Chapter Twenty-three: Worries

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A man, in his late teenage years, was chilling in one of the finest bars in Celestia. It was surprising for a high school student to spend his time there. But thanks to his wide connections, he was able to do so.

There are so many girls trying to get his attention, to have a fun time with him. But the young man was too busy waiting for something. He kept on looking on the screen of his phone, anticipating a notification will appear. He took a sip of a shot glass full of brandy, look at his phone and vice versa.

It didn't take long when a message flashed on the screen that says: "Mission accomplished bruv."

He replied, "Thanks, bruv. This conversation never existed."

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Suzy, accompanied by Aimee, arrived in the hospital. They're in the Student Council office when they received a call from Zoe that something bad happened to them, especially to her brother.

They went first to the Nurse station to checked the status of Zieg and asked what room he's been to. They found out that he's currently in the Emergency room, and no updates so far.

Instinctively, they tried to find Zoe, only they found her, alone and anxious, outside the Emergency room. As soon as she saw them, she rushed towards them and hugged Suzy. She burst out in tears and cried so hard.

Suzy tried to comfort her, "Shh... It's going to be alright." She was gently caressing Zoe's back, hoping that it will make her calm. Thankfully, it somehow worked.

After Zoe hushed, they sat down on a nearby bench. That time, she was able to speak, not clearly as they expected, but acceptable for the two ladies to understand that grimly incident.

Aimee and Suzy cannot hide the gasp, shock and concern to their faces. They were thankful that Zoe only got scratches on her arms. But in the same time worried for their friend, Zieg, who experienced the wrath of an unknown group of people.

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Thirty minutes had passed when Kyle came in the hospital and straightaway he found his way all the way to the hallway where Zoe is. He was relieved when he saw Aimee and Suzy comforting her. At least, that time, Zoe has company.

He approached the distressed Zoe, who can barely speak and trembling, and he bombarded her questions, "Are you okay Zoe? How's Zieg? What happened?"

Aimee interrupted, "Woah. Chill Kyle."

"Oh, sorry."

He held Zoe's face with his two hands and swept the tears that are continuously flowing from her swelling eyes. The sniffling Zoe then hugged her second big bro and told him what happened.

Kyle assisted Zoe to sat down and went beast mode instantly, "Shit! Once I learned who are those people, they will be dead." He threw a punch to the hospital wall and ignored the fact that he caused a scene.

Aimee restrained him, "Hey, calm down. Your aggressiveness will solve nothing. Wait..." She paused when she smelled something from Kyle, "Are you drunk? Where have you been?"

"Sorry... It's Ted's birthday, you know, our classmate when we were in seventh grade. I came from his place. We had a little drinking session."

"Drinking session during weekdays, huh?" Aimee doesn't agree to that idea as the SC president, but she ignored that for a mean time. "For Pete's sake Kyle, don't move on your own. Let the police officers do their job."

"But my friend has been assaulted! What do you want me to do? Revenge is the only thing that I can do for him!"

"Woah. Do you hear what you are saying? Do you think Zieg will agree to your plan?"

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