Anna ignores Shane and walks away.
Shane just watches her back slowly becoming further and further..
' That's it. You're doing great.' thought Shane.
***
Anna writes and writes.
" Anna, what's that ?" asked Quinn staring at the numbers.
" Ah ! I know !" said Anna.
" What ?" asked Quinn.
" I have a great plan. Can you let me be the thief this round ?" asked Anna grinning.
Quinn glances at Shane.
" You better talk to him." adviced Quinn.
Anna walks away.
***
Anna goes in.
" Hi." said Anna.
" Hello." replied Ethan.
" I'm Anna."
" My name is Ethan."
Anna smiles, " Will you join my plan ?"
Ethan leans in, " what plan ?"
Anna looks around.
" You don't need to worry. This room is soundproof." said Ethan.
Anna pouts, " If we don't steal anything, we can all win !" with a serious face.
" No." said Ethan.
Ethan presses the button.
" Pass."
Anna widens her eyes.
Sure, she took two red apples.
" The guard successfully guessed the thief's intention. The thief can only take her apples back without receiving anything."
Ethan exits the room.
Anna stays in her place, wishing to persuade another person.
***
Gilbert walks in.
" I assume you are Mr. Gilbert ?" asked Anna.
" Yeah." said Gilbert.
" Did you know, if we don't steal anything, we will all end up winning ! After we each give the 20 apples back to the game, we will all be freed." said Anna.
" Eh ? I know that if we can't steal all of the apples, at the end the remaining apples will go to the opponent. But the apples are trash. Just think about it." protested Gilbert, " if the gold group can't steal all of the red apples, the rest of the red apples will go back to the red group."
" Red group gets red apples.." muttered Anna.
Anna frowns and presses the button.
" pass.."
" Heh." Gilbert opens his case, revealing two red apples.
Anna glares at Gilbert, " eeh ?!"
" The guard didn't see through the thief's lie. The thief earns two apples."
***
" She is dumb." commented Hiro.
" No, she can win." protested Yuri.
Harry isn't seen anywhere in the room.
It's only Hiro and Yuri fighting whether the gold group or the red group will win.
***
Anna lowers her head.
Quinn swishes her head to her.
" You just wasted a round !" shouted Quinn.
" I-I'll try to steal something.." said Anna, " s-sorry.."
Shane just sits on a chair at the corner, calculating something.
***
Round 2
Anna sits, ' they won't suspect me.' thought Anna smiling.
" Apples. Two."
Anna widens her eyes at Gilbert.
Gilbert opens her bag.
It reveals a golden apple and a red apple.
" Ah.." sighed Anna.
" The guard mustered his courage to risk two apples and guessed right. The apples go to the guard."
YOU ARE READING
Dumb Beauty & Genius
Mystery / ThrillerAnna easily believes in people. In contrast, Shane uses complex logic to get the result that he wants. One day, Anna gets involved in a scary game because of her father that has a huge debt. Will they survive ? Will Anna ever learn to lie ? Or will...
