Chapter 11: "Cabbages"

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Jace Carson

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Jace Carson

The old rustic mahogany wooden table surrounded by sleek black chairs, pristine white walls and bright light embrace the room, accompanied by a flat wall TV along with a white board and a few charts to go along. I take my seat in one of the chairs my mind swarming with various thoughts. Looking around I see inquisitive looks from Nathan, Ash and Grayson.

Grayson, Nathan's cousin and our computer geek, he has a lot of twisted connections. Whenever things turned messy we could always count on him. Being a part of the Interpol department he's always in handy. Hacking is something he's known for and truth be told he's excellent at it. Both legally and illegally. He's been a part of our little team from the beginning itself though he never gets involved in our social spheres.

"What's so important that we couldn't wait until tomorrow?" Nathan mumbles looking at his cousin for answers.

"I asked him to do it"I reply instead. Grayson shrugs as all eyes are now transferred to me.

"What was so serious that you had to use the stupid code word?" Grayson asks in a bored tone.

"It's not stupid " Nathan grumbles offended.

"Then who the fuck has a code word named 'cabbages ' let me guess, Goats and cattles?" Grayson chuckles.

"Now do you agree with me?" Ash suddenly chirps looking at Nathan.

"Yep sure, 'pop corn' would have been hell of a code name." Nathan accepts sarcastically.

Not again!

The thing with cabbages was, we have a code among the guys that 'one can use the word only in extreme conditions'. This year Nathan decided it would be 'cabbages ' but Ashton was adamant with the word 'popcorn'. Since popcorn was way too common word we had to choose cabbages.

Their lack of brains never amazes me. But their stupid little war can't begin now. There are more important matters to discuss.

"Guys stop! Enough both of you." I yell. They stop their rambling now paying full attention to me.

Good. I begin

"Dave Stinson died..." before I could complete I am hugged or mostly tackled by Ashton.

"Shh... It's okay buddy. Don't worry we're all here for you. We'll help you through your loss. You are not alone... " he whisperes in my ear quietly as if talking to a small child. Looking around I could see Nathan holds his place but his eyes convey sympathy, Grayson too shares the same emotion, only a little less.

"Thank you but I don't need that." I pull away. He looks at me confused. Then as if something clicked he hugs me again.

"I understand you are going through a tough time but you can mourn. None of us will say anything. Go ahead let those tears out. " he patts my back encouragingly. Only for me to push him away forcefully this time.

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