Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“Alright, you can go home now.”

“Why?”

“I need to spend time alone with her. You’re too much of a third wheel.”

Tony was stumped. Have I said all that just to be kicked out? “Can you get any more heartless, Uncle Zacharias? I promise you won’t even know I’m here.”

“Stay away for three days,” Zacharias said.

“But I just arrived last night,” Tony complained. Zacharias glanced at his wristwatch every now and then, calculating the time. She has been gone for almost an hour. Where did she go? She’s not secretly seeing someone outside again, is she? Zacharias picked up his phone and dialed a certain woman’s number.

“Hello?” she answered.

“Come back,” the man requested, his tone gentle but authoritative. Shirley, who had been slacking off and playing with her phone at Imogen’s, sighed after receiving the call. “I’m heading back now,” she said to Imogen.

“Was that Mr. Flintstone?” Imogen asked.

might have an assignment for me,” Shirley

got up and left, and Imogen watched her retreating figure, her smile gradually fading. When Shirley

walked up to Zacharias and asked,

business. It was his rare day off at home, so he made a casual excuse. “Join me for lunch at my family

blinked in response.

refuse?” she asked. “You

a friendly expression, but the words that came out

don’t want anyone else but

only agree, “Alright, I’ll

and said, “Dad,

than glad to have Shirley over. Zacharias stood up and said, “I’ll go

up a conversation with

him in

to you?” Tony inquired, trying to gauge

person to win his heart in the end would be you?” Tony teased her. Curious, Shirley asked,

There were tons. As far as I know, every woman who had

is so good at kissing. He must have had many

an unexpected feeling of annoyance began to surface, even unbeknownst to