Lahat ng Kabanata ng Stories at the Crossroad. (completed): Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

“Darling.” Sett faced Xavier with a crooked smile. “The whole place seemed a mess, and I just didn’t want anyone coming to steal your precious research away.” Sett widened his crooked smile and slowly but confidently walked towards Xavier. “We wouldn’t want to lose our ticket out of here.” He finally got to Xavier as she lowered the gun that had been pointed at Anderson the entire time. Sett seeing that, looked at Xavier passionately and leaned in for a kiss.For some reason Anderson was having a bad feeling about the situation. *Bang* *Bang* As if the world was waiting for his unease, two shots suddenly echoed out. Anderson’s eyes widened at the sudden development. With the help of the wall, he weakly picked himself up. He was not about to stick around to find out who shot whom, although he knew very well what just happened.Sett dropped to the ground with a thud. Xavier wiped the blood Sett had coughed unto her li

The situation however, had changed. Xavier had been in pain the entire time. For the first time in her dry and dull everyday life which was her work, she finally found someone she liked. He was a boorish man without any class or tact, yet she did not know why such a man had been able to catch her fancy. As much as she tried to tell herself it was only for the sex she could no longer deny that she fell for the boorish man.Xavier at some point had come to trust the man to the point of even showing him things she should not have. Admittedly, it was completely out of character for her. She became worried about jeopardizing her work, yet it looked like she did not need to worry. What she was most worried about did not occur. Sett actually helped her more than she could imagine.So, imagine her hurt when she saw the person she trusted and loved trying to escape with her life’s work. The betrayal she was feeling was too much for her to handle. Xavier at that moment had

Anderson was jolted awake the moment everything faded. He felt sharp burning pains in his chest and abdomen. The very same place he was shot. He threw fits of cough and could taste blood in his mouth, but no matter how he checked or spa out, he could not see any blood. Looking around, he could see that he had returned to the same dirt crossroad with Suit staring at him with a welcoming and amused smile. “Welcome back.”“What was that? What the hell is going on?” Anderson grabbed his chest and asked with a grim expression. Anderson wondered how he could be feeling the way he was feeling. He could still feel the pain of the gunshot wound. It was almost as if the bullets were still lodged in his stomach and chest, yet no matter how much he checked, rubbed or felt the area, he could not see or feel anything different. It was a very painful and uncomfortable feeling for him.“Well, you got shot. You are not expecting it to just go away, now are

Anderson was back in the familiar darkness. Since he had been there a few times, there was no fear on his face. Although the place was dark, he could somehow see a few meters away from him. There was no source of light, yet he just could. He looked around, seemingly searching for something.“Looking for me?” A familiar voice sounded from behind him. Anderson turned around to see the familiar face staring at him with the mouth open in what Anderson could only assume to be trying to make a scary face. “Well, you’re no fun.” Seeing no reaction from Anderson, the other figure stopped trying and moved back. Anderson stared at the fellow that had stepped back. Same burnt face, same bloodied mouth. Finally having a proper look, there was not a single hair on his head either. It was all burnt away.“If you keep staring at me like that you’ll make me blush.” The guy chuckled seeing Anderson checking him out like that. Anderson sto

The top floor had all the bathrooms and bedrooms. Facing the stairs along the long hallway were five bedrooms. From the looks of it, it seemed the orphanage in the past used to hold a lot of children and matrons. Now that there were not that many, Anderson and Carson were given the opportunity to have their own room since they were both old enough to have their privacy. Unfortunately, only one person would get that opportunity since the other would have to stay with the boys to help take care of them.Anderson occupied the last room on the right which was said to be the room of an old matron after winning it in a very long game of rock-paper-scissors. The room next to his was occupied by the twins and Carson. It was much larger compared to Anderson’s room. It had four different bunk beds. One occupied by the twins and another by Carson. You would think the twins would each occupy a bunk bed, but the refused to be separated from each other even if it meant sleeping on di