Anna chases Shane.
" Wait ! Shane !"
Shane exhales, " stop following me."
" Mr. Shane, we are friends, right ?"
" No, I- "
" You said it before. We are friends."
Shane lowers his head.
Anna smiles.
" Please come to my house and have dinner to let me pay your kindness back !"
Shane hesitates.
" You won't refuse a friend's request, right ?"
Shane looks at her.
" I-I won't ask your address anymore. Just.. just have dinner with me. Just one time."
Anna stares at Shane.
" ..Fine."
Anna smiles, " Thank you."
Anna follows his back.
***
Anna opens the door.
" I'm back !" reported Anna.
Shane smiles while closing the door.
Shane looks at Ben.
" Mr. Ben."
" Please sit."
Shane sits down.
Anna walks to the kitchen.
Ben glances at Shane.
" How's it going ?" asked Ben.
" About ?"
" You and my daughter."
It was fortunate that Shane hasn't started to eat, if no, he would have choked.
" Nothing. We are just friends."
Ben stares at Shane.
Shane lies, " Pardon me, I need to go to the restroom."
Shane walks to the restroom.
Anna comes, " Here's dinner."
Ben walks to his room.
Anna feels weird.
' Both ? Who's going to eat ?'
Anna notices Shane's phone on the table.
' ..should I ?'
Anna furrows her brows.
' I wonder why Shane rarely picks my call up.'
Anna takes Shane's phone.
Anna turns the screen on.
" Oops." muttered Anna as she accidentally presses 1.
She feels vibration from her pocket.
' Eh ?'
' It can't be..' thought Anna persuading herself.
Anna breathes in.
She takes her phone out.
. . . . . Shane . . . . .
Accept . . Decline
Anna turns to the other phone.
' This phone's quick dial one is.. me ?'
Anna presses 2.
Ella...
***
Ella looks at her phone.
' Big brother.'
Ella picks the call up.
" Hello ?"
Bip..bip..bip..
***
Anna exhales.
Anna puts the phone back.
' Impossible. I'm hallucinating.'
Anna blinks.
" Something wrong ?" asked Shane.
" Ah ! S-Sh.. Mr. Shane ! You shocked me !"
Anna blushes at the thought of being one of the quick dials.
' I-It's just because Shane doesn't have other numbers.. He is just lazy to type my phone number. Yeah.. that must be it.'
" L-Let's eat." said Anna.
" Yeah."
***
" The number you are trying to call is not reachable."
Anna declines the call.
She heard uncountable times of the woman's automated voice.
' I know. Maybe Mr. Shane is busy. He could be talking to Ella over the phone.'
Anna types a message and sends it to Shane even though Shane never answered her messages.
***
Shane stares at the phone ringing.
' I don't believe.. I can't live without you.'
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Dumb Beauty & Genius
Mystery / ThrillerAnna easily believes in people. In contrast, Shane uses complex logic to get the result that he wants. One day, Anna gets involved in a scary game because of her father that has a huge debt. Will they survive ? Will Anna ever learn to lie ? Or will...
