A TATTOOIST SHOP*

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"Interesting, damn interesting" Rook grinned.

"We should probably return her, that if she dies!" Jeremy said alarmingly, and that earned him a punch from Rook.

He fell beside Lizzy's body on the ground, bleeding from the lips.

"Talk to your damn brother, I might have to kill him at this rate" Rook sneered menacingly, getting himself a cigarette.

Rue squatted in front of Jeremy like a wicked stepmom, then she raised his chin with her pointer finger.

Jeremy began trembling.

"Remember what I told you in school earlier?" She whispered meanly.

"That...I should know my...my place" he stuttered.

"Keep doing that, else you'll be dead, and we both know father won't even ask for your corpse. You're as useless as that" she muttered, and he gulped.

"I'm...I'm sorry"

She stood afterwards, throwing another glance at Lizzy's who stopped foaming already

"Get her, we should get out before Pearl gets here" she ordered.

Jeremy quickly carried Lizzy on his shoulder again, and they continued their journey.

Two minutes later, Pearl came running like crazy, and when she got to the spot and saw footprints, she gasped, running forward.

Her eyes widened when she saw their car already zooming off.

She entered the middle of the road for a taxi, but none showed up for complete three minutes, so she rushed back to the main road to get a taxi.

She told the driver the only street in her mind, Roonie's street.

She's not sure what she's gonna face or meet over there, but he's the only sure bet right now, and no matter how devilishly he behaves, she'd have to bring him out.

She can't even call Morgan and Rebekah cos all these is her fault.

If she hadn't gotten mad at her dad and if she hadn't left the house, these would have been avoidable.

The taxi pulled up in front of Roonie's place after fifteen more minutes, and she literally raced to the door.

This time, she knocked, and it was a woman who opened the door.

Despite the situation, Pearl couldn't help but notice the heterochromia in her eyes, she's so beautiful.

Is she Roonie's mum?

"How may i help?" The woman asked.

"I... I'm a friend of... Banks, from school" she replied awkwardly.

*Stop lying, you're far from friends...you dislike him remember?* A voice at the back of her mind told her, but she just had to shut it down.

"Really? This is like the most shocking news I've heard all year. I'm Kara, his uncle's wife" the woman smiled warmly.

"Nice to meet you, ma'am" Pearl said awkwardly again.

"Are you ok? You look restless" Kara noticed.

"I'm in some kind of trouble, and I need Banks right now. Like now" Pearl replied.

"Really? He went out with his friends not long ago. You should call him" Kara said.

"I wish I could do that but I lost all contacts, so if you could just give me his line..." Pearl lied.

Lie number 2 tonight.

"Sure" Kara got her phone, and Pearl took his line.

"Thanks ma'am" she turned to leave.

"By the way..." Kara said, making her turn back.

"Huh?"

"You're beauti...

"Please... please don't say it. I have a really ugly memory with compliments" Pearl quickly cut her off, and the woman blinked.

"Oh... sorry about that"

"Pearl" Pearl replied, and Kara nodded as she rushed off.

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A TATTOOIST SHOP*

Roonie and the guys have been here since twenty minutes ago, courtesy of Axel actually.

Axel wanted a new tattoo on his back, and he successfully dragged Roonie and Hyce along.

Immediately they arrived, Hyce became interested in drawing on his arm too, so while they got tattooed, Roonie just sat calmly beside them, working on his phone.

He's on his I* account, scrolling around the empty wall.

Truly, he has account on all social medias, but they're all private, so he's the only one who can see them.

Peopling and socializing is not his thing.

Letting people know about him or shoving his face into people's screen is like a big "Don't" for him.

He left his boring wall and went to Pearl's I*

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