The power outage

Noir came from the sidelines.

“He’ll be staying for the night.”

“He has nowhere to go at the moment.”

“Nowhere to go?”.

“What?”.

Chris rolled his eyes, then turned to Robin.

“What is she saying now?”.

“you heard her right.”

“I came here to stay for the night-“.

“And a couple of days,” noir added, gripping his shoulders.

“Couple of days?”.

“What happened to you after you ran after Ms. Lucy?”.

“Is everything alright between the two of you?”.

Robin’s throat goes dry hearing his question.

“I….”.

“Please don’t question him any further. He’s already feeling tired to answer so many questions.”

“Why? What’s wrong?”.

“He’s tired and also wet. Please give him a change of clothes.”

“Oh, yes.”

“What about you?” Robin asked her with a puzzled face.

“Me?”.

“I’ll be leaving for now.”

“My cab is waiting outside the gate.”

“Oh, but where is it?”.

Robin asked, looking out at the door.

The car had already left by then.

Noir was surprised.

“Did it leave already?”.

“Wait, let me check.”

She goes back to