The Next Step

Renata jumped out of the car and walked straight into the building. Without talking to anyone, she walked into her room.

“Ren!” said Hazel but she ignored her. “Um… what happened?” she asked.

“Oh! How to begin. So many things happened,” sighed Vicktor.

“But why is she angry, again?” asked Hazel.

“That would be because of Michel,” said Kubo.

“What?” everyone shouted at once. “What do you mean?” asked Severino.

“He was there, again!” said Cheng.

“But how?” asked Sameeksha.

“Don’t ask me,” said Cheng.

“How does he know where she would be?” asked Valentina.

Vicktor shrugged as he had no answer. “Only he knows that. And Fanasi gets violent when she sees him so no one can ask him any questions.”

“And yet again he saved her life,” said Vicktor.

“How?” asked Ambrosia.

“We didn’t have any guns, but Masayuki was loaded with them. He even pointed one at her temple. Well, she overtook him in an instant but Michel forced everyone to put their guns down. And when he heard that Tikhon wa