Chapter 536 Time To Go (Part One)

After breakfast, Jackson decided to go to the reading room rather than his bedroom.

When he stepped into the reading room, Jackson had no desire to read any of the rows of books lining the shelves, and instead sat down behind the desk, and dialed Mond's phone number.

Mond answered promptly and said,"Hi Jackson! How are you feeling?"

Jackson replied evenly,"Hello Mond. I'm doing okay."

"Sally said a woman took you away. Who was she?" questioned Mond. Everyone seemed to be curious about this mysterious woman. Mond was no exception.

Jackson was suspicious and echoed,"A woman?" It was a puzzle Jackson knew nothing about, and his face scrunched up with a look of bewilderment as he repeated,"A woman?" He tried to remember details, but, he couldn't recall any woman yesterday. Jackson knew only two men who were there, but, even now, he could not remember hearing or seeing a woman.

Mond asked,"You don't remember?" Considering Jackson's lack of memory, and how little he knew, Mond wondered what on earth had occurred yesterday.

Jackson repeated again,"I only remember there were men there."

Speaking bluntly, Mond conveyed what he had been told,"Sally said there was a woman and two men," he continued questioning Jackson,"You really don't know who they are?"

Jackson responded,"No, I don't. The only person I saw when I came to was Derek," Jackson didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. He'd felt strange since yesterday, but he had no interest in investigating the events. He was sick of hearing about it all, and believed everything would revealed on it's own, someday.

Mond felt the same about rehashing the same thing over and over, so

When her boyfriend betrayed her, all light and joy was gone from Cherry’s life. Deserted, bereft of hope, she married a man that she had barely met, but she had never expected him to be her ex-boyfriend’s uncle.

Cherry thought that she had finally found her happiness, but she had no idea about the dark secrets that were bound to unfold and haunt her forever...

door stated Red Leaf Tea Shop, yet, there was not one bit of red; the entire building was painted mundane beige. What drew attention was a string of red maple leaves adorning the walkway just to the side of the shop's sign. Mond had to wonder if this was why the shop earned its name.

The second Mond walked through the door of the tea shop, a waitress walked up and greeted him enthusiastically.

The polite waitress wore light make-up and was in a uniform, Mond observed. She had stepped away from a row of waitresses who were standing in a row, each poised the same, with their hands over the abdomen.

Demurely, the waitress asked,"Hello Sir, welcome to the Red Leaf Tea shop. How many guests will be joining you today?"

Mond responded in an uninterested tone,"There will be two of us." He didn't need to be gentle and kind to strangers and he continued,"Find a table in the corner please."

"Okay." the waitress replied and as she turned away, she gently added. "This way, please," and then she walked over to a corner of the tea shop.

Following the waitress, Mond sauntered slowly to the corner.