AGL 103
Hannah stopped walking when she saw them approaching her. Right now, Alena had a smile on her face which was far different from the glare she had sent her earlier and it made Hannah slightly guilty.
Axel stood next to Hannah and introduced them, "Hannah, this is Alena. Alena, Hannah". They both shook hands and Alena's smile widened. She wanted to say something but Axel's cold eyes left her mute.
The three were silent for a while until Hannah cleared her throat, "Sorry about that". We apologized while pointing at Alena's bleeding shoulder. Although it wasn't a deep cut, blood was still flowing out of it. She opened her purse and brought out a band-aid which she gave to Alena.
Alena took the band-aid as she stared at Hannah in confusion. What was the band-aid supposed to help with when it was a cut that crossed across her shoulder?
To their surprise, Hannah brought out two more band-aids and gave them to Alena which left the other two staring in confusion. Hannah had kept those band-aids in case Penelope were to fall and scrape her knee or elbow while they were outside. Though she knew it did nothing to help, Hannah felt guilty so she kept bringing out band aids from her purse till she felt Axel's palm cover hers.
She looked up at him and though he was expressionless, the amusement in his eyes was visible. She turned to Alena who was biting her lips, probably to stop herself from smiling.
Hannah swallowed and dropped her hands. She was only doing that because it seemed like Alena and Axel were friends and she had unknowingly hurt Axel's friend and she thought that it would make Axel unhappy.
She didn't want to look like a person who would kill on a whim when Axel was watching her. She was always cautious around him and would try not to do something that would make him upset which was why she panicked when she realized that Axel and Alena may be friends. After all, no two strangers spoke for that long.
"Sorry, once again". Hannah apologized again, making Axel shake his head. Who on earth apologized to a person under her?
Seeing Axel's displeased look, Alena reacted quickly and held Hannah's hand. "Don't worry about this. It's nothing compared to what I have gotten in the past. It will heal on its own in a while". Alena stopped talking when the hair on the back of her neck rose. She didn't need to look up to know that Axel was glaring at her right now.
"What I mean is, I will take care of this when I get back home". She smiled and secretly sighed in relief when Axel's eyes left her.
Hannah looked at the hand holding hers. She was uncomfortable but strangely, she didn't try to detach her hand from Alenas. Instead, she kept staring at it as she wondered why it felt so warm. That was until Axel slapped Alena's hand off and turned Hannah to face him fully.
"She is Penelope's caretaker. Do you like her?" Axel asked.
Now, Alena was more confused than she was before. She thought that Axel wanted her to be Hannah's bodyguard, so what was the talk about being a caretaker and who was Penelope?
Hannah looked at Alena but instead of answering, she asked, "Do you know her?" Though it seemed like they knew each other, Hannah just wanted to be sure.
Alena looked at Axel with mischief in her eyes, wondering what he was going to say. What she didn't expect was that Axel would lie without batting an eye.
"No. I searched online and saw this website where I found her. She would make a good babysitter and bodyguard for Penelope". Axel answers with a straight face.
Alena almost fell again when she heard Axel. He had denied knowing her openly without thinking twice, not just that, he turned her into a babysitter?! Like the place of a bodyguard was not low enough for someone of her status, now she is also a babysitter?! So Penelope was a child?
She glared hard at the side of Axel's face but the man was not giving her the slightest attention. She was both angry and sad but she had no choice.
"Hmmm". Hannah nodded lightly. "I am fine with her but that doesn't matter. We have to get Penelope's opinion on this". Hannah reasoned and Axel nodded to show that he understood.
"That won't be a problem. We will take her to see Penelope right now". Axel said and Hannah agreed.
From Alena's point of view, they looked like parents who were trying to find the best nanny for their kid. She was even more shocked when she remembered that it was Axel who she was looking at. The same axel she had known her whole life. If someone had told her that she would see a scene like this in her lifetime, she would have punched the person till he bled for telling her such an absurd joke.
She would have taken pictures, so that she would have proof that this day actually happened and that she was not imagining things, but unfortunately, her phone had been thrown into the sea to become fish feed.
Her eyes shifted to Hannah who was now nodding at something Axel said. According to what she had heard and had seen made to believe, Hannah was supposed to be holding knives while dressed in black but instead of the black clothing, she was adorned in a bright yellow dress that seemed to be more beautiful under the night sky, her supposed always masked face was left open, revealing a beautiful and delicate face, and her hands that we're supposed to be holding knives were offering her band-aids Instead!.
Now Alena was more than sure that these two people who were standing before her were not the people she had grown up knowing and hearing about.
These two people were imposters!