Autumn's Inception

five.

Chapter Five

I caved in and accepted the job.

I shouldn't have, but I did and now I wish I wasn't in this situation. But the look in Mrs. Valentine's eyes were one that would make anyone change their mind.

Her son; the victim of it all was Eli Valentine.

And I was here sitting on my bed researching him as if he was some object.

Mr. Keen figured researching and training would make me be more prepared.

I was never good with this stuff; interacting with people. I wasn't really good with my social skills either because of my lack of reading the signs and my tendency to be brutally honest.

I never did ask what would happen if I failed or if he found out, I'm guessing I probably didn't what to either.

According to his mom Eli was a peculiar person. Very stubborn, hard headed and had a dark humor that would make one feel uncomfortable and sorry for him.

He used to play hockey and golf. Which was quite interesting. He's an average student in school. He plays the saxophone and is an only child.

I kept reading through all the papers and pictures his mom sent me. I finally came to the conclusion that it was going to take awhile before I understood him.

But maybe I shouldn't.

Maybe I shouldn't read all of this, maybe I should wait for him to tell me his life story.

That's how real friendships worked.

I closed the manilla folder containing all the files and sighed. I think I've read all I needed to.

This inception was all about making him think I know nothing about his life and maybe that means I shouldn't meet him knowing all about him.