Chapter 007: Missing Ring

By the time Lyra was done with her project, the sky above had dimmed into a thick shade of black.

All her colleagues had gone home; even her boss's office was locked up.

She checked the clock; it was 8:30 p.m.

"Shit!" she whistled under her breath, going back to grab her bag before rushing out of the shop building, right after locking the place up.

Outside the shop, the sky was so much darker that she walked briskly towards the main road to find a taxi. Then, as if to make things worse for her, she heard a heavy rumble in the sky, immediately followed by little drops of water trickling down from up above. It was about to rain.

"God." She muttered nervously as she hastened her footsteps toward the roadside. By the time she was close to the roadside, the drop of rain had increased considerably, so she had to shout to be noticed by the cab men.

After about eight of them had zoomed past without stopping, one finally waited. She heaved a sigh of relief and ran towards it.

"Crestview Est