Chapter 6: Her Return
Six Years Later.
Athena inhaled deeply, calming her fraying nerves whilst sitting in the limousine her friend had hired for her.
In her hands were the ticket to the party, which he had pleaded with her for months to attend, the party that would herald her return to the world where she had been exiled from.
She had thought she was done with that part of the universe until she had met Zane...
"Ma'am, we are here."
Her driver reminded her.
It's been more than five minutes, she thought, looking at the slim watch on her slender wrist.
It's been more than five minutes since she has been here, resetting her mind, and preparing it to take, in a cool stride, whatever she would see in this party.
"I'm aware, sir. Just give me a few more, please."
Her phone dinged right at that moment, preventing her from hearing the driver's dissatisfied grunt.
Quickly she swiped it open, her breath held in suspension, as she perused the content of the message. It was just payment from a client for a successful treatment.
Wheew!
She exhaled harshly, splaying her right hand on her chest.
She didn't want any interruption of any kind, not even from her favorite people. Especially them.
Her eyes, for the third time, found the hall, which had been picked for the event. It was huge and extraordinarily beautiful, big enough to contain a lot of people.
She wondered if she would see familiar faces here, if they would even remember her.
and although she was tougher than she had been then, she would have appreciated a quiet evening
the driver again interrupted her reverie, reminding her of his impatience. And so, with a final inhalation of calmness, she thanked him for the ride and
blinded by the lights of the paparazzi, she wondered if they
noticed a handsome suited male
please
following the male immediately. Her friend had made arrangements
took her past the standing queue of finely dressed men and women, who were
with her escort, probably wondering why the latter was
"It's Dr. Caddell..."
only indication that the bouncer had heard the escort was a pique of his eyebrows, before he turned to his iPad
on the ground, counting until the moment when the man would locate her
wondering why she was taken past them; they were wondering if she was more important than the most elite of the state
didn't know
that became short lived, when there was a tap on
"Athena?"
six years, but Athena would never forget the voice of the lady that had been the source of her misery for three
aloof demeanor, and swiveled gracefully; there wasn't an indication on her face that she remembered
believing what her eyes
almost purring in excitement, when she saw the swift change
awe was displaced, and
cackled in derision, attracting the attention of
you doing here, Athena?
Yet Athena remained silent.
was unable to get rid of the shock of seeing
"Can we leave?"
caused Fiona to see red, to grit her teeth in anger. Without stopping to think, she dragged Athena by the arm, causing a tear to
on the VIP his master had told him to take care of, but Athena stopped him with a
are, but are you sure you can cover
seized that opportunity to look at the dress Athena was wearing, very well. She bit her lips hard, angry, as
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