.. Morning. ** "Dorothy has disappeared?"Quan repeated,with furrowed brows. "Yes,Kim. Do you have any idea where she could be?"his mother questioned, obviously perturbed. "I..I.."Laquan stuttered. "Oh,tell me,Kim! Tell me if you know where she is. She left a note that she was leaving and we shouldn't look for her. She clearly didn't went back to her marital home."she grabbed his hand in her's. Her eyes were already glazed with tears. "Mother,do not cry. Dorothy is a grown up woman so definitely,she knows how to tell white apart from black."he cajoled. She left his hand and breathed out. Tears rolled down her eyes. "No. She is only a woman."she sniffed. "Do.. Dorothy shouldn't just leave like that. She is a woman,where would she go! We don't have many relatives here. The few we have are unknown to her. Do.."she wheezed. Quan sucked a breath in. For fvck sake,he didn't come back to the past to witness such a dramatic event. Where could Dora have ran to?. Damn! He

## Britney wore a long black gown. She sat infront of the vanity table and opened the drawer. She brought out a red box where her jewelries were kept. She flipped it open and picked out a pair of silver earrings, placing it on the table. She removed the previous ones from her ears before wearing the new ones. She stares at herself in the mirror. She touched her ears and a scoff slides out of her mouth. Is going on a date with Sanchez a good decision?. Well,he just has to confirm somethings. He could blurt out a secret once he is caught up in the blissful moment. She breathed out. The bones around her neck came into view. Well,she is damn nervous. But,still, it's worth the trial. She would pretend she had drank the contents in the vial. She locked a necklace around her neck and shut her eyes. She stood up after applying a little powder on her face and rubbing a lipstick on her lips. She snatched her clutch bag from the bed,and made her way out of her room. Her high

Midnight~ Present Time~ .. Dora yawned loudly, obviously worn out. She and Oscar has been watching the clips since the previous day. She stuffed some popcorns into her mouth and glanced at Oscar beside her only to see him dozing off. She sighed before tapping him. He flung his eyes opened and sat up, immediately. "Oh,yea. Why was that happening?"he said, incoherently, staring at the laptop. Dora chuckled. "It's okay. You can sleep."she mouthed. Oscar diverted his stare to her. "Is that coming from you?"he scoffed. "Anyways,I am not doing this to help you. I have decided to pass through fire and ice just for my boss."he added. Dora stared at him in disbelief. "You indeed passed through those for him in your dream. With just a wink of sleep,the perpetrator could slip out of your sight."she gawked at him. Oscar rubbed his eyes. "Sleep, dummy."she poked his head. "Since you insist,I will sleep then. I don't wanna be a disobedience boy."he heaved out heavily and laid on t

"Sir Sanchez,how was the mee.." Sanchez slammed the tea cup in his hand on the table, aggressively, bringing his assistant's question to an abrupt stop. "It's too early in the morning. Don't jinx my day by making me recollect last night's memories."he breathed out, heavily. "That a*shole is still as annoying as ever. How i badly want to rub his face in the mud."he uttered with loathe. He took a slice of bread and pushed it inside his mouth. "That darn woman. Could she have heard anything?"he wondered, his head askew. His assistant bats his eyelashes. He said he doesn't wanna talk about it but here he is,talking about it to himself. Well,no doubt, priest Malcolm has always been Sanchez's greatest fear. Malcolm also take orders from Sanchez's godfather. However,the superiority difference is there, glaring like a full touch light. "I have to get rid of him. Only then can I think I am powerful."Sanchez's eyes darkened. "What about what I asked you to look into?"he turned aroun

Dorothy stared at Laquan and he also stared back at her. "Whose fault is this one?"she asks. "Yours. If you hadn't delayed us,we would have.." "No. It was yours. If you hadn't been a scholar,we.." "Nope. It was purely yours. If you hadn't said that.." "It was your fault for being so dense." "No. You were the one being too rash with your decision." They accused themselves. They were both in the palace's prison. "If we had left home earlier,the palace messengers wouldn't have found us at home. Your gluttony self implicated us here."Laquan expounded. "If you hadn't been a scholar, would the emperor have noticed you?. Would he have sent guards to the house?"she attacked him back. "If you hadn't get out of the house and talk to the guards brazenly,then we wouldn't have been attached to the crime of not obeying or being rude to the emperor."he snorted. "Well,if you had addressed them a little earlier, would I have done that."she tsk'ed. They both remained quiet. Dorothy curled