Chapter Five - Eureka
"I totally know what are you talking about and as an inspiring painter...I wanted to be better than her" Linsey said looking at Sweven with her unblinking eyes. "Will you be my model in an artwork?" She asked out of a sudden.
"NO" Sweven responded immediately to her offer as she replied "Okay! That's a yes right? I will pay you double than the usual so don't worry". Linsey deciding on her own made Sweven irritated causing him to furrow his brows, "I don't want to get involved with you!".
"Then why are you here? When someone step a foot on this gallery it means their interested" Linsey blurting out her opinion seriously. "I can't have a relationship or connection with you; besides this is just the second time we met" Sweven lower his voice honestly at that point.
"We already had since the first time we met" A sentence that reminded him words that Linsey spoke to him, it was "We are not strangers anymore....so what are we?" Sweven asked in conclusion as Linsey replied "I'm your boss and you're my client.
The next thing Sweven did was just agreed in Linsey's offer, he didn''t want another word to come with the girl's mouth anymore as he just quietly just left, leaving the girl behind. Sweven think blankly as he walked down the street while Linsey whose still in the gallery bow down her head and asked herself "In the end I couldn't stop him. Why would he made a face like that?".
People's expression are hard to tell when they are pretending, lying or hiding, it was like a mask with three different types---despite his gloomy face his still have those expression but what's up with the connection? A uncertain question that Linsey will never knew.
ON THE NEXT DAY
Sweven works at the cafe on the afternoon during the weekdays while Madam Celine is fortune telling with a friend on the second floor. "Your daughter is going to dumped his boyfriend for another guy who's much more handsome" Madam Celine said as she slice the cake. "Really are you serious about that? You can tell just by the crystal ball?" Her friend asked in disbelief as she took a sip on the coffee.
"Tsk. You knew I'm an expert in this field! Now what are you going to do?" Celine frowned.
There on the second floor of the cafe eating while Sweven went up and immediately saw Madam Celine on the corner where you can see the scenery because of the glass curtain. He came towards Celine and gazed at her friend, he then looked at Celine whose now eating the cake while listening to her friend.
"Madam Celine?" Sweven called out.
"Whut?" She asked with a cake on her mouth.
"It's unusual seeing you at the owner her cafe. What happened?" Sweven asked because there's seemed to be something off with Madam Celine's behavior today. He usually saw her at the office and fortune telling, Now she's at the corner and eating which is just her habit.
Before answering Sweven's question, Celine swallowed the dessert first and asked her friend to leave because there's something he wants to say to Sweven causing her friend to agreed then left, "My son was dumped by his girlfriend but he just won't accept the fact that he was dumped for another guy".
"He did everything for her even trying to act like a white guy. Did she really love him" Sweven looked down and muttered. "I don't know but it's really irritating to see that Racist woman again!" She angrily said causing her to hold her handkerchief very tightly.
"What do you mean by that?" Sweven asked.
"She went here and wanted to talk to my son so my stupid son agreed" She answered. "When did it happen? Where are they now? Sweven once again asked because he probably foresee this scenario in his dreams.
"Earlier at the next alley" She replied which causes Sweven to run hurriedly without saying anything and leaving Celine behind,"Oh! goodness something might happen. I better call the police".
Sweven knew what kind of girl Jackson's ex-girlfriend is because he just saw the girl kissing another guy a few weeks ago, he told it and his dreams to Jackson that he better avoid that situation but Jackson just said "I'll be fine".
Sweven run fast as he can to where Jackson and the girl. Then after a few minutes at last he saw them with the man in his vision.
They are already shouting at each other, bickering about things involving the girl they loved. Sweven came closer to them to stop them from arguing, "JACKSON!".
"Sweven? what are you doing here? Jackson asked but before Sweven could ever answer, the man madly said "why are you cutin with us?"As he stared at them.
"Sweven don't get involved here this is my problem you better leave" Frost insisted pushing Sweven on the side.
"Baby I don't really like this man please help me!!" The girl uttered
. As expected she was beaten up by the man she love that's why she's getting back at Jackson again because Jackson is much more better than her boyfriend but it's too late for that, She seriously made a wrong decision in dumping Jackson, Sweven had in mind.
The man forcefully pulled the girl away because of the words came out from her mouth which at that point Sweven was prepared on what will happen.
The man suddenly pull out his gun from his jacket and at the same time Sweven quickly grabbed it from him. They fight into snatching the gun away from each other and began to raise it up, no one is willing to unhold the gun they are holding.
It's hard for Sweven to take away the gun because he didn't want the people on the street to get hurt until the man accidentally pulled the trigger and shoot from above, the people where shocked at that point while Sweven is struggling to get the gun away.
Frost seems to know what he is supposed to do, he quickly went behind the man's back and wrapped his arms into the man's neck tighly.
"Let go or you might die here!" Jackson warned the man while there's so many people watching on the street.
The man couldn't do anything but agreed because he will be out of breathe in any minute that's why he let go his gripped on the gun and gave it to Sweven. Frost then let go of him, he was about to run away but the police luckily came right in time and arrested him with Sweven, Jackson and the girl.
The four then went to the police station.
"Okay you three can now go home" The police on the counter said.
"What will happened to my boyfriend then?!" The girl worriedly asked. "Let see he has possession of firearms and domestic violence filed by her ex-live in partners so obviously his going to prison" The police answered.
"Why do you still care about him? He beat you up Zoe?!" Jackson look at her ex.
"This is all your fault!" The girl frowned then suddenly walke away. "Hey! Zoe! Talk to me first! Sweven let's talk later I'm gonna to get her" Jackson said as he run to talked to his ex- girlfriend.
"His girlfriend is a chick but kind of dumb in a way" The police drawled and looked at Sweven, "She doesn't seriously love him". "You got a girlfriend?" The police asked.
"To be single is much more better than to be in a relationship" Sweven jokingly answered. "Yeah! You got it right kid! hahaha!" The police man laughed in joy.
Sweven came outside the police station and saw Jackson standing alone while looking down on the ground. He quickly then went towards him and pat his right shoulder as he saw a hand mark on Jackson cheeks which is really red.
"You got slap?" Sweven asked.
"Whatcha think bruh?" Jackson replied in a question too.
Jackson was about to cry but his stopping himself to do it that is why Sweven uttered "You should cry if it's worth it" and added "I'm gonna get you a taxi then cry on it okay?" Then called a taxi.
"I ain't gonna cry in the broad daylight bruh" Jackson uttered as Sweven looked at him with smirk, "You said that but you're almost sobbing looked at your face!". "You looked at your face! Don't smirk like that. you looked scary" Jackson warned Sweven in a jokingly way.
After the long day, Sweven went to bed and fall asleep; He then dreamed a vision again and it happens to be Linsey whose destroying her artwork in a white underground studio near the beach, she's crying desperately as she wipes it off with her painted hands.
What a coincidence, Sweven woke up at dawn when he realize it's all true---we are now connected that's why I believed her quickly earlier but this is too sudden, I have a bad feeling about this.
The first time I saw her she was a stranger and then the second time I saw her she was my boss or more like my superior.
To be continued.