One Mystery One Life

Chapter#32

Alex P.O.V

I cried, cried and cried on the shoulder I was provided with. Is this the girl from back then. I looked up and saw Iris looking at me confused. I smiled sheepishly at him and backed off. What was I thinking? He kept staring at me like an Owl and I looked here and there, avoiding his eye contact.

"What happened?" He asked still looking at me with those eggs in the place of his eyes. Gosh! he's not even blinking them, I bet I looked stupid.

"uh! ha-ha, I kind of missed Jack I guess, because he has been missing for like a day or two." I said hoping he would buy it. This is turning out to be embarrassing. He was still looking at me like an Owl. Looked straight into his eyes so he does not think I am lying, because a lier tends to avoid eye contact.  

" you know when a person lies, they tend to use formal language, look into the eye , cuz' everyone's aware that liers avoid eye contact and be more descriptive." He informed me and I looked at him, who's still looking at me like I am a whole bacon covered with ketchup kept in front of him.

"hmm, nice info you've got there." I said and stood up. I looked away not facing him and caught my breath which I did no notice, I was holding. I started walking away even though I didn't know where I was going. 

Iris followed me and I started walking a little faster, thank god mind reading machines aren't invented. He caught up to me and turned me towards himself. 

"you are hiding something." he said and I remembered what mom said, innocence can help you get away from anything including curiosity. I grinned and shook his hands off of me.

"yes, I am, what happened?" I answered straight forwardly or perhaps innocently. This works.

"I see." Iris was left there dumbfounded staring at me and I started walking. He did not ask any further questions and I walked with a crown of pride on my head. It was kind of funny, how he was struck by my answer.I bet he is thinking why was he asking me for such a thing. I took a picture of him, when he was not looking. 

Even though it was almost night we kept walking without knowing where we were going. Like an aimless traveler  . Another poem in Jack's book, sometimes it seems like am the one who studies books of Jack. I kept walking looking down.

 When all that happened I lost a huge amount of emotions. The will to decide or do something, I can't believe I never thought about avenging mom or dad. Not until now when Jack disappeared. He's the last person I loved. This whole game, it is beginning to have an impact. After all I am thinking now of doing something about it. I am an idiot. Huh, life is complicated.

Well, I guess I should start doing something about this all. First, look back of the people and what has happened and not. Every thing on which I have turned my back on.

Derek's daughter Annie.

Derek hating dad.

Mom not trusting dad.

Annie trusting....

I don't know any thing about. Well, guess what am I going to do. I really have to get to know her better and Iris is the person who can tell me about her as for now. I stopped walking and waited for Iris to catch up to me. 

I came up with a list of questions and started with clearing off things.

"hey, Iris I was wondering......."  I gave a huge pause, enough to make Iris wonder what I was wondering.

"so, what are you wondering?" see I told you, he did, wonder on what I was wondering.

"um-uh, where does Annie live?" I asked him and he looked at me and replied "okaaaaaay. He said and gave a large gap, then continued, this is getting awkward.

"we both live together and why.........um." he said and gave a big gap, curiosity was now burning inside me.

"actually our parents were friends, the two of us had our own houses.Of course that's obvious. our parents died and our grandma. I don't know if she is Annie's or mine. She helped us get our houses, I don't know what happened to Annie's but she said we had to stay together. My dad owned an area, the same one on which now our cafe is. I started working and Annie joined me. Grandma was the one who worked but we learnt and when we were 12 we started working. um..... that's it." he said and the both of us kept walking.

After a little time of awkward silence between us, Iris broke the ice.

"why did you ask?" he asked me which kind'a caught me off guard.

"well, I wanted to know more about he-, you guys." I  said mentally noting to self, do not be too honest.

"I see." Iris replied.

After a few minutes Iris asked, " Do you think Annie loves me?" he asked and I grinned, of course he cannot see me in this dark.  

"I don't think so." I said planning to play with him a little. There was silence from his side so I spoke up again, "she couldn't possibly love you, you know."

A little silence from Iris and then he spoke up, "um-uh why is tha... why do you think- um-uh so?" clearly he had some difficulties speaking. Nailed it.

"I mean she won't. simple because she has her ambitions, that she told me to keep secret from you. Either way you can guess you know and if she loved you she would have said 'yes' you know." I  said and he sat down. Where I don't know. 

I tracked him by my foot and sat besides him and kept a hand on his shoulder. "what happened?" I asked acting innocent.

"nothing, .,.... um hey, do you think she would ever love me."Iris asked me and I smiled at him. So he was really being honest. Honestly saying I thought he would be acting, but if his love is true so Annie's safe. I don't know but sometimes I feel for Annie, like she is my part. Like there is a connection.

"she loves you." There I said it.

",but you sai.."

" I was just joking, plus they way she looks at you. Don't start dreaming now." I said interrupting him.

"I love her, she loves me, feels good." there he started dreaming about it and I should really slip away...........................

and so should you author plus readers.

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