CHAPTER 3

Felix had been staying in New York for a week now. He decided to spend the first week there touring the town, enjoying the street foods and he even attempted a theater show one day. He was returning from the cinemas on evening with a friend he had made when he arrived in New York. Adam had helped Felix around the city and after that, the two had gotten close. As they walked down the busy streets, something caught Felix's attention. A man was hurrying to him. Felix was new in New York and he didn't think anyone would no him, so he tried to pay attention to other things, he moved his eyes to the floor, walking whole listening to Adam tell him a story from one of his mountain adventures.

"Hello." The man who had gotten to Felix side, stopped and waved to get their attention. "Hi, can I please have a moment of your time?"

Felix was going to refuse, but because of how kind the man sounded, he nodded his head instead. "Sure, what's it about?" The man smiled gratefully. "I hope we didn't do anything wrong." With how uniformly the man was dressed, Felix feared that he might be a cop.

"No, no." He waved his hand quickly, dismissing the thought. "I'm not a cop. I just wanted to invite you to this." He stretched his arm forward, handing him a paper. "Would you be interested in coming for the charity event? It's to-"

He was cut off by Adam. "Oh please, would you give him a break? And why him out of the hundreds of people around. God help the poor, but what makes you think we also aren't poor." This cast a sad look on the man's face.

"Adam!" Kevin scolded before taking the paper from the man. "Sure I'll try to come, thank you.".

The man smiled brightly. "Thank you." He gave a little bow and hurried away. Adam looked at Kevin with a face of disapproval, his eyes said it all. Kevin rolled his eyes and continued walking while Adam followed.

Adam was the only one who knew of Kevin's status and it wasn't because Kevin had told him, It turns out Adam had paid a visit to their town, and that's how he knew Kevin was a Prince. "It wouldn't hurt Adam, wipe that look off your face."

"What look?" Adam stole a glance at him. "I don't have any look on your face. Aren't you suspicious?"

Kevin threw his head back laughing. "Suspicious? For a man trying to get awareness for a charity event?"

"You don't even know him. Why you out of everyone else? You didn't ask that. Trust me, I've watch too many movies, I've seen too many scenes-"

"Yeah but this isn't one of your movies Adam, this is reality where coincidence happen and there doesn't have to be a big mystery behind it."

"If you say so," Adam mumbled and they continued on their journey.

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The next day was the event. Kevin would have loved to go with Adam, but his friend had something to take care of at his office, Adam worked as an IT in a big company. So, Kevin had gone alone, though he would have really loved to have Adam by his side. He was still new to the foreign country, and sometimes felt wierd interacting with the people. Adam always made everything feel a little better. The minute he notices Kevin was lost, he would take over. The two had just been friend for weeks now but acted like they have known each other for years.

There were two men waiting at the entrance ready to welcome Kevin in, just like they need other people attending the event. When Kevin entered, the first thing he noticed was how scanty the place was, just few people were around. He frowned, looking at his watch, then at the card he had been given the other day to make sure he didn't come at the wrong time.

"You came!" A young man ran up to him. Kevin remembered that voice it was familiar. "I feared your friend would have discouraged you." Kevin remembered him now, it was the man that had invited him. "Come in, come in, I saved a special seat for you at the front."

Kevin was a bit surprised by this, Adam words rang his ears. "You didn't have to," Kevin told him. "I'll be fine anywhere."

"No, no," he insisted. "It gets a bit crowdy over here...do it for the sake of your privacy."

"I'll try," Kevin said and followed him. "By the way, what's your name again?"

"Oh, I didn't mention before. My name is Richard, Richard Jones. Nice to meet you?"

"Just call me George."