Love or Lies

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Nichole

I can't believe what Angel told me. I'm so happy for her. She's finally becoming who she's always wanted to be. She also told me that her brother likes mysteries like I do and that he came in awhile ago. I wonder if he's the guy that was in the aisle earlier. If he was I don't want to meet him. Yeah, Angel is amazing but I've met her mother and father and they were kind of intimidating. She said that her one brother was a child at heart but the oldest brother was warm towards family but cold towards others. If that was the brother that was in the aisle, I don't want to be attracted to him, I'm not attracted to him even now, but I have a feeling that he will stop at nothing if a girl resists him. I'm not sure if I even want to resist him. He has an aura of bad but I think there is some good underneath. I'm good at detecting someones aura it's mandatory in crime solving.

I have my jumbo cup of sweet chilled tea, my two freshly baked soft sugar cookies and my baggie of frozen homemade monkey munch (other people call it puppy chow or muddy buddies.) I know it's a lot of sugar but it's amazing. I love the combo of those three. I'm now going up stairs to the fourth floor to the, in my opinion, the most conferrable tower. It has a multitude of pillows and the window seat has the most amazing view. I could just sit here for my whole life, no complaints. I didn't grab any new books I'm just reading a book that I had in my bag that I've been meaning to read but I always either get distracted by life or another book.

I very quickly get lost into the plot of the alpha werewolf detective, his human mate, the psychopath hunter, and the mysterious baby. I'm about a quarter of the way through when I'm snapped out of the world of the book. I can hear someone slowly coming up the spiral staircase which is the only way to get up here. Most people don't come up here. It's kind of a hideaway that only a few people know of. Out of all the times I've been here I've never seen anyone other than Angel, Demetrio, Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso come up here when I've been up here. Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso are out of town visiting relatives and Demetrio is at a meeting with local schools so they can team together for some activity. Angel wouldn't be able to come up here. She'd be too worried something would go wrong downstairs since she is the only one here out of the owners. I figure the best way to avoid them talking to me is to just keep reading so that's what I do.

I hear the person sit down next to me as I try to ignore the person but I can tell they are observing me and the detective in me doesn't like that. I don't read for much longer until I hear small cough come from the person. I look up to him and see the guy from the aisle. I have a feeling I'm not going to be able to read anymore. I just hope he's boring that way I won't fall for him.

Xavier

I approach the cafe counter to see my sister talking to the mystery girl. I don't want my sister calling me out and ruining my chances with her so I hide behind a wall. I'm close enough to hear them but it's slightly difficult. I can only hear portions of their conversation so it makes its slightly irritating. I can tell that they seem to know each other pretty well. They are talking about common things and that she is apparently a detective. My sister also told her something that can't be shared. I think I heard correctly but if I did hear it right my sister will constantly need someone with her at all times. It just makes her more of a target for our enemies. I will be glad for her but I'll be extremely protective of her and so will the rest of our family.

I watch the mystery girl smile at my sister as she takes her order and heads to the spiral staircase, I didn't know anyone outside the family was allowed up there. It's my favorite place to sit in this whole place. I smile as I watch as she cautiously walks up the stairs before the door finally blocks her from my view. I hear a small giggle and

look over to the counter to see my sister observing me. I roll my eyes but as she beckons me over I smile and walk over to her heasently. I know she witnessed me watching the mystery girl going up stairs and my sister knows how I am with women. She may be getting ideas that will be interesting, although right now I badly want to meet this girl so perhaps my sister will help me.