35: Connections


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    Cherry, well, Amelia Long no longer ha


    Marcus found himself in a trendy suit in the winter garden of the manor, watching Janette and Amelia Long getting married. It was not a churchly marriage but the two women did look divine. Janette had a blood red, tight fit, dress that covered her neck and Cherry had a shoulder free white dress that made her red hair look even more fiery.


    The next day, the newly wed wives parted ways.


    They compiled a list (Marcus made tables and graphs. The joy!) and discussed options. On the second day of planing he got a call from an unexpected source. “Marcus?” It was Kou.


    Marcus


    They pushed back their plans for monster hunting and


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    “Achara that was some very interesting training right now.” Marcus said and she smiled “Thanks to you I have been exploring new ways to use my ability and have been successful.” she said. “


    “Now, who wants to see my amazing skills in action?” Janette drew the attention to herself. A demonstration of her skills very quickly made Achara and Kou drop their jaws. “Wait I have never heard about this, since when can


    “That is an easy test.” Janette concentrated on Achara and she went invisible. Janette moved her finger around the room and Achara appeared exactly where she pointed. “THAT is unfair.” the Thai woma


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    They met Carmen and Marcus good a big hug to his surprise and Janette introduced herself very ladylike which made him suspicious. Carmen was super happy that they were able to join the team at such short notice. “I feared we would not be able to make the deadline. Two weeks later and the funding would be gone. But Kou was as reliable as always and brought


    After a long day the team sat down in the small kitchen and Achara made some original Thai food.


    Marcus listened to the chatting of his friends in the small kitchen. He felt warm in the inside and outside, and eventually he started to talk. At first it was difficult but the longer he spoke the easier it got. “When I was 12


    When the alarm came I


    My mother found me


    After this my father became more and more distant to me and eventually he left me behind working far away while other people looked after me. I think he blamed me for


    Marcus stopped and suddenly felt very weak and drained. Janette stood up and put her arms around him stroking his hair. “It was not your fault. I


    Janette escorted Marcus to his room and he listened to music until he fell into a deep, long sleep. She returned to the kitchen shortly after and the other two were already cleaning up. “That was horrible. I can not imagine to suffer through something like this.” Achara said and Kou gave her a clean plate. “He was at the heart of the Rome Massacre, I never thought I would meet somebody who survived that.” Kou said with a strained voice.”But his father abandoning him is just the icing on the cake.” Achara said angrily


    “I don’t know.”, Kou’s voice was thoughtful, “This is what happened from the viewpoint of the young child Marcus. I doubt that this is the whole story.”. Janette said nothing more to the topic