Chapter 48 Work To Do (2/2)

”What do you think about them?” Grandpa Chu seemed to have a strange light in his eye at this point. Even though Laz could tell something was off, he simply didn't know what it was.

”Everyone is still human, afterall. No matter what we look like, we all come from the same planet right?” Laz was a bit confused by this. He was going to say we all come from the same place, but when he thought about how his Grandpa Chu had immigrated, he decided it was better to say planet.

His thoughts on this were more concrete ever since he came into contact with that crazed she-devil. It didn't matter how sexy a person was if they just wanted of own you or off you. You just wouldn't have a good life.

”Yeah, you are right about that. You know, even if you kids don't understand, for us older folks, we could never trust people that came from places different than us. It's caused all sorts of conflicts over the years. Yet now, the world seems to be growing smaller and smaller with weird changes happening everyday. I just think people who still feel that way about others can only be considered small minded. Besides, your just as likely to be stabbed in the back by a good friend as you are a complete stranger. The difference is, you never see the friend coming.”

Laz was a bit shocked by his Grandpa Chu's words and he felt like their was far more to them than he knew.

”If you want to know more about this 'monsters' Grandpa Chu, you should go find Old Bill outside of town. He seemed to know more than he's telling anyone.” Laz didn't know why he responded like this, but it seemed to have made Grandpa Chu perk up a bit.

”Old Bill? Really? Hmm... ok. Yes. HA HA, Thanks Little Laz.” The more Grandpa Chu thought about it, the better he seemed to feel about what he was being told. Although Laz didn't know it and wasn't doing it intentionally, his Grandpa Chu seemed to figure out several things from what was and wasn't said.

Seeing his Grandpa Chu cheer up, Laz waved by and called out a good bye to his Uncle in the kitchen before he took off.

Getting up from the stool after watching Laz disappear, the old man walked back to the kitchen to find his son sitting down at a table.

”Seems like you were right, he seems to know some things,” the old man commented before sitting down.

The younger man looked over at his father and simply said, ”That's because he is like me. I knew I felt it the other day and that's why I tried to avoid him. I don't know where you got this bracelet from, but it seems to hide me from him sensing me.”

”We come from a people with a long history. Even if you kids think some of these old beliefs are nonsense, you should at least consider there might be some truth to them as well.”

”If it was before dad, I would say your nuts. But for now all I can say is I'm glad you were right.” Uncle Chu had a thankful look in his eyes as he looked at his older father.

”It's fine, it's fine. Looks like we need to get in contact with Bill. It seems like there are more than a few people in this town who are starting to change.”

”Is there a reason? For the number of people in this town, it seems a bit weird,” the younger man couldn't help but ask.

”I don't know.”

”You can't read the stars or divine something?”

”What the hell do you think I am boy? Forget it. I will go call Bill. You just tend to the store. We don't have anything to worry about as long as you have the bracelet and can wear long sleeves.” The old man replied with a huff while getting up and making his way over to the phone.

”Ok dad. Thanks.”

Laz had made his way out and was walking down the street. It was about a 15 minute walk from the restaurant to the meeting place but Laz was still going to be early so he didn't rush.

As he rounded the corner, he saw a girl learning up against the building as though waiting for something.

Her knee high black boots perfectly accented her white stripped leggings that disappeared under a somewhat loose hanging blue skirt. Although she wasn't filled up much in her chest, she still showed a budding amount of potential pushing against the white cotton shirt with the black leather jacket covering only the sides and her arms.

Her soft pink lips paled in comparison to the bright pink tips of her dark red hair, but that didn't detract from their apparent softness.

Laz had been distracted before due to thinking over his conversation with Grandpa Chu so he didn't realize that this girl was right around the corner.

Had he been paying closer attention, he would have noticed that she too had a somewhat special bracelet on her wrist, but for now, he didn't do anything other than stop in his tracks.

”It's you.”