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Chapter 6 - A bad day for SF citizens

At the next day, since early morning, Emuel has faced a terrible thing, Sora pooped on the floor . The smell was really bad and it took a lot of efforts to clean that up. It is quite hard for him to accept the reality that raising a cat isn't that easy as he thought.

Emuel felt that he's going to get OCD too. He bathed Sora after cleaning the poop , even so he felt that he could still smell that on him. So, he also took a bubble bath.

Back to the room, as he smells the rose taste air freshener which he sprayed when he cleaned up the cat poop, he feels that it would be his greatest decision today.

After educating Sora where to poop in funny ways for nearly an hour, Emuel gave up not knowing whether Sora would understand what he meant or not.

He got startled as he looked at the clock showing five minutes before seven o'clock. Emuel took Sora and walked fast along the corridor then he met Nancy on the way. So he gave Sora to Nancy and hurriedly went out to take today's newspaper in the mail box outside.

When he got to the dining room, everyone was already on their seats. As Nancy and Jasmine told the other people that they're also getting a pet, Reese and Paul also talked him to get pets.

Jimmy said nothing so Emuel decided in his heart to give Jimmy a parrot, especially a talkative one. Emuel promised darkly that even if he had to spend several hundreds dollars, he would do his best to fulfill his bad wish.

Tom and Jerry asked if they could have puppies because they think dogs are more reliable. Angela made no comment on everyone's choice but she still explained pros and cons of having pets and how to raise them properly.

As for Rose, she was intently watching her phone after she finished the foods in front of her quickly. Apparently, she has been working hard on a RTS game because it doesn't require skills but only money.

Emuel heard of her complaining how expensive the resource packs inside that game a few days ago. He could only pray for her that she wouldn't go bankrupt because of that game.

The game name is clash of kings and he did a little research on it through internet forums. But he found out nothing good but pay to win feature.

Emuel sneered silently, oh woman with big breasts but no brain. However, he added a thing or two quietly in his heart, hey because of delicious meals, I might support you with some money if I got rich from investments, it's really not because I always have a good feeling for you,that is. He had tons of inner dramas.

After having breakfast, Emuel took the bank card ,which holds all the money he saved in it, and went to Michigan street by a taxi. San Francisco branch of Vanguard group is there and Mill made a schedule with experts for him at 9 o'clock in the morning.

Yesterday, he had already decided to make investment instead of letting his money rot in the bank. Well, at least the guy in the newspaper said so. So, he decided to give a try.

Things went unsurprisingly smooth. Emuel invested almost all of his money in something called "Union Coins", it was the first option Mill gave to him through the expert who explained him things about investment and how it works. He has always trusted Mill, he believes she would not harm him.

However, while walking back to Mission street, Emuel felt heartaches as he thought of the sms notification on his keypad phone which notified him by the bank about his latest 4 figures balance.

He had over $ 35,000 and now he only has $ 1,000 so he hopes things would better work or his grand plan to get a girlfriend in this month might be reconsidered. Besides, these are all his fortune.

When he got back to the orphanage, he saw Angela who was quietly enjoying her time with a nap on the old rocking chair under the tree in the front yard. He found Sora who was also taking a nap on Angela's lap. So, he decided to go back quietly to his room without greeting Angela.

After changing back to his casual attires , Emuel just enjoyed his time by reading the unfinished book about Greek gods or hellenes god family in author's words with the snacks he stored in his room.

Time passes fast. After having the lunch, a group of children are rarely staying in the living room. They are arguing over what types of pets they are going to raise. Emuel is teasing them from time to time with the fact that they would have to take care of their pet's shits.

Amazingly, the OCD girl Jasmine just smiled and retorted back that she would be willingly to do that. Nancy was just rubbing Sora who was placed on her lap.

At that time, Fox announces the breaking news that several people were found dead miserably in their homes by SFPD, "This news is surely going to shake the whole San Francisco City. SFPD had found ten people dead in their homes. Sally is now interviewing the police officer at last victim's place. Watch this."

The scenes changed to a lady and a middle aged police officer, she asked, "Officer Rand, what do you think about this homicide?"

Middle aged officer called Rand replied in a hard tone, "This is a tragedy, they took the lives of an innocent family, and the worst news is this one is the fourth one today. The crime scenes wouldn't be opened to public because it is really very hard to look at that even for us professionals. Absolutely bloody. But we can tell you this might be done by crazy cultists. We San Francisco police department promise to find the murderers at all costs. And we hope everybody would not open the door for strangers easily and stay safe with cautions. If you suspect something dangerous around you, don't hesitate to call 911, we will try our best to respond to the calls. And also, don't hesitate to use your guns. That's all I wanna say."

Later, Fox breaking news showed the photos of victims and reminded every viewers to pass on this news to neighbors and friends so everyone would know the situations and could stay cautious and be safe.

The children felt sorry for victims and they're also scared at the same time because there is no adult man in their orphanage. Emuel directly chose to call Mill and told the bad situations. He hoped to get a few reliable guards from Mill if she could help. He believes Mill would definitely help them according to their relationship.

Angela remained silent, but her fingers which were holding the book tightly proved the fact that she wasn't as calm as she showed on the surface. A few minutes later, she went back to her room. Nobody knew what she was doing in her room.

As for Rose, she might not even know this because she is still playing her games in the library. After getting the wanted reply from Mill, Emuel set off to the cafe he is working. There is no other way since he has no money. At least, he gotta earn some for cat food.

In the evening eight strong people came to the orphanage with two Vans. Mill sent them to protect the children until the murderers were arrested.

Looking at them placing cameras around in the yard and setting up things professionally in the guest room, everyone could feel the security brought by them or especially those PP-19 vityaz they took out form the vans.

In the silent night, the big courtyard of Sprouts Orphanage is brightly lit by garden light poles. Two strong men are patrolling around while two in the guest room are watching the monitors which are showing the scenes through cameras they put around earlier . Another four people are taking their rest while waiting for their duty shift.

The children also went to bed early tonight. Emuel glanced at the dark sky through the windows while reading a book. Finally, he turned off the reading lamp on the table beside the bed and also placed the book on it. He decided to neglect the Sora who is already sleeping beside his pillow. He prayed a little before closing his eyes that the criminals would be arrested soon before they killed another unknown victims.

The night is dark and silent, the perfect time for criminals to commit crimes. But tonight's night is unusual as everyone is just staying in their homes and police cars are patrolling the streets tightly.

Everyone in SF city is just praying for the best results tonight. The wealthy people are sleeping peacefully while teams of bodyguards with long and short guns are guarding them.

The poor people are hoping for the goodness as they can't sleep while some are sleeping lightly as they placed their guns on the bedside table or at somewhere they could reach them easily and fast. The ones with pet dogs are better as they just simply put them free to guard their home.

Will murderers still continue committing crimes? Nobody could tell as the night is full of unknowns.