When everybody was done, Cora finally spoke.

"For now, I think we should vote on who should be the leader on this mission, the mission to save our hostage relatives."

Just then someone hit Amy's foot. It was Ian.

Confusing

On return, Amy hit Ian's foot harder. This made him jerk away a little from the chair.

To make the whole incident a little bit creepier (or sweeter!), Ian smiled at her. Amy couldn't hide the fact that she blushed.

Just a bit.

His movement caught the eyes of others. But Dan had seen more. He knew that at the moment, Ian was starting to do the thing that was forbidden: Flirt with Amy.

Evan was a bit surprised by what he had seen. He'd seen Ian's foot bump intentionally with Amy's. And she just responded to it.

"Mr. Kabra, if you have any suggestion on how to solve this case, you might want to share it and not just play with your chair," Cora said with her eyebrows raised.

"I was not playing with my chair. Actually someone hit my foo-"

"Oh really? Maybe whoever it was has some suggestion? Who was it?" Cora said scarily. She was really the boss here. Even Eisenhower was just sitting on his chair with his mouth clamped tightly shut.

Amy felt her nervousness overcome her again, but not for long after Evan touched her hand and squeezed it.

And then, he answered Cora stupidly.

"I did." Evan said raising his free hand.

For a minute, Cora just eyed Evan and looked at him suspiciously. "You're not a Cahill," she said finally.

"Obviously, I am not. But I am Amy's boyfriend," he said.

"Swee-eet!" Sinead shouted from their left.

"That doesn't make you a Cahill," Cora said.

Evan was hurt a bit, but he knew his part. Amy squeezed her boyfriend's hand and looked at him.

"Aunt Cora, he knows it all. I mean, the Cahill thing," she said.

"That's not possible!" Cora yelled.

"It is!" Ian coughed.

"He already knows it, Aunt Cora" Sinead shouted.

"That's a violation!" Now Cora was really mad and was throwing eye daggers at anyone who spoke.

"Yeah, a violation," Ian agreed.

"Tsk-tsk, since when did you learn that word, Kabra?" Hamilton asked mockingly.

"Yo mum, chill down! We ain't here to fight!" Jonah said beside her mother who was a bit outraged by what she knew.

"It's not like it's a big deal, Cora," said Eisenhower, who seemed to have finally found his mouth.

"Not a big deal? What if he's a spy?" Cora kept on eyeing Evan.

Evan felt uneasy, but he knew what to do when times like that came. He knew this would come when he started to love Amy. And he knew how Amy's family looked at him now.

"I love Amy," he said simple and matter-of-factly.

That silenced the argument.

Amy couldn't control the blush that appeared from what Evan had said.

Ian, however, felt like a loser. He was just starting and then Evan got to his climax before him and just said that he loved her.

Dan was really getting annoyed. Evan was too revealing. Like that could work on us Cahill's, he thought.

"Well, that settles it then. Be sure that you are not some double agent, Evan, because you don't want to mess with the Cahill's."

On second thought, that would work.

"Can we now move on to who's the leader?" Ian suddenly asked. A look of sadness masked his eyes, yet he still managed to not show it.

"Okay, now," said Cora. "Like I said, we need a leader, and as the oldest from our group, I really think that I should be the leader!"

"That is unfair! A boy with knowledge should lead this mission! Therefore, it should be me," said Eisenhower as he scowled at Cora.

"With knowledge.." Ian said. He said under his breath, but loud enough that Hamilton heard it.

"Shut up, Kabra!" Hamilton said from annoyance. No one could ever insult his father without him hearing it.

"No way! Someone with Ekaterina skills should lead this mission. My brother and I could make the things we need for the mission," Sinead argued from her end of the table.

-Page Break-

The table was in chaos. It was so Cahill-like.

"Stop!" Evan suddenly slammed his hand on the table.

The arguing stopped, but the tension rose. They were all looking at Evan, waiting for some explanation.

Ian snorted. He knew Evan was really only trying to show-off. It was so ... annoying!

"I think we should nominate and vote. Arguing will not help us," said Evan.

Ian was irritated at Evan – irritated by the fact that he was right. As a Lucian, he'd always known it. He should've said it before Evan did. Why is he being so... stupid nowadays? Did that happen when a mother leaves her children?

"I agree with him. We should cast our votes." Ian gulped his words. And now he agreed with him? How ironic.

"Yeah. Evan is right, and so is Ian. So, who wants to be the leader? Or does somebody want to say the name of someone they want to be the leader?" Amy asked.

Hamilton's hand was the first to shoot up in the air.

"I nominate my dad, Eisenhower, to lead this mission." With the mention of his name, Eisenhower got up and stood proudly.

"I nominate Amy because I like her." When he felt everybody's gazes on him, Ian immediately backed up his last statement.

"... As the leader," he added, eyeing everybody. Evan, in particular.

"Yo, cousins, I nominate my mum to lead this mission. My momma's good at handling business like this."

"I vote for myself," Sinead said awkwardly from behind.

That's the spirit, Ian thought. Sometimes, he adored his cousin Sinead. She was so brave.

"Okay, so that's the nomination. Now, let's move on to voting. Now, the nominees are Mr. Holt" – Ian snorted – "Mrs. Wizard, Amy, and Sinead. So –" Cora got cut off when Dan abruptly said:

"Wait, I have a nomination."

"We already have Amy, Dan," Evan said, smiling.

"No, I'm nominating Ian, be-" Murmurs of disagreement filled the table.

Ian was awed, though. That was a turn on point for him, Amy's brother finally siding with him.

"Cause you know, he's a Lucian a-."

"That's exactly it, Dan! We can't trust him!" Hamilton said, cutting off Dan.

"Can you please just listen to me for a minute?" Dan said, his voice sounding irritated. "Good. Now, I think he might have some strategies."

"O-okay, then. Does anybody else have a nomination? Just raise your hand," said Evan.

No one did.

"Then let's start to vote. Who wants Eisenhower?"

The Thomas's (with the exception of Hamilton)raised their big hands.

"3 for Eisenhower. Now who's for Cora?"

All the Janus's raised their hands. Total of 3.

Eisenhower then nervously moved a little from his chair. He was obviously thinking of beating everybody in case he lost.
Ian saw that movement. What a Thomas, he thought.

"Now for Sinead?"

Only one hand was raised, and it was Ted, Sinead's brother.

"Now, for the last two. There are only 6 people who are free to vote. Amy and Ian are the last two. So, who's for Ian?"

For the first three seconds, no one raised a hand. Then Dan did.

Then, Sinead.

This was immediately followed by Amy.

And...

Evan himself.

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