*Ashton Cont."Juliet?" I fell to my knees calling out to her."You shouldn't be worried about a bitch like her, she deserved what she got for staining my clothes. These were custom made in Italy. She couldn't even pay for it with her life." The drunken man had said.What happened next was a blur, my hands were bloody but that was not my main concern, I rushed Juliet to the hospital and asked the doctors to help her immediately. I remembered screaming that she needed the best treatment and that money was not a problem.Immediately the doctor looked at her, he had this skeptical look on her face, she looked at me and nodded before giving instructions to get a surgery theatre ready. I watched the woman I claimed I love so much lie there, helpless, I knew she was sick, I could have just told her not to work, I could have escorted her back to my room, I could have sent someone to take her place, but I didn't. If she died, I was responsible for her death because I wasn't able to protect m

*After that, we spent the whole afternoon working on his report and worksheets. Thankfully he had access to a lot of books on the said topics and some books looked like they had been existing centuries before we were born and when I asked about them, Ashton told me he made friends with some Chinese monks and they offered him some books since he was so willing to learn and keep their culture alive."But these books are written in English, I doubt the mountain monks understood English to this extent." I added writing down some things."Well, I did spend a year there just learning traditional mandarin so I would be able to translate them. I still have the original copies if you want." Ashton said seriously not looking up from his work.One more thing I noticed was, that Ashton had a great deal of concentration while working. The other night, I looked up ADHD in adults and found out that they can only concentrate on one thing at a time and only on pressing issues or matters that they find

*We took off as soon as I arrived with Phillip, Stacy, Mandy and Jonathan were already waiting for us by the helicopter being flown by Agatha.It took us at least an hour and thirty minutes to fly back to area Z, we flew directly to our helicopter patch beside Wong shin manor.It was exactly 8 am when we landed and the oohs and wows that kept coming from Stacy, Mandy and Jonathan just seemed to intensify now.We walked to the main entrance where we were greeted with a big sign and screaming kids."Welcome home Adira!!!" The kids screamed.I was surprised as well as shocked to see all the kids in front of Wong manor, the ran around me hugging and asking questions different questions."Kids, why aren't you at school?" I asked over all the noise."We had a rat problem at school." The kids all giggled. I didn't even have the strength to ask what they did."Adi Adi Adi... We learnt new things while you were gone." Tiffany said."Yeah, you promised us presents." Jeremy shouted."Well I prom

*Despite the headache I had gotten from Stephanie's and Susan's argument, I still had to follow the kids to have fun since I had already promised them. Olivia sent someone to inform me that the buses were ready and it was time to go but a part of me couldn't leave with making up with Stephanie.Susan was one thing, she's a emotional wreck trying to hold on to the last strand of sanity in her life, she's been through a lot even though she's still growing.But Stephanie is more mature, a woman who's broken pieces are well hidden from the world, she wouldn't cry in public to be pitied, rather she'd tuck her feelings, neatly placing them at the back of her mind and hurting immensely. She was who I needed to be with right now."Tell Olivia that I just need 30 minutes," I said slowly leaving Susan who had finally fallen asleep.I dashed towards Stephanie's room on the second floor, thankfully the halls were empty, making it easier to find her. I burst through Stephanie's door to find her b

*There was a knock on the door the next morning, Adira woke up stretching, she had fallen asleep in Stephanie's room the previous night and now someone was knocking on the door.Adira staggered to the door sleepy eyed as she pulled it open, Margret was the one behind the door and it was obvious she was shocked to see Adira open the door that early in the morning."G- Good morning ma'am. I- i-i-i didn't know you were her." Margret's voice pitched."Pls, call me Adira and what time is it?" Adira asked."It's 8:15 am ma'am... I mean, Adira." Margret corrected herself."Okay, and?" Adira pushed a little."Oh, oh! I was sent to get Stephanie for breakfast." Margret said."I thought breakfast was by 7:15?" "Well, you declared a day off for everyone so Olivia and Tina decided to let everyone sleep in a bit." Margret answered."Alright. Do this for me, Let Tina know that I'll be having breakfast with everyone and that I would like to see her immediately after." Adira ordered."Yes ma'am, I