Fox Class?

Chapter 29

"Sweetie, what are you doing? You're going to get all dirty playing like that."

"I'm making history mum. I'm going to be the first person to leave a trail of things wherever I go. I am hiding a pen."

"Okay my little vixen but remember to dig the hole deep enough so that nobody will move it."

"All done. No one will ever find it except me."

"Come on, I made some soup for you to eat."

"Okay."

Thump! Bowls of rice are placed heavily onto the small table. Vinnie and his mum are getting ready to sit at the table. Spoons are passed around and curry is scooped into the bowls of rice. A small bowl is set in front of me. I stare at it. Everyone around me has started eating. I hesitate.

No one has ever seen me eat before. I've never eaten in front anyone. How do I do it again?

"Alluro sweet thing, just eat. We won't poison you." Vixin says sweetly.

Her voice is always so sweet and gentle. Just like Lujane's, I think. I don't know. It's not something I think about.

"Thank you, but I'm not all that hungry." I reply trying to sound apologetic.

"That's a lie. I heard your stomach growl earlier. Eat." Vincent cuts in sharply handing me my spoon.

I take the spoon from his hand and set it down beside my bowl. They both watch me with a critical eye.

"Can you not eat it?" Vixin asks.

"No, I...I can eat food, but I choose not to eat."

"Why?" Vincent questions, "you're still growing so you need to eat food."

Not really. "I find it takes time to consume food and then digest it and, in that time, I could be doing something else."

"Something else being what? Working on cars, catching bad guys, hacking systems, doing what exactly Ally? You don't seem to be that busy."

You have no idea what I am going through or what I am doing. "I am busy, just not when you think I am supposed to be busy."

"When at night. I know you are active at night, but all those guys can wait."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Your sex life can wait for you to eat food so you can get better."

"You know nothing of what I do to keep you safe and to keep myself out of trouble."

"You're not even denying that you have sex. Does Bruce know?"

"Bruce doesn't need to know what I do. He only wants to know..." I stop.

"Know what? Ally? Know what? Know where you go? Know who you really are. Some monster or some liar."

"Vincent, that wasn't very nice." Vixin says not sounding very convincing that she was disappointed in him or whatever.

He wants to know where Lujane went. Her scent is still here. Musk, pomegranate and lemon verbena. Then that means that this is...the house...the scratch...the hole...the scent.

"I'm leaving a trail of things wherever I go. I am hiding a pen." I whisper underneath my breath.

"What?"

"Bruce only wants to know where Lujane is. He doesn't want to search for her, meaning that he already has an idea of where she is. Did she stop by? Did I miss her by the slightest minute?"

I stand up slowly and walk out of the house through the door in the living room. It opens to the backyard. I was three when I hid the pen. I feel the Hellfire within me and use it to change the size of my body to the size I was when I was three. The backyard is exactly how I remember it. I walk over to the left side and count my steps. Twelve steps. I took twelve steps to the hole I dug 13 years ago. I channel Hellfire through my body and turn back to my normal size. I dig at the spot until I am covered in dirt and I find a small box. The same box I put the pen in. I open it and inside is a small piece of paper.

'From cars to houses, we all find answers we're never supposed to find.

On paper in ink, words can never be kind for they tell you less than you think.

Remember who you are and what you did all those years ago.

You think you can control what isn't yours, what's just borrowed time?

Think again.'

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This is hers. Why harsh words? To make me believe that she didn't leave them, but I can smell her on it. Musk, pomegranate and lemon verbena. I stare at her words. Borrowed time. I know. Everything she wrote I already know. if she knows about this too, then I know who to ask.

"I'm sorry about your garden." I say filling in the hole with the dirt I piled on the sides, "I need to go."

"You're not going anywhere." Vincent says sounding frustrated and confused.

I shake the dirt off my clothes and clean my socks before I walk through the house to the front door. I tie my laces when the covered scratch in the wall catches my eye. Vincent stands behind me with his mum.

"I'm sorry, but I need to leave. Vincent I won't be able to tutor you for a few days maybe. I don't know when I'll get back, but when I do...when I do, I should be able to stay for a little longer and if not, I'll make sure you get the best education possible." I say holding the doorknob.

"Where are you going?" He asks softly.

"There's a hint of musk perfume and pomegranate and lemon verbena. Lujane's scent."

"Lujane? I know her." Vixin chirps in happily and surprised.

I turn around, "How do you know her?"

"We used to work together at the house."

"Then, do you know where she went?"

"No, but the last time we met was years ago when she got pregnant. When I asked what she was going to do, she said that she doesn't know, but she wants to raise her child in a better environment that in the one she's living in. Why are you looking for her?"

Like that turned out. "She's...she's...no one. Thank you."

Why couldn't I tell her? Why can i only hear his voice in my head? It doesn't make any sense. I need to see Shaide.

I walk out the house and get into my car.