Choices and Chances (a ppg fanfiction)

Chapter 14

Brick Jojo couldn’t sleep that night. He, to check his newly found ability to manipulate other people's feelings, since excited sleeping Ace merely by touching him and calmed him two times.
He had liked his life as Arias Callahan. It was a good life. Even though he never got to see his brothers or his only friend. He was making himself useful. He wasn’t burdened to the world, he was only trying to earn his living. He had given up everything, his family p, his desire to start a family, everything.

It was a very big price to pay for mere survival. But he did.

When Ace got up, he quickly changed his Arias Callahan thoughts to Brick Jojo's thoughts. He had taken time to make a ruse story to feed Ace. Ace wasn’t very bright mind so didn’t question his ruse story. Ace went out after breakfast, he had to work on getting Brick’s fake documents. Brick's mind switched back to banquet night. He was replaying all the events.

“Why was she looking for me?” he asked himself. ‘Chief must know about me. Mayor knows. Even good professor Utonium knows. Her sister knows. Why now? What about me?’ He remembered Rhea said that he was her mission. Who had put her on his trail? He couldn’t figure out.

“I need to get away from this city.” He mumbled.

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“What have you done, Blossom?” Professor said in a grave voice to Rhea. “Do you know the consequences of your actions?” he asked.

Blossom looked at the floor, her head down in embarrassment. She had poured down her situation.

“Your sister and I worked so hard on him. Mayor Bellum fully cooperated. And you…..” the professor looked at Rhea with disappointment. “ruined everything.”

A tear trickled down her cheek.

“Did I not told you to stay away from alcohol? Did I not told you that alcohol is bad for your kind?” he harshly asked. She started to cry.

“Answer me, young lady?”

“You did, Professor.” She said between the sobs.

The professor let out a sigh. He rubbed his temples to calm himself.

“Blossom. Your mind-reading ability is working, right?” he asked.

“Yes.” She replied after controlling her sobs.

“I’ll tell you what to do.” Professor gently put his hand on her slender shoulder.

“You’ll first go to Chief Guerra and ex-chief Henley. You’ll let Henly explain to new Chief who Arias Callahan is. Then you'll go hunt for him. You know his thought- voice. Use that.”

Blossom/Rhea wiped her face clean.

“You have made a terrible mistake, now set everything straight,” Professor said gravely. She nodded and went out of Utonium residence.

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She looked for him for the next three days. It seemed like he had vanished away from the face of the earth. His cell phone was dead, the Facebook account was untouched, his police GPS was off. She crosses checked CCTV footages of airports, subways but she couldn’t find him. She looked for Boomer and Butch and found them. They were surprised to learn that Brick was actually the renowned cop Arias Callahan. Boomer had taken the name Chase Ashford and was father young girl Evelyn. He was an assistant editor of Art Magazine. Butch had taken the name Andrew Jeffery and was the owner of a pawn shop. They both didn’t know where Arias/Brick might be. Her hopes were dying. Somehow her heart was telling her that Arias hadn’t left the city.

‘He is too smart for that.’ She thought. ‘he might have gone into hiding.’

She then started to try hidden lairs which most villains used. The efforts bore fruit and she found herself standing before Gangrene's house. From that house, she was receiving faint thought-voice of Arias Callahan.

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Rhea slowly went back to Utonium residence. She called Mayor Bellum, PD Chief Guerra, ex-PD Chief Henley, and her sister Bubbles from Paris.

“He is in there. In Gangrene's house.” She told them.

“What are we waiting for then. I won’t lose my best officer.” Chief Guerra stood up.

“It’s better if you all let me talk to him first.” Bubbles spoke in a sweet voice. “he trusts me.”

“I think, she is right.” Mayor Bellum said.

“Let her talk first then let Rhea explain to him what happened. We'll bring him back together.” Professor nodded.
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