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10. The Assignment
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Threads of Betrayal 11. My Alarm
Alarm sucks And I mean they suck. Why? Because they wake you up, especially when you don't want to be woken up. The loud, incessant wail of my alarm pierced through the silence, jolting me awake. The shrill sound echoed off the walls, sending waves of panic throughout my body. Its urgency demanded attention, sounding like a warning of impending danger. The blaring noise continued relentlessly, like a persistent presence that refused to be ignored. Its piercing intensity would not rest until its purpose was fulfilled. I groaned, blindly at my bedside table, trying to locate my stupid alarm clock, so I could throw it into the burning pits of Hell. Turns out Ary decided to buy me an Alarm since I'm not a morning person and I've been going late to work that day so to avoid getting fired she bought me an alarm. Even though the alarm is old because she couldn't afford a new one of course... Its tick-tock sound was rhythmic, almost soothing, as it kept time with the steady
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 12. Ember
The morning activity in Ember is always infused with an air of anticipation and preparation as the staff gears up for a busy day of serving patrons. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee and sizzling bacon fills the air, lending a warm and inviting ambience. The staff, dressed in crisp uniforms, move around with a sense of purpose, readying tables, countertops, and chairs for customers. Chefs bustle in the kitchen, preparing ingredients for the day's menu items, and ensuring that everything is in place for a successful service. The sound of clinking cutlery and low murmurs of conversation from early diners add to the bustle and energy of the morning. I made my way to the closet to change into my work outfit. Kyle is already at the reception managing the wait list and directing guests to their tables. Using that as an excuse I walk towards the kitchen section to see how Kira is doing. As I opened the door, I dived into an aroma of delicious dishes mingling together, tantalizing my senses a
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 13. The Fight
Kyle is a short guy with blonde hair with a petite figure that exudes a youthful energy and charm. His hair is a bright blonde shade, catching the light and adding a sun-kissed glow to his overall appearance. Though his height may be on the shorter side, he makes up for it with a confident and easy-going demeanor. His eyes, which are a piercing shade of brown, sparkle with warmth and cheerfulness. He has a well-groomed appearance, with a clean-shaven face and styled hair that frames his face in a flattering way. Despite his small stature, he moves with fluid grace and confidence, as if he is comfortable in his skin and unafraid to command attention when he enters a room. He has been my friend ever since I resumed. Kyle and Kira are the first friends I made in Ember. Kira was the one who approached me first when I was lost in the restaurant, I couldn't figure out what to do since I was new to the place, the boss only dropped me at the restaurant and told me that was where I would be wo
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 14. It's a prank
Sighing, I stopped a bus. I could take the bus because I'm way too exhausted to walk home and it's getting late already. I didn't wanna risk anything right now... I'm not even in the mood to do so. I entered the bus and was able to sit at the window side of the bus, so I got to see the views as we moved, and that made me forget all my worries for some minutes before reality hit me again when the bus halted at my stop. I paid the driver and headed straight home. The key was still under the doormat, which was strange; Ary should be home by now... she's been coming home really late and leaving early for work, which is starting to get weird. She's got some explanations to do when she's back. I'm so waiting for her till she's home this time. I flanged my backpack on the couch and sat down tiredly on the sofa. A few minutes later, I heard knocking on the door. Hoping it would be Ary, I stood up to open the door and see who it was. I opened the door only to be caught off guard. "What are yo
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 15. My Mum
"Early to sleep, early to rise, Kira... but that's not stopping me from playing anyway," I said. I went over to my wardrobe and brought out my mom's Scrabble for us to play. "Oh didn't know you have Scrabble in here" "Yeah, it's some of my mum's stuff I was able to pick before I was chased out." "Oh" "Forget about that, let's play," I said and sat down, folded my legs, and spread out the Scrabble sheet. "Hey Kira" I called out to her "Yes what up," she said as she started playing on the scrabble "That's a 20 for me," I said before I continued talking "Yeah.. so as I was saying..is there anything going on between you and Kyle that you're hiding from me?" "What? Kyle? And me? " "Yeah I just asked what's going on between you and Kyle" "There's absolutely nothing going on between me and Kyle..does it look like something is going on between us?" She said and she played WEREWOLF on Scrabble which earned her a ninety "Well that much I'm losing already..how do you even know how t
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 16. I thought I was gonna get killed
"Nope I don't care who he is, it's late, I'm alone so let's just play it safe," I said to myself and I decided to head back home but I saw that he was getting up already I guess he regained his strength again but I noticed he's looking over to my side and looks like he's coming over "Oh my God" I muttered under my breath and turned back, cause if he was following me I better not lead him to my house so I started increasing my walking pace but it looked like he wasn't giving up either and he was about to catch up with me but nah all those training in high school won't go to waste and I started increasing my speed. "Hey wait up" I heard the guy say "Oh you wish" I muttered but kept increasing my pace and he was doing the same too "Oh my God, help me all I wanted was a goddamn night walk not to get myself killed" "Gosh I should have at least taken peanut with me what the hell was I thinking, I just hoped I didn't get lost this time and I couldn't even try to go back home, that's
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 17. Nice work Diana
"Hey, hey, hey, you don't joke with a knife, okay?" He said fear was written all over his face "Err I thought I said it can't kill," I said smirking and lowering the knife a bit "Can you ever take the slightest joke? Huh?" "Well I don't joke when it comes to life," I said taking the knife off his neck completely and we continued walking "I was just kidding, not that you should kill me with that," He said checking his neck to see if there was a cut or something "C'mon you're good I didn't cut you okay," I said smiling "Hmm... I see that" he said giving me a weird look I just nodded my head and smiled a little "That was a joke you know" "Of course I know and that was what I was doing too playing with you," I said smirking "With a knife? That's an expensive one" "Oops looks like someone was scared" "Nice brave work Diana," I said giving myself a heads-up "No, I was not," He said, smiling too... "What you staring at" He said snapping me out "Nothing," I said and concentrated
Last Updated : 2024-11-23Threads of Betrayal 18. I took him to a beach
"Yeah just one sentence" "Well, that's huge, but okay, let's see... I'd say It's been full of various experiences" "Hmm that's nice "full of experiences" I'll take that" "Here we are," I said and showed him the beach "Did you call this place special?" He said "Um yeah" I replied "I've been here countless number of times...it's not special it's just a beach," He said smiling "Oh wow... I thought you said a while back that you don't know what's up again" I asked "Yeah about that. I know about every nook and cranny of Hawthorne, that was just to make you take a stroll with me" he said "So you lied," I said laughing "Hmm not really," He said while I just shook my head " Well, I guess you do know your way around then," I said "So let's see what we have here," I said, looking for how we would enter. "But it's locked how do we get in" He said "Yeah locked but not for me," I said,d chuckled, and went to check out if the fence was still twang "Nice," I said and started c
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Threads of Betrayal 50. Cranky Boss
Bianca and Kira"Annoying brat," Kira said'C'mon Kira stop it now' Bianca told her"Yeah whatever""And by the way where do you guys work" Bianca asked"Not really somewhere big and it is not small either it's you know there""So where exactly" Bianca asked"Some restaurants like I don't know maybe three or four miles from here" Kira replied"And do they pay you guys well I mean well as in enough for your upkeep" Bianca asked"Yeah not really that much but at least it is better than none" Kira answered"Hmm and your boss is not that cranky cuz I know some boss can be crazy sometimes" She asked laughing a lil"Cranky cranky is an understatement that man or guy or whatever he is he is a wizard trust me" Kira also said laughing"I see it's a "he," She said nodding"Yup""And he is a wizard," Bianca said"Yeah not like a wizard I was just you know trying to qualify his attitude and all" Kira replied"Yes, I understand," Bianca said laughing "I just wish it is not all bosses that is ours
Threads of Betrayal 49. Pancakes
"Errm yeah," Kira said"No that's not possible we don't have any of this stuff in here well except for flour Ary always made sure we don't run out of any very important," I said"You mean all these things?" Bianca said opening a freezer that was locked behind a door that I'm sure I've never seen in my whole life I've been with Ary and my mouth opened wide in surprise"I can't believe Ary has all this in the house while I starve most of the time and eat sandwiches like there's no tomorrow or probably some stolen foods I got from the restaurant while we have good stuffs in the house" I said in my mind"But where did she get all of these good foods from? Did she rob a supermarket? I said in my mind""And what if I told you guys I never saw all these since I've been living here?" I said still staring at the fridge"What?" I hear Bianca say"Yup," I said and closed back the fridge"So you mean you don't know all these things exist in your kitchen?" Bianca asked"You don't wanna know" I sai
Threads of Betrayal 48. All these in our kitchen
"I'll be patiently waiting for ma'am and you can as well break the door too since that's your plan" she shouted so I could hear her but I ignored I entered the bathroom and turned on the shower to see if I was good to go but there was no water again, sighing I went to the backyard and fetch myself some water shortly after I entered the room and placed the water in the bathroom I left the bathroom and entered my room to get undressed"Man it's so hard pouring water on one's body these days," I said and scratched my head, after some seconds of thinking I opened my wardrobe to pick another towel to tie thankfully I had an extra I could use if not I would have to come out dripping with water from the bathroom I decided to play some songs before I entered the bathroom since it's been a while I heard some so I decided to play Girl in the mirror by Bebe Rexha"Good," I said and tapped on the song 🎵🎶 "I'm tired of my thoughts They weigh me down, feels like I'm drowning I'm tired of my f
Threads of Betrayal 47. Bianca is staying
"Diana where are you" I hear Bianca call out to me and I hurriedly closed the wooden cover and went outside to meet her"Hey Bianca what's up," I said and she turned to face me"Oh yeah where were you been looking for ya" she said"Still in the house all good?" I asked"Yeah just curious since I couldn't find you anything much" She said and we sat down"Yeah being wanting to ask hole you're good staying here I mean you know my life hasn't always been like this so if you're not comfortable with anything you can tell me I'll try my best to make it happen," I said to her"Are you kidding Diana it's cool here yeah it's not all fancy and all the expensive stuffs are not here for you, not the house nor the expensive stuffs and I know it's all for a small period of time it will all get better soon I know it?" Bianca said holding my shoulder and giving me a reassuring smile "Aww thanks, Bianca," I said and smiled at her then pulled her into a hug to hide my teary eyes "It's okay Diana every
Threads of Betrayal 46. I entered Ary's room
Diana POV"Geez" I can't believe I almost injured myself with the door. Thank goodness she didn't see that after I left the room I went straight to the living room and sat down for a minute. Shortly after I decided to go check up on Ary in her room and maybe tell her about what happened yesterday depending on the situation I met her in"Oh God, I still feel sleepy; I don't know why Kira woke me up," I said and walked sluggishly to her room. "Knock knock" I knocked on her door yawning but there was no reply"Maybe she's still sleeping" I concluded and left the door"Wait a minute, didn't Bianca say it was afternoon already? It's not possible she's still sleeping" I said and turned back to her room"No no wait, what is she's sleeping I might end up disturbing her sleep and she's not going to spare me if I did" I said and turned back again fearing her scolding"Just a check won't hurt not that I'm going to make any noise or anything," I said to myself and then summoned the courage to wa
Threads of Betrayal 45. Kira
Kira POV"Are you awake yet?" I asked Bianca who seemed to be half awake but I didn't get a response"I guess not," I said sighing I kept looking up with my hands folded to the back of my head staring at the ceilings "I'm awake" I hear Bianca say tiredly"Argh Finally someone is awake you guys were sleeping like you're not going to wake up again " I lamented out of anger"We were just really tired Kira, but how come you are awake so early in the morning?" Bianca asked rubbing her eyes with the back of her palm like she still wanted to go back to sleep only if she knew what the time says"Early, you say. Do you know what the time is? But I guess not" I asked"10 o'clock maybe?" She asked"Oh you wish it's fucking twelve already" I said rolling my eyes"Oh my goodness, I can't believe I slept that long and I haven't eaten," She said and held her grumbling tummy"We slept late so that's worth the sleep," I told her"Since when have you been awake?" She asked"I don't know, eleven, maybe
Threads of Betrayal 44. Mysterious release from jail
"What?" I said "fuck I wasn't expecting that," I said in my mind"Yeah we didn't do anything" Elliot said in our defense"You tell that when we get to our office," He said and took us to the car we tried explaining to him that we didn't do anything but he wasn't listening looks like it was a bad day for him and it Elliot's involvement wasn't helping looks like he was already on their bad side so it made things a lil bit worse. And that was how we ended up at the police station"Whoa," Kira said"Good thing it's all settled now," Bianca said"Yup glad it did" I said"But how did Ary's purse end up with her?" Bianca asked"That's what I don't understand," I said"But Ary said her purse was stolen," Kira said"But she doesn't look like someone from the street," I said"Or maybe she's a godmother or what else will she be doing with a stolen purse"Kira said"She might be the one that stole it and ended up in some bad stuffs that led to her death since Ary didn't really see who stole it we
Threads of Betrayal 43. Bursted
"What do you mean that's Ari's name" He also asked surprised"Yeah Ary Ariah," I said"But this doesn't make sense," I said"Yeah, but the cop did say they found two ID cards in the purse, though, so we don't know who is who", he said while I just nodded and continued searching this time thoroughly for more reasons why I needed to find some information about the body. After some moments I found a file which I guess belonged to the case so I dusted it and brought it out"I think I found something," I said and placed the file on a table I brought out the papers and checked out what was insideFace Identified: Sarah JordanMarital status: unknownFather: unknownMother: unknownSiblings: 1Husband: Not marriedChildren: nillHeight: 5'6Death type: Homicide"Come take a look at this El" I called out to him"What's that" he said and came over to where I was and also read through the file"Looks like they found out who she was already but how could they have found out so much information s
Threads of Betrayal 42. Ary lost her purse
"Did you say one of you was arrested?" She said again and I was shocked to see her "thought she went to sleep already," I said in my mind because I wasn't planning to tell her anything"No none of us got arrested we were just talking about the movie we saw on her way back" Kira lied"You guys went out to see a movie?" She asked surprised"Yeah Bianca's treat" She lied again"Yup it's my treat" Bianca said shooting daggers through her eyes at Kira"Oh, that's nice. I see you guys are enjoying yourself; just be careful out there," she said. "Yes ma'am" Bianca replied"I thought you already went to bed," I said to her and as well finishing up the dishes"Yeah came out cause I needed water" she said showing me the glass of water she had in her hand and then gulping it down her throat"I was about to drink when I heard something about jail stuff so I was scared," She said"Oh," I said and chuckled"Well I'm done here too," I said signalling to the girls to let go back to my room"Oh good
