Hidden Powers by Ben Swallow

Author:Ben Swallow [Swallow, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

After we got back from Robby with the two coffers, we scouted out the place where we are supposed to drop them off. No surprise, it was in the Pit and looks pretty bad. An empty warehouse, or something like that. Now, it’s probably a hideout or a place for secret meetings. Not the where I would usually hang out at night as long as the value my life.

Since we had a few more hours to kill, we drove around the city for some time until we eventually stopped, and Bryan parked his car.

„We are we going?”

Bryan looks over at me and grins. „This place has the best gelato in town, and it just opened again a week ago.”

„In the middle of all this, we are going for ice cream?”

„Why not?” He continues to grin, but the smile leaves his eyes as he continues. „I always went here as a kid. Back when things used to be simple. Now I go here when I need to escape, when life gets hard to bear. Reminds me of simple, happy times and calms me down.”

Aww.

Not knowing what to say, I just smile at him and get out of the car. It’s afternoon already, but the sun that tickles my skin is still warm. We only have to wait in line for a few moments until it’s our turn to order.

„Vanilla, lemon, and… uhm… cookies & cream, please.”

„Ah, cookies, a good choice,” Bryan grins. Turning to the counter, he orders „Stracciatella, salted caramel and chocolate please.”

„Oh my god, they have salted caramel ice cream? How could you not tell me that!? I love salted caramel anything!”

„Yeah, it tastes amazing,” Bryan laughs. “They just introduced it last year. I always choose it now. That and chocolate, my childhood favorite.”

„I can sooo imagine you as a little kid with an ice cream cone, a big smile and some chocolate on the nose.”

Bryan laughs wholeheartedly, blushing a little. „Yeah, that’s exactly what I looked like. And if you must know, I was actually quite chubby as a kid.”

„You!?” I gasp. „I thought you were just born looking like a Greek god or something.”

I could swear I just saw him blushing again.

We continue to walk around in the sun for an hour, eating ice cream and sharing childhood memories, laughing. I could almost forget the black veins on my hand that have reached my shoulder already.

It’s why I’m still wearing my leather jacket, even though it’s getting a little too warm for it already. Drawing attention to our affliction in public would probably not be very helpful. Bryan is wearing a simple pullover, which probably doesn’t get as hot. Also, you can see his muscular arms and strong chest through it, something I can appreciate despite everything.

As the sun is eventually setting, we are back in his car, driving to the drop-off point. The happy mood turned cold as we left, both of us back in the harsh reality where we will soon either get healed or die.

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