybe it was my rescuer at the warehouse who planted it?Inside my mind I tried to find some argument letting me believe that this black object wasn’
I stood petrified for few second.“Have I seen correctly? Has the tracker been activated?!” tons of hectic thought came into my mind. I even thought that maybe I should chase down stairs and ask Travis about it.“Good evening, neighbor!” a familiar voice called.
Once I closed my apartment door all my anxieties came back. All the thoughts that were hiding deep my head since the other day, now came to the surface making my whole body tremble.“Have I seen correctly? Has the tracker been reactivated? But… Travis would surely noticed that the tracker is turned on again…”I decided to text him, just to make sure it was only my fear making me see things that weren’t happening
I was the only device I found that evening. Maybe I should think that it was fortunate but it still made me collapse on the sofa. I held the round object in my hand, I stared at it blankly. While after that I finally gathered myself to use Travis’s anti-bug to at least find out what was that thing.The screen showed that it was a listening device, and I could automatically give access to any equipment using Wi-Fi. I pressed the option that disabled the bug and laughed hysterically.
The next morning I still couldn’t recover from reading Simon’s book. From the beginning I thought of him as a well-mannered romantic type. Could I be seriously misjudging him?“Ana, give it a break! You are confusing Simon with the book character that he created! This doesn’t change anything, and it obviously shouldn’t change the way you think of Simon!” I tried to keep calm, and be reasonable.It was true t
I followed Ellen to a banquet hall, there were already many people waiting for Simon to come. All the waiters were running around filling the buffet with delicious looking appetizers and snacks. One of the waiters brought Ellen and me a glass of champagne. Finally Simon appeared at the hall entrance, everyone gave him a round of applause.“Thank you for coming to my humble event…” he started his speech elegantly bowing at the waist, and making the crowd cheer and laugh.
Simon’s pressed his lips on mine. They were hot. He began gently caressing my lips moving them until he slipped his tongue in my mouth. A sweet and warm sensation flooded my body. I couldn’t tell when I returned the kiss. My body moved on its own. It took me a while to realize what is happening… but I didn’t pushed him away. Instead, I slowly pulled back my head to break away from his grip.My lips were still tingling from the kiss. Unconsciously I touched them with my fingers to ease this burning feeling. I raised my head up and gazed at Simon. His sight was warm and passionate.
I walked to my apartment on weak, shaking legs, and fell on the couch. My heart was still beating furiously fast, and there were goose bumps all over my body.“What was that?! Why would he react that way?!” I couldn’t find any sense in his actions.Then I started to wonder how long he stood outside the building entrance.