Chapter 4 – Hidden Trust

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Chapter 4

Normal POV

Ray woke the next morning to some background music, the smell of frying eggs, bacon and bread and the sound of a girl singing in the kitchen. After getting dressed, Ray walked out into the kitchen to see Shiri finishing off some bacon.

"I tried so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter. I had to fall, to lose it all, but in the end, it doesn't even matter. Oh!" Shiri jumped, almost breaking a plate. "Ray! Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," Ray said, shoving his bandana into his pocket. "Anything to eat?"

Shiri giggled. "What would you like?"

Ray's POV

Hey, Shiri's cute when she giggles. Anyway...

"I'll have a little of everything, if that's ok," I said. Shiri smiled.

"That's fine!" She said, putting things onto the plate she grabbed. She handed the plate to me. "I'll be in shortly, I'm hungry too." I laughed a little as I sat down at the table. Few seconds later, Shiri sat down across from me. As soon as she did, I dug in. glancing up; I could see Shiri looking nervous.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked. This seemed to startle her a bit.

"Oh, I...I...I was wondering if it is ok, I mean, if it tastes good, I mean, is the food ok?" Shiri stumbled (over her words, not her feet).

"It's great," I said honestly, taking another bite. As I swallowed, I saw she was still nervous. "That wasn't it, was it Shiri?"

Shiri's POV

Oh no, now Ray's suspicious. If I tell him – but he could – and I could, oh, never mind.

"Well," I sighed.

"You can trust me, you know that," Ray pushed his plate aside so he could lean over. I pushed his plate back to him.

"Please, don't let me stop you from eating," I said. "I hate letting food go to waste." Ray shrugged, but kept eating.

"Now, just to clarify, you have to keep this a total secret," Shiri stated. "I'm hesitant telling you this, because the more people who know, the more people I put in danger."

"I swear not to tell ANYONE," Ray said, pushing his now empty plate to the side.

Normal POV

"You can tell Kai, since he's involved in this as well," Shiri said. "To begin, I haven't been completely truthful to you guys. You all know that I'm running, but you don't know specifically who or why. You know the existence of Biovolt, and that they train kids to be ruthless fighters?" Taking Ray's nod as he understands, Shiri continued, "then you know that Kai grew up there. Well, so did I."

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Oh, cliffhanger! More will be explained in later chapters. Bye!!