Fomalhaut [COMPLETED]

9|| I Give You My Word

"I am not obligated to explain anything to you."

"Why? Do you still see me as an outsider?" I ask unsure of why he would possibly refuse explaining anything to me after I provided help for him and his friend who is a stranger to me. Not only did I open my house for him but I also called a doctor to treat him and you know how I am when it comes to contacting other humans.

"You did not prove yourself worthy enough for me to explain anything to you."

"Excuse me, you're talking to the person who has trust issues and is unable to maintain a conversation or relationship with people yet still called a doctor for you when you needed her help. Does that mean nothing to you? You do realize that I am trying my best and forcing myself to get to know you better but you're just pushing me away," I raise my voice.

"Th-"

He starts but is interrupted when my phone starts to ring. He glares at me- probably thinking that I had already betrayed him and called someone. I look at my screen to see the company's name pop out. I hesitate on whether to pick up the phone or not and pause as I think of the consequences that will follow after I do either one of them.

If it pick it up, Alexander will get mad at me and who knows what he would do to me. Not only that, but he isn't alone anymore since he has his friend here with him. On the other hand, if I don't pick up the phone, the company will be suspicious of the reason on why I didn't answer the call which might get me and Alexander in trouble. Then again, he wouldn't be mad at me, would he?

I sigh and decide on clicking the answer button. "Hello."

"Good evening Ms Emerson, we would like to ask you a few questions if you wouldn't mind," I hear.

I look at Alexander who seems to be contemplating on whether it is a good or a bad thing that the company decided to call.

"Sure, go ahead."

"We would like to know if you have come across any suspicious behavior from Project Valentina's Alexander. As you might've known, we have rare cases of defects so this is a normal procedure to check up on our consumers."

I look at Alexander who seems to be giving me deadly glares to signal that if I say anything against his favor, it would be time for me to depart the earth.

"Not that I know of. I haven't seen any behavior that would make me think that he has any defects," I tell them trying my best to sound as neutral as possible.

"Hmm, alright. Thank you for your time. Hope you have a good night."

And so ends the unpleasant call.

"Does that prove to you that I am on your side now?" I ask him.

He freezes in deliberation, probably thinking of whether he should take my offered hand or not.

"How can I be sure that you will never betray me?"

"I give you my word. Whatever happens inside this house stays inside. I will support you and your friend for as long as you need but I would like for you to not cause any trouble and make me answer these damn annoying calls."

He smirks. "I give you my word."

"Now, would you mind telling me about what happened to your friend? I assume you were a part of it," I ask, confident with what I am claiming.

"I won't go into much detail because I believe you wouldn't be able to handle it well."

"I can handle it though," I deadpan.

"That would be a story for another time."

I do not want to provoke him any longer so I accept his offer and decide to listen to whatever he is willing to tell me. After all, he will have to tell me the whole thing if he needs my help again one day.

"I'll take what I can get."

"Let's see. Do you remember that one time you woke up in the middle of the night to find out that I wasn't here? That night, I met up with some.. friends. We came up with a plan to infiltrate the company and steal some illegal documents though unfortunately, that plan fell into ruins as you can see," he explains begrudgingly.

"Wait, you're telling me that you were at the company just a few hours ago?" I ask in astonishment.

He nods before confirming it. "I was."

"But..how did you get in? Don't they have guards and people on duty there?"

"After living in that place for years, we were bound to come across some people who are willing to help sneak us in. We have an underground map with all the necessary information on how to escape if danger strikes- although what happened today wasn't what we had expected. Like I said, we went to get the documents but then another problem arose. As you have seen, Yazan my friend.. he was... let's just say that something terrible was about to happen to him but I luckily came across him and so our plans changed and we switched to a rescue mission."

"Your story makes me feel like I am watching a movie."

He looks at me as if I'm insane and says, "You do realize that this is a serious issue, right?"

"I do. I have never been included in such an interesting plot so it made me feel a bit excited."

"But you didn't do anything," he sighs.

"Well, since I know you, it made me feel as if I was there."

"Alright. Next time, I'll include you in a plan if you want some drama in your boring life."

"No. Please no. I don't want to get personally involved in such situations."

"Your loss," he grumbles before he goes back to telling his story. "As we were leaving the place, we had to knock down the person holding onto Yazan but what we didn't notice was the fact that he had a gun on him so as we were leaving, he fired at us and Yazan got hit. Luckily, I wasn't the only one near him so we ended up carrying Yazan with us and running for our lives as the emergency sirens went off. It's truly a mystery how we ended up leaving the place and getting here without being followed."

"That must have been scary," I say and he sighs in return. I take it as my opportunity to run my eyes over him and scan him.

Alexander looks tired- which isn't really surprising based on the events that took place today. I just hope that we come to figure something out soon.