"Aren't you hungry?"
Because he was with her since last night, Specter couldn't recall a moment when Rasha had ate something. During daytime, when they arrived at his home, he ordered meal for them yet Rasha hadn't ate a single grain and just like now, gave her share to the canine.
"I don't know, maybe that is why i'm drinking the coffee" she answered lifelessly but the voice was sweet to hear in the silent night. It was pleasant, pure and without worry as though it did not belong to Maiden Houdini.
Suddenly,
"I would rather choose to have no child than father someone like that. She was cursed since the day she was born"
"As a human, i feel the same. I can not imagine my child becoming like that. It is too much of a taboo"
"Have you heard of the bounty on her head?"
"Of course who didn't? the generosity of these people left my mouth agape when i heard it for the first time"
"Yea, the zeros are simply too much. My family and i are guaranteed the life of Riley if we were to have that kind of don't-dream-about-it sum. I think many would want to risk their life and limb to get that sum"
"I can't believe that even as a criminal, she remains expensive as a blue diamond and a rare sight as a white peacock. I hope and pray to come across her even at a distance. Regardless of the risk, i will for certain make sure catch her,"
"As if it is that easy. Beshrew Maiden Houdini's escape prowess!"
"Maybe what she became now is as a result of her parent's teachings. Maybe the gentleman Abbas Rifi is not as gentleman as we all believed. After all if you think about it, she was raised by him alone and children are what they are taught. Almighty forgive me but maybe he was also a corrupted man, a criminal. "
"I would choose to speak this sensitive topic somewhere private and not in the open like this if i were you. You never know if the wall is listening hence guard your words"
From beneath the balcony that was not too far from the ground, both Rasha and Specter listened attentively as two blokes conversed whilst walking. At the end of the conversation, Rasha kept an empty cup of coffee aside and before Specter could realize, she jumped down from the balcony, her figure disappearing from his sight in a flash.
"What the heck!" -Specter exclaimed.
He, as well left the balcony but not in Rasha's unique style.
Alone, Ragnar went on with its night doughnut feast without care to the world.
Back to the two blokes who were still walking in the quiet alley with only moonlight securing their path. They have altered their talk from Maiden Houdini to soccer.
"Lol I hate him too, that is why I am among the forty thousand followers he lost recently. What a disappointing player"
"Yea I can't believe he did not manage to score even once in 50 games"
"You know, whenever I watched his plays, I was always left with the feeling that it is a comedy show I am watching.
The guy was especially hilarious while running, you will see his legs wobbling like this, similar to a child who is learning how to walk"
The bloke then made a demonstration comically.
Consumed by gales of laughter, they couldn't even feel the chillness of the wind or the eeriness surrounding a silent alley.
However, soon, they noticed a white figure at a sighting distance, ambulating towards them.
'Ghost!' the blokes shared similar thoughts even without uttering.
Yet the fact that they have been living in that community since the day they came into this world, left them assured that there can't be ghost especially in that alley which was their usual path every night and day, it must be a prank.