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Xavier Romano, a trained assassin who lives by moral code, and only listens to his state of mind gets a deal to adduct Eliza Othman, a pharmacist who would think thrice before hurting a soul.
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Gathering the last bit of courage left in me I pick up the phone only to keep it down again.
Cmon Eliza do it.
If you're wondering what's going then let me fill you in the latest details. Xavier asked me to call my only friend sorry best friend to inform her about the wedding.
And don't get me wrong I never intended on getting married atleast not in my mid twenties for sure but Sera always did and when I say always I mean alfreakingways talked about it.
And if I drop the bomb on her just randomly that I am getting married, chances of me surviving are pretty low.
So yeah I am really walking on ice here. Just then I hear the door behind me open and look up to see Flo walk inside.
"You still haven't called her? Cmon now don't be such a scaredy-cat, just do it Eliza"
"Easy for you to say, what brings you here?" I ask keeping the phone down for the 100th time.
"Breakfast is ready come after you're done with the call" she says as I nod at her and then closes the door behind her.
Uttering a Bismillah I dial her number down and it starts ringing. What's the worse that will happen? She'll kill me? Okay I never imagined death so early but fine.
I talked to Xavier last night about telling Sera the truth and first he declined but when I explained my relationship with her he agreed. By that I mean I had to plead for straight 2 hours.
That too with Flo's help. Anyways I look down the screen and see that she has picked up.
Holy cow, I am dead.
"Hello?" A clear voice blooms from the other side of the phone as I reply "Sera? It's me Eliza"
"Ofcourse I know it's you, you ungrateful forgetful little brat I-" before she can finish her sentence i interrupt her "Sera chill I can explain" I try bargaining but heck she wasn't going to back down so quick.
"Shut up. Just shut up! I understand you have family emergency but atleast inform me, out of no where you left for Bangladesh and didn't even bother to let me know, I'll slap you the moment I see your ugly face"
Oh boy this is bad. Is this what they told her? Family emergency? Like atleast be creative man. Urgh this is going to take an hour atleast.
"Okay how about you relax first I'll explain you everything and by everything I mean literally all of it okay?" I ask her trying to console and it soothes me as she replies "okay" in a calm yet somewhat angry tone.
"Okay Are you free today? It's weekend after all" I ask her hoping she is. She replies saying "yeah I took a week off as I was feeling low and sort of lonely that you left me without any notice"
My poor baby. I feel absolutely terrible now. But there was nothing I could've done to avoid the situation.
"I am so sorry Sera, so I'll send a car to you, and the driver will bring you to where I am staying is that okay?"
"And where are you staying?" she asks in a curious tone. Now what the heck do I reply to that? I myself have no idea where I am staying.
I quickly open the maps in my phone and see that I am in the outskirts of town nearby Texas. Thank lord.
"Texas, that's where I am staying, I'll forward you the location and the time the driver will pick you up, pack some clothes for the weekend, you'll stay here" I say praying to Allah she doesn't refuse my request.
"If you weren't my best friend then I would just-" she doesn't end the sentence instead says "fine" in a gruff tone.
My shoulders relax at her words as I hang up and sprint downstairs while putting a pin in my scarf.
Reaching down I find Xavier and Flo seated in the table talking amongst themselves. That sight no longer bothers me.
Okay fine at first maybe I used feel slightly jealous but that's completely irrational of me as they are life long friends and last night Flo seemed to notice it so she cleared out the air by saying they're relationship is more like siblings.
That did make me feel good but I would never admit it even though I just did.
"All went good in the phone call?" Xavier asks me gulping down a glass of juice. I nod and say "yeah I told her that a car will pick her up and bring her here, can you arrange that? "
He nods and replies "yeah I'll ask someone to do it, tell her to be ready by 11, so by the time she arrives she can have lunch with us"
I nod and forward her the details of the address and time as I keep my phone away. Flo passes me a plate of chicken kebab, some sautéed veggies and freshly baked bread.
My stomach churns in response to the unknown conversation between the food and me. I take a bite and and moan at the goodness.
I must have done some good deed to taste this heavenly good meal "Emily your hands do wonders I swear! Marry me?"
"Haha it's no big deal dear I am glad you love it" she says and walks to the kitchen.
"Speaking of marriage, Eliza have decided on any theme for the wedding?" Flo asks as she takes a bite of her bread.
"Umm I don't know really" I reply avoiding the awkward conversation.
"Eliza, I've called up a Islamic Priest, if you want you can discuss the further details with him" He says as if it's not a big deal and carries on eating. He is going to convert? Just like that? It's insane how rational his thinking is.
Thinking of it now my mind ponders on how there is no profit in this entire situation for Xavier. So why is he doing it after all? Not because he is a noble soul.
Is there a deeper mystery that I don't know about or am I just overthinking it?
