Python

C H A P T E R 24

"Jeez is this a princess ball or something." I said as we entered the doors of fancy decorated hall.

Kenny chuckled as he held my lower back and led me inside. This place looked like a fancy gathering more than a charity event. The huge hall was decorated with white, gold and silver. There were round tables spread across the room. Each table had a name tag. The huge chandeliers on the high ceilings brightening up the room.

Everyone was dressed elegantly with woman wearing designer dresses and men wearing tuxedos. Some people were already sitting on the chairs while many were walking around greeting and talking to each other. Soft music played in the background while servers in uniforms attended the guests. Everyone in this room looked rich, from famous actors, to politicians and business owners.

Kenny was right, this was just an event to compete who was richer. But as long as they help the needy, then they can flaunt all they want. It was kind of a good thing, even though they did it for the wrong reasons.
The media was also here, Kenny was right again- publicity stunts.

A waiter came with a tray full of glasses with different wines, champagne and beer.

"Wanna take something ?" Kenny asked me with his hand still on my waist.

"Is that red wine ?" I asked the waiter infront of us pointing to a glass and he nodded and handed the wine glass to me.

I thanked him as Kenny took a different glass and the server left. Kenny was about to say something when he was interrupted by a man and a pregnant woman coming towards us.

"I can't believe you came." The brown haired man said as he smiled at Kenny.

I know his face. Where did I see him ?

"Hi, I'm Jake." The familiar man smiled at me as he extended his hand.

"Blue." I responded as I shaked his hand

"And this is my fiance, Charlotte." He said as he pointed at the pregnant woman next to him.

"Hi." I smiled at her. She was a beautiful brunnete with her shiny browny hair reaching above her shoulders.

"You're really beautiful." She smiled at me.

"Thank you, you're very beautiful too." I reciprocated the action.

Kenny was talking to Jake and I looked at Jake trying to figure out where I saw him.

"You saw me at the mall." Jake said to me as if reading my mind.

"What ?" I asked confused.

"You're trying to figure out where you saw me right ?" He smiled at me.

"Am I that obvious ?" I chuckled and he joined.

"The day of the terrorists attack? Where you bossed around your superiors? You even shouted at me." He touched his chest as he pretended to be hurt.
So that's where I saw him.

I chuckled. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine. You were a spit of fire that day. You saved everyone."

"Yeah." I said awkwardly as I took a sip of my wine. I felt really awkward being given credit for saving people. I've been doing this for my entire life, without people knowing. And I prefer the world not knowing that Python kills to save people because I don't want the attention of being labelled as a hero. I do it because I want to, not because I wanna be seen as a hero.

"Congratulations by the way." I said to Charlotte smiling at her belly.

"Thank you. Wanna go to the bar with me while these too catch up ? I need gauva juic-" She was interrupted by a voice infront of us.