Legendary Volume 3 - Guilty By Design

Chapter 11

One entire week had come and gone since the three way phone call between Mesto Mecha, Amar'e & Luke and Matthew had occurred. Seven days was a good amount of time to be able to search for someone and one would think that in such time, an individual would at least gain a clue to as where the person they were looking for was. This was not the case for Matthew. In the Ritz hotel, which each day seemed to eat away at Matthew's savings, overlooking central park, Matthew lay sullen.

"An entire week and no luck. That's New York for you, it's so huge and there is so much to do all over the place. It's no wonder we haven't found her."

He stared through the window of the hotel room, right outside was Central Park. He could also see the extremely tall buildings that were a mere couple of blocks away from him. Over the past week he had seen most of them up close while searching for Destiny. Myra and Luxi had been having a ball this entire time. Going from store to store, attraction to attraction and enjoying themselves as if they were on vacation. Matthew couldn't blame them, the Big Apple's allure didn't disappoint one bit. He was tempted himself to indulge in it all but he knew exactly why they were there and made sure to always remember.
Matthew turned around to lay on his back and sighed deeply. He stared at ceiling of the room, which was entirely painted peach. There were two queen size beds parallel next to each other. Each bed was covered in a large white comforter that was soft like a sheet of cotton candy. There was a large HoloVision against the wall with a lamp on either side. To the left of the room was the bathroom, where Myra and Luxi were showering for the last hour and a half now. Matthew glanced at the time, which read "2:30pm" and sighed.

Women always take long in there I guess.

Matthew sighed before the bathroom door popped open and a naked Luxi strided out with a bunch of steam coming from behind her.

"Aaah, that bath was so rejuvenating. The shower here is truly amazing."

"Yaaah! Don't just come out naked all of a sudden!" Matthew yelled as he threw himself back into the covers to avoid looking at her.

"But why Matthew? Don't you like seeing me naked?" Luxi asked innocently.

"Have some shame Luxi and stop harassing him." Myra scolded her friend as she followed behind her, wrapped in a towel entirely.

"Aw, why can't I tease him a little."

Myra sighed, "You are having too much fun now."

Matthew, with his face red as a tomato, buried himself deep into the white covers, waiting for them to put their clothes on. His mind then started to drift back to Destiny.

One whole week and still nothing...it's possible that...no I can't think like that.

He shook his head as all the negative thoughts of what could have happened to Destiny when she came to New York flooded his mind. If he started thinking like that, then she was already as good as lost forever. The possibility that she never even came to New York is definitely there but Amar'e believes that's exactly where she headed and Matthew believes in Amar'e. Only problem is, with such a huge city, it's gonna be extremely difficult to locate her by himself. A week has proven that. Matthew let out a deep sigh and then let himself drift back into reality.

"An actress isn't likely. To my knowledge, I don't believe there were any recent movies that had open casting calls, otherwise I would have known about them. Plus, directors don't just pick up people off the street to act unless we're talking extras." Myra stated while she dried her hair.

"True. Well how about a singer? She could be recording her first album right now, which is why no one's heard of her yet." Luxi suggested next.

"Err, well unless Matthew's left out that she has the voice of an angel, I doubt that."
(AN: Ha! Irony.)