Wish Upon A Star

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When we arrived, Elijah looked horrified. "You meant this place? Why are we going here?"

"I told you, Elijah. I know the owner well." I told him.

Rudy came to great us. "Hi Elizabeth, how are you?" Then he saw Elijah. "Lunch for two?"

"Hi Rudy, might I talk to you in private?" I asked nodding towards Elijah and looking around the place. "Please?"

"Uh..." he said, and then asked Elijah, "Go ahead and seat yourself in the area. I'll be with you in a minute. Sure, Elizabeth. Let's talk in my office." 

"Thanks." When we got to his office, he looked at me.

"Now, how may I help you?" he asked.

"I need to ask you to lie for me." I said.

"Before you tell me what to lie for you, I need to know why," Rudy said in his Mexican-American accent.

"Because I- My friends and I- are in danger." I told him.

"May I ask you how, why?" he asked me.

"Unfortunately, I can't let you know the details.” I said mysteriously.

“Are you sure?” he has to ask me.

“I’m sure, Rudy. All I can tell you is that I’m running away from a killer and I need some information about them.” I said.

“Who’s the killer? I need to know more than you’re telling me if you want me to help you.”

“Well, the killer is Gertinald Cretin. You and your family are indeed in danger because you know me. I need you to promise that you’ll carry at least a knife at all times. Gertinald is dangerous, very dangerous. Please, if you’re family asks you why, just say that you don’t want anything bad to happen or something.”

He sighed, trying to figure out what I meant, or something. I don’t want to look in to his mind to find out. That, I think, I will leave to Gertinald or Shelby. “Alright. But promise me that you won’t try to kill him or do something drastic.”

“I’ll try my best. Now, I must get back to one of my friends. Will you come with me?” I said as I got up and walked towards the door.

“Sure,” Rudy finally replied. “Follow me.”  Then he opened the door and held it for me.

“Thanks, Rudy, in advance.” I said.

“No problem.”  He and I went to the table with Elijah sitting. “What would you like?” he asked me. Mainly me.

I nodded at his look. “A Dr. Pepper, please.” I ordered.

“Alright.”

After he left, Elijah looked at me. “What happened in there? What did you talk about?”

I looked away. “Elijah, what you have to know is that Rudy is very kind to my family. He’s one of our best friends. I had to tell him something between us, and only between us.” I said, and then looked up. “You do not need to know what was said behind those closed doors. And I assume that you were trying to listen in on our conversation.”

“Alright, alright. I surrender. I did try to listen in on ya’lls conversation, but was pushed away by one of the waitresses, so I didn’t hear anything.” I knew it. I just knew it.

“We need to go to the library. I think I forgot something there.” I lied. In truth, there were clues there, leading us to Nathan. Writings, at a bridge. I wanted to see them, but I need backup. In this case, Elijah will just have to do, even if I’d much rather have my friends Ayesha or Haylee be my backup or lookout…. He’ll just have to do.