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Chapter 13: Started to Hunt

Reggie Rockwitz

"Reggie's over here, I'm actually on the team, and I'm in for the morning meeting, that's too much to ask, I really need a place to stay, so you can put an extra person in your room, just for about a week"?

Godamamm did I say it in the right tone or am I an invader of his privacy I could have stayed in a hotel but that would have been too expensive.

"Are you carrying too much luggage because the apartment has only two rooms and the space is almost full?"

Jinx casually said "No, it's not like I just have a bag that can fit anywhere." "Yeah that's fine, I'll text you the address,

is Joyce in Davis"?

"No, just me and two others."

"She must be back, you go back, I will come back late at night."

"Thank you, I mean it's good that you treated me so well."

"OK, see you soon". He says

Anyone who replies "ok" to a compliment is another weirdo

"I got the address I told Jojo, I'm leaving."

"Wait, Joyce's at the office, you'd better go with her, you don't have the keys," Joe said

"Oh. she's here, I thought she was gone, I'm waiting here."

There was a beanbag, I pulled it aside and soaked my sweaty body in it My butt has never felt anything so soft.

I scoured social media, checked,, and didn't hear from anyone for 933 days To be honest, I'm not too surprised, I just downloaded 3 volumes of Modern love Tokyo, because I love Japanese cinema, love their literature, and poetry, it contains many unusual meanings that make my conscience flutter.

Maybe there was still time for Joyce to drop by so I stepped out of the greenpale and started looking for shops selling hiking bags The street is quiet and perfectly clean, I wonder how that has changed. I guess this was the first time my small town's cleanliness caught my eye.

None of the stores had big bags so I went ahead and bought an American Tourister college backpack for $12.5, it was a resale market so I bought it cheap.

After that, I went back to Greenpale and told Jojo to tell Joyce that I was coming in the evening because I wanted to get some stuff from my old place.

Then I took a taxi and headed east to get my stuff, I lost 7 dollars for that cab, you kidding me, I ran out of cash Damn, no one accepts digital payments to avoid taxes.

My things were still beside the tree, I packed all my sweaty clothes into my new backpack and my stomach started rumbling. For the first time in my life, I decided to go to a restaurant alone I'm very shy but now I need to act like an adult.

When I walked in, the aroma of Indian flavors took over my whole soul I just needed to find myself a perfect spot near the window but it was taken, so I took the next one.

The interior of the restaurant is covered in polished wood for a classic look I tilted my head to the left, and the window seat was occupied only by my uncle Mack.

What the hell is going on with this sequence of events?

He saw me face to face, he took a deep breath to throw a few words out of his mouth but the words never came out.

I stood up and sat next to him face to face like a man

"When did you came back from the trip?"

He looked at my face for 15 seconds and said amusedly"I met someone here this afternoon."

"What did you do with your beard? What is that mustache? You look like 144p Pablo Escobar."

Hehehehe-

again he doesn't react.

"Are you mad at me? uncle?Again he chose to be silent,

then he spoke in complete surprise. "You never stopped calling me uncle since you learnt to speak."

uh... I was silent

"I raised you as my own son, I fed you, educated you. You haven't even to felt to say goodbye to this old man. when I got a call from Lisa saying you were at home but to get your things it made me proud that my son had finally came out of the cave and started hunting.

"I don't know what you do or what you became in a day, but whatever you are be a good one."

I said "I've done my job pretty well so far and I hope I would be a better dad in the future like you"

He is smiling,

I made him laugh for the first time

"What does master like to eat?" The

Waiter said

"I want a butter chicken and 5 naans and it will be delicious."

I said"What do you want to turn on".

He said he is about to leave for home.

"Good luck on you, come home often to show me my result of parenting." He said

"Hopefully I will, bye dad".

"bye son".

And then he left, that was the first time I called him dad.

I never want to go back to his house again because I still haven't decided on my future. And what the hell am I doing now? Collect money from the old man who organized this illegal racing.

I ate for almost an hour watching the first episode of Modern Love Tokyo, it wasn't as good as I expected, but the visuals and art show

makes me happy from the bottom of my heart.

The sun was slowly setting, I grabbed my bag and ordered an uber,

and drove back to greenpale When I walked in, there was only Alfred and no one else. So I went to him to ask if Joyce had finished the job.

He said "I don't know, let's see if she's there in the office" So I went upstairs and this weird, crazy old man appeared in front of me again.

It's less intimidating now because I've gained confidence here. Jojo called me from afar

"hey!"

He was standing near a cubicle in a huge office, bigger than Davis,, and even had a living room, and a coffee machine.

"It's very comfortable here," I said as I sat down on the sophisticated couch. Since half of the walls are transparent I have a great view of the mountains and our small town from here

"Does this coffee maker works"?.

The strange old man approached me and started the engine.Joyce is working on the PC.

"We're just installing some necessary software and securing the system so we're safe from the police," Joe said

"Well, so we also need to increase cybersecurity, I never thought of that."Joyce said, "we've prepared your system, come check it out."

"Oh, it's Linux but I don't know how to make it work". I said

"This is a custom program called TGR.exe (token generator) I will register the Racers willing to participate, then the data will be displayed on your computer, take the client money, count in the machine,, and click "generate token". Give the bill to the customer and keep the second copy in the first drawer."

"Oh, that's a monologue, how many times have rehearsed it," I asked

She started giggling.

"That's enough for today, let's close this place and open tomorrow because registration for the drag race is about to start," Joe said

"Get your stuff, do you know how to drive?" Joyce asked me

Oh my gosh, why did I never think of learning to drive, it would have multiplied my manhood tenfold.

"No sorry,," I said feeling miserable on my life

"It's okay, I let you both down,," Jojo said

I sat next to Jojo and Joyce in the back seat. I also felt very guilty fighting Jojo, he helped me settle down a lot.

It's a five-story building, with an elegant balcony When we entered the room, Joyce was unlocking and I asked her

"You asked me if I knew how to drive?" Why is it out of the blue?

"Jinx owns a Subaru Forester and the keys are with me, so I thought we'll head out straight there.""Oh, it's tempting to own"

Joyce's face looks Asian and she always wears large glasses that cover half of her face, however, she is not attractive to me in any way so perhaps it is not right to share an apartment with her I would be in great awkwardness if it was Mayo.

"Are you hungry, can I order something to eat?" I said"Yes, I want ravioli, Margerretta,, and two cans of scotch."

Well, she said it without hesitation and I started to like her straightforward attitude I ordered 2 Margerretta pizzas, ravioli bread,, and 3 cans of scotch because I needed his company and I am also a prolific man, now I need to start drinking to reduce my stress levels mine.

Her apartment was so clean that there wasn't a single piece of paper on the floor, and it was beautifully decorated with minimal accessories.

She has changed and now she has a white shirt and purple shorts, I must say that looks very cute. "Can I wash some of my clothes, they need to be cleaned before they make your clean environment toxic."

She is laughing and like me but more feminine hyena

"Of course, and you can take a shower if you want."

I feel so ashamed because I will smell so bad in that clothes in the morning and my skin is ruined. "I dashed into the bathroom and showered for the first time in the most beautiful bathroom I've ever seen in my life, the water touching my skin after months. great relief."


Chapter 14: Norweignwood

Reggie rockwitz

I heaved a heavy sigh as I heard two voices in the distance but couldn't see anything; then, as light swept across my eyes, I realized I was laying on the ground. I saw Joyce and Jinx conversing; are they having a disagreement? in the space just in front of me? When he realized I was watching them, he quickly shut the door.

are they planning something fishy ? to kidnap or murder me by selling my body parts? am I overthinking it or should I be genuinely concerned?

After getting up, I recalled I had ordered some food and contacted Joyce by approaching the door and knocking twice.

"oh, you woke up? you are a lousy bear I tried to wake you but you were sleeping like a coma patient."

so, after the heartwarming bath, I just felt unconscious and slept on the floor.

"I'm sorry I was exhausted from the physically tiresome work I did after many years, that was to clean the big Davis".

"hmm. You can use the dishes to have your food in the kitchen."

"yeah, thanks for the hospitality but did you have dinner?"

"Don't be so much concerned about me, I am very much full, call me if you need something".

Now that they're treating me like a close family member, they don't seem to be married; Jinx looked a little older than I did, and Joyce was probably around 19 years old. However, there's no way to be sure.

anyways I rushed to the small tiny elegant kitchen and munched on the Margaretta alone.

In room 1, the lights were turned out, and I could see a massive figure resting on his stomach. Joyce was still awake and started folding and piling clothes

I move towards her and grabbed a hoodie lying and began folding it, she observed me and gave a laugh,

"you shouldn't have folded this one, I was about to dry clean it."

awkward moment.

"I wanted to help". I said

"oh, so you can fold these here they are jinx clothes, which smelled pretty bad."

"oh god.. it smells worse than mine." I grinned

"I saw there are still 3 cans of beer left, let's share the moment".

"you're quite dramatic". she said

"but every drama needs a queen," I said

what the hell was that ? that flirt was so smoothly executed. Maybe I'm something of William Wordsworth myself.

she laughed so hard covering her eyes and her body was shivering I could see it.

I spotted an opening and took full use of it.

"let's go to the terrace and chill for some minutes, I don't think you will get to sleep easily," I said.

that was a corny line.. again

she got up, and I followed her and picked up some drinks, she said to get the lighter from the fridge top. so she smokes too

"done," I said

As I went outside the door, a brisk breeze surged through me, and the temperature was approximately 18 °c when I checked my phone. The terrace was neither poor nor nice, although it did provide a quadratic elevation for the water tank.

" that seems a perfect spot I said".

she followed after me and climbed the elevation, I gave out my hand and for the first time in my life, I touched a female species.

"i don't like any personal talks, I prefer everyone should keep their life private, don't you think?'"

" quite a good analogy"

"since when did start living here"? only answer if you don't consider it a personal question."

"quite a long time I could say"

she's smart in conversations she speaks without even giving the slightest bit of additional info

" that's great".

I smiled at her

she saw me and started chuckling into my eyes.

female species are damn gorgeously made, her smooth and pale skin shining in the night light, her glasses covering half of her face, her small lips closing in one line, and a touch of pink shading on her cheeks. Joyce is a kawaii version of Jennifer Connely of the 90s.

she was too adorable and I noticed it too late, and I was flat on her. yet I have to regain my manly discipline and act tough to attract her too.

"let's cheer what are we waiting for". I excitedly said.

then we got drunk from a single can, you can have the other one I said and offered it to her.

she drank both cans and started lighting a cigarette,

I thought maybe she wasn't meant for me, I don't like girls who do these things honestly they should act more feminine.

so we talked about movies, and computers and kept discussing random topics as they came creating a chain of conversation. we gossiped about celebrities who don't give a fuck about our existence and while I was drunk I told her about my past.

not about the recent but when I was 16 and I started reading books of literature and fiction, books are my first love and I told her about Murakami's book "Norwegian wood" which was the first book I read that shattered my mental stability and traumatized my soul so deep that reading it at that age was the biggest blunder I made in life.

she got very excited and when the topic of books popped up, she said: "wow, you were reading so many books at that age which must have boosted your wisdom tenfold."

"but I even have half the percentage of wisdom you possess". I said again complimenting her.

"I will be a year back than you if I started reading from now on".

"wait are you 17?"

"yeah, she said smiling".

she was still a minor, I just hate my hormones which were smoking some poetic shit before.

"tell me about the book Norwegian wood I just got curious about how it destroyed you emotionally."

"you are the first person who asked me about my favorite book, forgive me in advance if it hurts you, so here it goes-"

I told her from the very start, cause I have it memorized right from the prologue. when I told her about the first arc of kizuki, her eyes already became watery. her face went blank and her nose became red.

"Are you ok, Joyce, do you want me to continue"?

"she insisted I keep on telling further and not stop,"

I again started narrating the story, then the 1st Naoko arc came, then the sanatorium arc, the dormitory, letters, and stormtrooper arc was the only relieved arc but it also gave the same amount of pain later came, Hatsumi, Nagasawa, Reiko, Midori.

when I finally completed narrating the whole book, she was numb, she didn't ask me to explain the end which was left in delusion. I felt so guilty to tell her about it. each character had their own story revolving around Watanabe which was so beautifully written and executed by genius Murakami, Norwegian wood was the book of the century.

the wound inflicted 8 years ago opened up as it was partially stitched. I looked at Joyce, the tear in her right eye was on the verge of falling but didn't feel I was looking at her, her eyes seemed to look at me but they were lost in nothingness. I took my hand forward and rubbed her right eye wiping the tear, her nose became red. the focus of her eyes came on me and I just thought of kissing her then and there. her soft moisture-filled lips were partially opened which was irresistible.

but again the awkwardness kicked in, and as I did touch her to wipe her tears, I already completely emptied myself by narrating the novel. I got up from the spot and got down to her apartment, I just laid two bedsheets one over the other and slept on it, a warm, very deep sleep came to carry me away.


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