Bab 9: Chapter 9

“Hey! What’s going on there?” When he didn’t get an answer, he rushed across the street to try and help. “Hey, kid, are you all right? What happened?”

“Nothing, get away.”

Fate thought he recognized the voice and got the surprise of his life when he grabbed his jaw, turned his face toward the light, and recognized the homeless man he’d met earlier.

“Hey, it’s you. What the hell happened here?”

Seeing who it was, Dante quickly turned to run away.

Fate moved fast and managed to catch him before he got very far. “Hey, I’m tired of this. Now, if you’re as smart as you are pretty you’d know I’m just trying to help you, so start talking.”

“Just leave me alone, okay?”

“What the hell is wrong with you? Don’t you know when someone’s trying to help you? Were you hurt?” He looked down at his body. “I don’t see any blood.”

“It wasn’t that kind of attack.”

“Okay, so tell me what kind it was.”

“He was trying to force himself on me, okay?”