Now you Don't(Daniel Atlas)

Chapter 2: The Horsemen

Alina's Pov

This morning was a disaster. Especially because Pilar wasn't there. She always keeps me sane when things go wrong. I fell out of bed at 2 in the morning then couldn't go back to sleep. Then I got dressed and went to Starbucks and they gave me the wrong order. Thankfully my flight was on time, but otherwise I'm a mess. I called a taxi and told the driver the address. When I finally got there I paid the driver and walked up to the apartment. When I got there, there was a man standing in front of the door. He was older and wore a plain fedora. He looked like we were at some kind of job interview or something. "Well hello. Let me be the first to kick my ego to the curb being we aren't the only ones." He nods his head behind me and I turn around. The first person I see is a handsome looking man with shaggy brown hair and bright blue eyes. Another thing I noticed about him is that he carried himself like he owned the place and kinda looked like an asshole. A very handsome, good looking, attractive asshole. Anyway that's besides the point. When I turned to look at the other person, I saw someone I never thought I would see again. "Henley?!" She looked at me. "Alina?! Oh my gosh it is so good to see you again. Look at you, you look amazing." She said as she hugged me. I pulled away from the hug and remembered that there were others present. "How do you two know each other exactly?" Attractive dude asked looking between us. Henley and I look at each other, mentally debating on who was going to tell him. " We met in New Orleans when I was there doin a show. She offered to show me around and we became good friends after that." Henley explained. "I'm Merritt McKinney. Mentalist." The older man said. " Henley Reeves." "Alina Lau" " J. Daniel Atlas. May I?" Daniel ( Attractive dude) asked gesturing to the door. " It's locked," Merritt says without even looking at the door. Daniel doesn't care and tries to open it anyway. Merritt starts flirting with Henley and trying his mentalist tricks on her. I kept my head down, taking glaces at Daniel every now and then. What he's hot. Anyway he caught me one of the times and winked at me. I looked down again and blushed. I pulled out my phone and start to look through my texts seeing if Pilar called. I hear arguing and look up to see Daniel and Henley fighting. Merritt and I intervene and break it up. I then turn to Merritt and ask him about his life, just to learn a little more about him. Apparently he used to have his own shows and hair products. He then became really famous then died out. That really sucks.

A few minutes later another guy came and he was attractive as well but way too young for me. " Oh my gosh, J. Daniel Atlas! I have watched all your videos." He said as he saw Daniel standing there. " Oh a true fan." He replied while looking in Henley's direction. She looked really pissed after that. " I'm Jack... Wilder." He said pausing between his words. Merritt then speaks from behind me and scares me for a second. " By any chance, Jack, did you get one of these?" He asks holding up his tarot card.

" Yeah. Death," Jack replies holding his up for us to see.

" The High Priestess," Henley says

" The Lover," Daniel says winking in my direction. I look down and blush again.

" The Hermit," Merritt says looking at his card with a weird expression.

" The Giver," I say holding up my card.

" So are we waiting for someone or what?" Jack asks looking around at us. " The doors locked." We all reply in unison. Jack looks at us and rolls his eyes. " Oh nothin' nothin's ever locked." He says as he bends down and picks the lock. We all walk into the room following Henley, either using the flashlight from our phones or if your Daniel you brought your own mini flashlight. The place is so gross. There is food everywhere and mold all in the walls. We go into the 'living room' and find a card, a white rose, and a vase filled with water. " What does it say?" I ask walking closer to the three objects. " I don't know," Daniel says as he picks up the card. " Now you don't." He says reading the card. I turn around and see Henley picking up the rose. " A rose by any other name." She sings as she places it into the vase. The water in the vase starts to move across the floor and flows into a symbol that is engraved on the floor. The water then disappears and turns into a gas. " Its gas!" Jack yells freaking out. " Relax, Its just dry ice," Merritt says walking around. " Cool," Henley breathes walking past it. I walk towards a light switch and try to turn it on. " Powers out." I said turning back towards the others. " Let's see." Merritt says turning one of the light bulbs in the chandelier. Then from the side of the room Daniel was standing on a blue light shines into the middle of the room and a hologram appears. I stare in awe while the images appear in front of me. " What is it?" I ask moving my hand through it. " Blueprints," Henley exclaims. " Daniel be honest, did you do this?" Henley asks looking at him. " No, I didn't did you?" Daniel asks looking at me. " No, but whoever did is a genius. Jack did you do this?" I asked him.
"No I wish I did." He says while still looking at the hologram. " Why didn't anyone ask me?" Merritt asks staring at all of us. I stifle a laugh as both Henley and Daniel roll their eyes at him. " If none of us did it than who did?" I asked. Henley shook her head. " I don't know but I sure do want to meet them." She answers. I stare closely at the hologram. Memorizing every single detail. Then it all clicks."Guys," I say getting their attention. They all turn their heads towards me.

" It's a show."

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