Denzel walked out of the room he was, walking back to the parlour to meet with Zoey.
"Oliver, everything is okay, you may return home now, it's late," Zoey said, looking up at her boyfriend that kept caressing her face, as he was worried.
"I can't leave you here, what if something else happens?" Oliver wasn't ready to take his hands away from her face, from the way he spoke and behaved, anyone could know how much he loved her.
"Believe me, nothing is wrong, I have to return to my work, you may leave now,"
While they were still talking, Denzel walked into the living room, completely clueless about the whole thing that was going on between them.
"Thank you so much, Zo--ey..." Denzel kind of stuttered when he saw the guy that was in the parlour. "I'm sorry if I am intruding any moment," Denzel began to walk backwards, trying to leave the room.
He heard what they were saying before he got there, but he was completely worn out to even bother about it.
"Huh? Zoey? Is that why you are telling me to leave? I am also sorry if I intruded your moment, Good night," Oliver took his hands off her slowly, walking out of the house and slamming the door behind him as he left.
"Oliver... Oliver! It's not what you think... Wait a minute... Oh my goodness," Zoey walked towards the sofa in the living room, sitting on it and then placing her hand on her forehead.
From the moment Oliver called out her name, she knew something was obviously wrong. He hardly calls out her name, it was very rare, but when she gets him angry, he calls out her name in a very harsh manner.
"Denzel, you may come in..." Zoey said out when she saw Denzel stand by the side of the door.
"Are you good, are you sure I can come?"
"Are you coming or not?"
Denzel walked towards her, leaping, she could see the wound he had on his left foot, it was severe.
"What the hell went wrong earlier? Like I was confused... What are you exactly?" Zoey sounded pissed off as she spoke, she was already stressed out from the work she was doing, adding the incident that took place earlier was already enough to get her worked up, not to talk about the case with her angry next-door boyfriend.
"Uhm... I am sorry about what happened earlier, was that your brother?" Denzel asked her, falling on the chair just beside Zoey.
Zoey looked at Denzel with an irritating face, and she stood from where she sat, "Are you stupid? Brother? Firstly, anyone would tell that he is my boyfriend, and secondly, I guess I have told you that I have only a sister, my brother died long ago... So..." Zoey's voice kept getting furious, and Denzel knew that if she continued, she might throw him out of the house.
"Chill, Zoey, I am just kidding... I know you have no brother, but you never mentioned to me that you have a sister."
Zoey eyed Denzel, walking out of the room as soon as she did. Denzel smirked a bit, he knew annoying he was, and it had been very long since he joked around that much, so he felt pretty good.
After some minutes, Zoey came back with a first aid box in her hand, holding a napkin in her other hand.
"Get me your leg," Zoey walked towards Denzel, kneeling and then placing Denzel's feet on her thigh, she took out an ointment and a cotton swab, dipping the cotton swab in the ointment, she used it to clean the wound that was opened.
"You might have to go to the hospital," Zoey said, not taking her eyes away from Denzel's leg.
"I can't, and you should know why, I mean, I am still wanted," Denzel rested his back on the chair, he kept moving slowly, as it stung him.
"Ohh... Yeah... That, so how have you been living all these days since you have returned?"
"You know, just pushing..."
Zoey stood the moment she was done using a bandage to wrap the wound. She sat beside Denzel, placing the first aid kit just on the stool beside the chair they sat on.
"So is that what that incident earlier was about?"
"Maybe... I don't even know, I was being chased by the police one minute, and another minute, some man wearing the mask of a Serpent kicks me as I was flying... Then some Rhinoceros crashed a car that I drove... I don't just understand what the hell is going on," Denzel sighed heavily the moment he was done saying his story, he was tired of everything.
"Rhinoceros? Does that mean that a beast is after you?"
"I am also confused... Because I don't know why a--... Chill, could they be from Owl's organisation?"
"I am lost..."
"Did Owl send them after me? But... if I am correct, E-phant was the strongest amongst them, and the power of that guy can't even be equalled to E-phant's own, the guy is a monster,"
"Denzel! Denzel!!" Denzel was completely lost in his thoughts, he couldn't even hear Zoey call out his name, so Zoey shook him, to get his attention.
"Denzel, are you alright? You have been ranting stuff that I even understand,"
"Ohh, I am sorry, I just got lost in my thoughts," Denzel looked at her, he could notice how worried she was.
"Are you good? Do you think you can leave now?"
"Yeah... I would just go back home and tell Ted--" Denzel stopped talking the moment he remembered his suspicions about Ted, he sighed and began to think again.
"You can leave?"
"No... Please could I stay the night here?"
"That would be tough to say... I mean, my boyfriend is still mad about the fact that you are here,"
"I could explain things to him when day breaks, and I would leave--"
"Zoey--" Emily came out from where she was hiding, to make sure everything was okay.
Denzel looked at Emily, and he could swear that he had seen her somewhere, but he couldn't remember the exact place he met her. He knew that it wasn't a very long time he met her. "This your sister?"
Emily looked at him the moment he asked that question, though she had a hard time identifying him, she could confirm that she had heard that voice somewhere.
"Mister?" Emily said that the moment she remembered the night she was being molested by two of her usual bullies.
Immediately Denzel heard what she said, he began to recollect that day but not too clearly.
"It's me, Emily, you saved me that night I was being bullied... Last two months... Does it ring any bell?"
"Ohh... You... you are here," Denzel stuttered, looking at her, it was only then he could see the resemblance, "Wow, what a small world... Zoey, we might need to talk later," Denzel added, he could notice the piercings she had in both ears, about five on each, and one on her nose, and her left hand was filled with tattoos all around it.
"You guys know each other?" Zoey said, pointing at both of them.
"I won't say we know each other, just... We were able to meet under some circumstances," Denzel said in reply, smiling.
"Huh?" Zory felt more confused than she was before, "What circumstances?"
"We would talk about that later, but for now, we should focus on how to get you on good terms with your man."