Hana Pachinko Novels & Stories

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She dialed a number she knew off head and called. "It takes great talent and skill to veil great talent and skill. Little Lotus, how is the brighter side of the world?" A crooked old female voice answered the phone. "Only psychopaths and manipulators can achieve hiding their talents and skills Elder Hoshi. Everything is going as planned thank you for asking. Oh, but a Hian Ji attacked me at my home and knows everything about me. I thought I died and my existence was erased with you and the other Elders' help. What's going on?"

Aki asked after a nervous gulp. “It’s a giant pachinko,” Sasha answered with a mystified look on his face, referring to the pinball machine. “Didn’t think your father was a big fan…” “He isn’t. This is another of their ideas to create a challenge only the ‘pure of heart’ can pass.” “Well then, we better get started.” “What? What are you talking about? You almost died in the maze.” “But I didn’t. Look, do you want to get out of here or not?”

As I held my feverish daughter in one arm and stood in a kitchen that reeked of acrid smell, I stared at the empty snack packets piling up on the floor and then at the photos of Edwin and Diana. I'd reached my breaking point. I clutched Primily tightly and stormed out the door. Betty's shrill voice chased after me. "Where do you think you're going? You have nowhere to run to, you orphan! My son will never look for you! You and that useless brat will come crawling back anyway!" I held onto the winning lottery ticket in my pocket, determined to seize the chance to start over.

He quickly finished eating. I let go of the tongs and looked at my wristwatch. It's already 12:23 PM and as far as I remember, their first period this afternoon is around 1 PM so we have enough time to travel. After that, I paid the bill. Like I said earlier, the bill is on me. The cashier gave me the bill. It was around 100,000 pesos but I just gave her my black card. After that, we went out to the Island Grill. I was holding the paper bag that has pork barbeque in it.

" Malakai smirked when he thought of the answer. "We're ghosts baby." Malakai responded and Eden wanted to laugh, but she was so confused at the same time. "Huh? The fuck do you mean?" Eden said and looked up to see a mischievous glint in her boyfriend's eyes. "I have someone, a hacker, his name is Rhys. He'd remove everyone's DNA, their information and everything there is about them off the systems of the world. When you joined the agency, he did the same. In short, we don't exist little one." Malakai said and Eden's eyes widened. She never knew the extent to which Malakai could go.