I watch as her smile broaden and she said, go and shower, everything is set up for you. I nod and walk into the I, and after three minutes, I emerged out of the bathroom, only to come face to face with a real nine years old girl, because at this very moment, any sign of maturity and shrewdness is completely gone and she looks much more of her age, with her fully dressed as a student.
As she also look at me and widen her eyes in a flash and tease me, 'wow you really look like a sweet uncle Murray Moon.' As she mockingly push her tongue out quickly and chuckle. I look at her speechlessly as she point at the dressing chair indicating that I should sit, and I as I shake my head and quietly walk and sit in front of the mirror and watch her change my hair style and make my face up, that made me really look like a middle aged uncle.
But it has not stop there, because the worse part is still to come, when she bring out a medicated eye glass and is about to put it on my face, but I quickly grab her wrist and look at her and I ask frustratedly, and why must I wear a medicated eye glass? This is just a bluff, not really a medicated eye glass. I sigh and nod as I watch her put it on my face.
I can't help it but think, isn't she taking this seriously? As if she knew what I was on my mind, she smile and look at me, and said; "I really wish that I'm exaggerating things, so that you will go peacefully, but my intuition mostly use to be correct. I nod and said, okay let's do it. She look at me and said regretfully, I don't have a wallet, but find a way and keep your ID card, where you easily get access to it, and hand a credit card to me and said, there's ten thousand dollars in this card, even if it means to buy the taxi man off do it.
I nod and pick up the ID card from the dressing table and put it in my pants' pocket, and stand. She also pick up her backpack, and hang it up on her back and said to, mom will soon finished preparing breakfast, I will sneak you out through the front door, but you have to bend down once you step outside, to avoid being sighted from behind the fence. You have to wait behind the BMW, and be watchful. And make sure that you do not take off your disguise until you get home, and don't go to the airport, in fact any traveling agency.
I watch her as she keep instructing me like an adult instructing a child on what to do. So I obediently nods, and grab the briefcase and follow behind her, sure I can see a slender shadow busying in the kitchen, so we sneakily walk to the door, then she gently pushed opened the door and bend down as she lead the way, in the shadows, where the light rays is not so bright and ask me to hide behind a flower a ten feet away from the two parked cars. And she whisper to me, wait here until you hear me sneeze, then you will rush to BMW.
I nod and watch her walk back inside in bewilderment, in less than five minutes, I heard the sound of a door, and a natural sneeze coming from the open door, although from the position she hid me, no matter how tall one is,cannot be sighted from behind the fence, but I still instinctively bend down and rushed to the back of the two parked cars and squat, then I watched her walk to the BMW that have enough space in the booth for a tall guy like me. And she said, open the booth and hop in, as she quickly open the driver's side and unlock the booth.
As soon as I settled myself down in the booth, I heard her mom's frustrated voice from not far away complaining, honey why are you not wearing your jacket, when you know that you're allergy to cold. I thought to myself no wonder, her room is always at a normal room temperature. Then her unflinching voice sounded, oh mom, it's my bad, I was carried away. You need priortize your health Angel, the woman's gently voice reminded her.
The girl reply seriously, yes, I got it mom. As the car doors opened and closed simultaneously, and the car engine is ignited and slowly it start moving, I can hear the gate open, like someone is out there I can hear them exchange pleasantries, probably their maid, Angel mentioned, Mrs. Ramus.
So the car traveled for a very long time, what seems like forever, then the car slowly driving to a stop. But Angel speak anxiously before it could stop, no mom don't stop here, please park the inside. The woman surprised voice sound, why?
Mom I want you to go speak to the school Director to ask Mr. King not to pair me with Christabel Brooklyn or Jeremy Morgan's group, I want to be pair.... Honey, you should follow the teacher's arrangements, the mom patiently trying to convince her.
I can hear the little girl sniffing a cry as she speak in grieve and said, I can be in any group, but the people in these two groups use to bully me, and calling me names.
I truly feel pity for the little girl, I don't know if it's true or she's just acting. Her mom distressed voice said, it's alright, mom will go talk to the director now. But still trying to park the car outside the gate, as the little girl's anxious voice sound again. No mom, you should park in the school parking lot, the mom frustrated voice try to argue, honey I'm not going to stay long, so I won't be late to work.
The little girl refuse to back out and said, mom you should be there and watch him pair us, otherwise, he is not going to do it once you left, so you better park inside, so not to obstruct other parents' cars. The woman sigh heavily and said, you're right. Then the car drive for about four minutes and come to a halt. Then the drive door was opened and closed, but the other door seems not to open yet, as Angel's sweet voice sound, see you later in the class mom. Few seconds have passed, then the lock for the booth unlocked, and it's open from the outside then I jumped out and dust off the unexisting dust, and she quickly lock the car and look at me hesitantly and hand a lunch box to me, eat it on your way, let me take you to where you can cash out, and show you the other gate, where I asked the taxi to wait.
I couldn't stop my emotions as my legs instinctively move on their own and hug her tightly, then kiss her forehead lovingly. But I didn't take the lunch box, instead I look at her and said seriously, you can't give your breakfast to me. She smile and shake her head and said, it's okay, the food in the canteen here is very nutritious and I will grab some with my friends later. But you cannot go to any cafe, so eat this to reserve your strength. She gently push me away from the embrace and start walking away as she reminded me, let's start going, the cab will be here in twenty-seven minutes time.
I nod and said thank you, she look me and roll her eyes as she retort, what's there to thank me about, aren't you my brother anymore? I chuckled as I said, off course I am. Then I took the lunch box from her and we walk to the cash machine, and we walk towards the gate and she stop about five meters away from the gate, I also stop. But she urge me know the taxi must be here. I nod as I decisively turn and walk towards the gate without looking back. Sure, just as she predicted, one of the thugs that was captured in the surveillance footage lurking around their house, really suspected them and trail behind their car.
Most importantly, they are even watching the whole school gates. The two men by the gate watch attentively at the gate, and I remember her warning and I did not panic, I sighted the taxi and walk straight to him and said, Murray Moon, and hand over the ticket that Angel gave me last night. Then he started the car, and I watch Angel still standing at an angle that could be hardly be seen from outside, but could see almost every thing outside, until I cannot see her anymore.
Just as I was about to sigh in relief, and look up through the rear mirror, as taxi is getting farther from the gate of the school and from those thugs, suddenly I watched as the two thugs at the gate anxiously run into a black Mercedes, that I did not notice was there, which was obviously on standby, and start driving fast, speeding up towards our direction, I was so frightened, thinking that, they've suspected or recognized me. So I urge the drive to speed up and drive at the highest speed, only now, did I regret not secret have a cell phone.
The driver was so frightened, I can even see his hands shaking, because he had also sighted the black Mercedes speedily driving towards us. And started chanting, Mister this is so dangerous and I can't..,.. I panickily cut him as I said, no don't stop please. Here is, as I hand over the card that Angel gave me this morning to him and said, there's ten thousand dollars in it, the pin is optional. I watched the driver take the card and smile happily as he nod and said, leave it to me, because they can't be a match to my driving skills. Then speed up.
Only now did I realized what Angel said at the cash machine, she said; "here is two thousand dollars keep it." Then I look at her surprisingly and ask, and what about the ten thousand dollars in the card? She said; "you may need to buy the taxi driver off with it"! Seeing that the driver agreed, I look at the fast approaching vehicle behind and panic, but fortunately those fears did not last long when I look back through the rear mirror and see another sport car, manoeuvering the thugs' Mercedes, as other cars surrounded the mercedes and our taxi disappear from their sight then I heave a sigh of relief and relax.