Fairly short, I know, but things aregetting interesting. Enjoy the chapter!!
Chapter 24
After the Encounter
Immediately after the four villains had entered and left the house, Elizabeth calmed down enough to call Anna and tell her what had happened moments earlier.
"What in the world were they doing there in the first place?!" Anna nearly shouted over the phone.
"You're paying for my hearing aids now, but joking aside, I don't know what they were doing over here at all. I'm confused, why me?" Elizabeth questioned to her equally puzzled friend.
"You're asking me. I don't know anything about it or what they wanted. For now, let's forget it and think about it later on, okay?" Anna suggested, being completely unsure of what is to come.
"Okay, I'll try to forget it, for now," Elizabeth was nervous, but agreed the seemingly impossible task.
Although it seemed too much to others to forget, she was able to forget, but still shook upon occasion at the thought of what happened. No matter how many times she remembered, though, she always looked and sounded calm and fooled everyone except Takuya.
Although the wound was healed, courtesy of Elizabeth, Takuya frequently touched the area where he was cut for no apparent reason. Takuya was also freaked at the very names of the four that nearly kidnapped Elizabeth, but was also angry. He couldn't help it; she was in trouble and he could do nothing but be the one in the bargain. Elizabeth noticed what Takuya thought, but didn't mention it.
Elizabeth's stepmother opened the garage door, announcing her arrival. Elizabeth was at the computer watching a music video for Yu-Gi-Oh at the time, but she stopped it. Elizabeth gave a coy, or fake, smile to welcome Mrs. Jones home.
"Hi, Mrs. Jones, how was work?" Elizabeth asked the usual question asked every time Mrs. Jones was able to talk to Elizabeth after a day of work.
"Long and tiring today at work, and you?" Mrs. Jones gave a tired grin to Elizabeth while asking.
"Oh, nothing much happened, I talked to Anna, watched stuff online, and so on," Elizabeth told only half of the truth. On the contrary, though, Mrs. Jones bought it.
"I'll get your dinner ready for you," Mrs. Jones told Elizabeth and walked toward the kitchen. On her way, however, Mrs. Jones seemed to hesitate, and although Elizabeth noticed, she didn't say a word about it.
"Something's fishy about your stepmother. Do you think she's sick?" Takuya asked, watching the back of the stepmother.
"Maybe it was only our imaginations after what happened today," Elizabeth tried to comfort Takuya. At the sound of what had happened, both of them shuddered before looking normal again.
"You're right, it's probably nothing at all," Takuya dissuaded himself, but forced himself to agree to feel at least a little bit better. Elizabeth continued to ponder this as she went downstairs to finish the video.