Chapter 121 Training
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but when I mentioned the police, a trace of fear or was it caution flashed in Martha's eyes and silently she allowed our contact.
Holding her close I led her all the way back to our apartment building, my hand being flung away immediately we began climbing the stairs.
"Martha, what's the point of all this resisting when a beautiful life of love and fun waits for us on the other side."
These words left my mouth when we climbed up to her floor, but they gave no results.
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"Good night, Marcus," the Nymph's mother called as she stomped away, her turbulent departure leaving me with a dick that threatened to stir.@@novelbin@@
All alone, I headed straight back to my apartment.
Having had my feel at Tam O Shaner I quickly got ready for bed and as I collapsed on it, I made two phone calls.
One to Lucy and one to Sade, neither of whom were picking.
Already burdened with worry for Lucy, worry space was made for Sade and after some minutes of no success, I shrugged and rather than lie down went into the lotus position.
In movies, this was how people who were about to interact with the metaphysical or do something abnormal sat and since I wanted to do the same it felt natural for me to imitate them.
First, I opened the system and accessed the knowledge tree and after scrolling till the end of what was available, I closed it with a sigh, having found nothing that could help with my lacking knowledge of the supernatural.
"Stupid System" I lamely cursed.
Taking a few deep breaths, I reached into my mind and began pulling on the energy that existed in my head, bringing a small amount of it to the surface of my head and then pulling it out into the real world.
With my previous experiences, this time, I decided to try seeing if I could observe or control this energy when it was out of my head, I mean the trajectory of a fist could be changed after the punch had been thrown.
I kept my eyes peeled open as I felt the energy leave from within my being, but just as it crossed out, it immediately slipped through my grasp.
With my head furrowed, I tried to gain a hold of it but found myself failing to and though I looked around trying to spot even a trace of the energy, nothing came to my sight.
My body shivered for a second as the energy dispersed around me and I could only smack my lips when all traces of it disappeared from my senses.
"Does that mean I can only use it as a projectile?"
I played around with the energy in my mind trying several things till almost 12 when my mind became exhausted and my mental was drained. I slept like a log the second my head touched the bed.
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The next day was the 23rd of May, a Thursday, and on this day, I went about my business as usual.
By the time I had begun my exercises at 7 am, I had checked on my trades and done a good amount of studying.
For today though I didn't do the bonus mission, rather, when I was done with my workout, gaining my usual 10xp, I took my bath and waited down beside my Mercedes to hand in the keys to a cleaner Nadia had called over.
When the car was taken away, I drove to the newspaper stand purchased some paper and went to school.
For today, there were only two major occasions that I expected and they were my meeting with Sade and Racheal.
Sade because of her abrupt departure during our date the previous evening and Racheal because I wondered what she had to say about me dating her daughter.
When it came to discipline, the woman was unfiltered and I could imagine her saying with a disappointing gaze.
"Of all the women in Los Angeles, both young and old, you decided to date Sophie."
It was harsh but that was Dr Racheal, for someone like the previous me, she was a grandmother but for those who strayed and rigmarole, she was the pesky IRS.
The brainy Dr was a stickler for rules and considering my transformed behaviour at this time and the fact that I had missed her class yesterday, I wondered what her thoughts on me were now.
After my second lecture, just before Dr Racheal's class, with two hours of free time on my hand, I strolled into the Library with a folded newspaper in my hand.
Needing just the quiet of the library, I headed to a quiet spot on the first floor, hiding myself between shelves filled with books and as I sat, I unfolded the newspaper in my hand and took stock of the headlines.
"The U.S State Department designates Al-Qqaeda affiliate Radeem Harim as a Terrorist group."
'U.S President Rovan Clove hesistant to forwards actions in Asia."
'U.S president Rovan Clove buys mansion for his second wife'
"Seems Rovan is enjoying himself" I muttered.
The news on Rovan being hesitant with Asia's insurgency had me raising a brow but I shrugged because in the end brutal operations were bound to be launched.
"Beltway sniper attacks terrorize the Washington DC area killing 10 people"
'Shooting and bombings kill 15 in Los Angeles,'
Pausing on this headline, I quickly flicked a few pages and read the information about it.
"The Union station" I mumbled.
"What happened at the Union station" a voice suddenly asked.
"There was an uncontrolled clash between the federal forces and an armed group last night," I answered my eyes still hooked on the paper in my hand.
"Sade nodded and quietly took a seat beside me, leaving me to my reading as she sucked on a straw placed in a stylish bottle of orange juice.
"Hey," I said after some minutes dropping the paper and turning to Sade who was cutely sucking on her straw.
"Hey," She replied turning to me with a blank look.
Seconds of silence passed and I decided to break that silence.
"Are you going to talk about what happened yesterday?"
Sade silently looked away from me, her gaze in the distance. She opened her mouth and closed it several times. Her eyes revealing that she was finding it difficult to come out.
"If you're hoping that I'll brush it off, I won't. You can't just get me heated and then run off."
"It was an emergency" she stated.
"Surely I deserve better than that."
"My cousin died."
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