06-08-2018, 11:49 AM
The sounds of the city, the honks and just general life, competed with the hum of voices and clinking of glasses and music from inside.
It did feel better, being out here. The air was cool and the sky open. Nothing fixed. Nothing solved. The noose still around his neck. But it didn't feel so oppressive.
He supposed he should go back inside. He had someone to find. A thought sent a brief sliver of hope. Two someones.
Another person joined him. About the same height and build, though that was where the similarities ended. The man's face was scarred- burned?- though from what he wasn't sure.
That wasn't what really hit him though. This was the man he'd been sent to meet. Or rather, to deliver the note to. And on that note, his face darkened. Ivan burned inside. The humiliation of it. That bitch was using him as an errand boy. Another test. Another dig. Another hook.
He eyed the man, not able to keep the irritation from showing. Who was he that Yun Kao wanted to talk to him? Obviously of some importance, since he was here at this swanky event.
He pulled the note from his pocket and held it out, though not bothering to cross the space to give it to him. "Someone asked me to give this to you,"
he said, his voice low and angry.
It did feel better, being out here. The air was cool and the sky open. Nothing fixed. Nothing solved. The noose still around his neck. But it didn't feel so oppressive.
He supposed he should go back inside. He had someone to find. A thought sent a brief sliver of hope. Two someones.
Another person joined him. About the same height and build, though that was where the similarities ended. The man's face was scarred- burned?- though from what he wasn't sure.
That wasn't what really hit him though. This was the man he'd been sent to meet. Or rather, to deliver the note to. And on that note, his face darkened. Ivan burned inside. The humiliation of it. That bitch was using him as an errand boy. Another test. Another dig. Another hook.
He eyed the man, not able to keep the irritation from showing. Who was he that Yun Kao wanted to talk to him? Obviously of some importance, since he was here at this swanky event.
He pulled the note from his pocket and held it out, though not bothering to cross the space to give it to him. "Someone asked me to give this to you,"
he said, his voice low and angry.