Chapter 230 - The Girls (1/2)

On the top floor of a Hearn office tower, a young sat alone, staring at nothing. The only sound was the dial tone of the phone that still rested in her hand. Despite what the others had said, she had started to give up hope even though she was the one person who believed in him wholeheartedly.

But now, she knew for sure he was still alive. And not only that, but he was also totally fine.

She didn't think it was possible.

The thoughts going through her head were a mess and yet despite that, there was a smile on her face.

It was a good ten minutes before she put the phone down and picked up her tablet that was sitting next to her computer. With a quick movements of her finger, fours screens had popped up, dialing four different numbers at the same time. It didn't take long for the each call to be answered in turn.

”Yes?”

”Hello big sis.”

”Hmm?”

”Oh? What's this now?”

Kennedy didn't say anything right away, instead she was trying to figure out what to say. She never had the chance to however as her smile gave her thoughts away quickly.

”Something good happened?”

”I haven't seen her smile like this in a while...”

”Yeah, it's been over a year...

”Wait a second...”

”HE'S ALIVE?!?!?!?”

Obviously, the four people she had called we not only her close friends, but also the people who knew her the best. And all of them were connected to her by the same person. How could they not figure out that the only thing that would make her smile like this was finding out some news about him who had been lost for over a year.

”Yes.”

Even though she wanted to say a lot more, the only thing she could do was confirm their thoughts.

Each of the girls on the call had a different reaction that was easily read on their faces. It was hard to miss the very real feelings of surprise, relief, hope, and happiness that each of them felt.

At least at first.

Sadly for the man being discussed, each of these women were, in their own right, powerful. Along with that had come tempering of their character and baptisms in blood.

Therefore, after the initial relief faded, all of them started to show signs of anger and annoyance.

”So what the f.u.c.k has he been doing, hmm?”

”Good question. He didn't even bother to contact us and let us know he was alive?”

”I swear I will beat every tear I cried out of him.”

”That boy.... is in trouble.”

Kennedy couldn't help but laugh at this as she was feeling the same way. She was mad at him, to be sure, but she was also relieved. Needless to say, all the girls had questions, but she didn't really have any answers.

”Alright, alright. Calm down. I know everyone wants to hear what happened, but I don't have any answers yet. He randomly made contact with one of Blood Moon's branches in Louisiana and the leader there hasn't had much of a chance to talk to him. She reassured me that she would update me with any info she gets. My question is, should we make contact?”

This was the primary issue that all of the girls faced when it came to Laz. They weren't avoiding him because they didn't want to see him. They were avoiding him, as Vivi put it, because he needed to grow.

All the girls he was intimate with; Leona, Ruby, Kennedy and Malene and his 'little sister,' Vivi, became quiet after Kennedy voiced this.

”I've wondered if this is really the right thing? I mean, does he still think about us?” Malene asked, breaking the silence first.

”A better question is just how many girls has he been with since we lost track of him. Sure, it's not his fault that he is how he is. But that boy has a real hard time saying no,” Ruby added.

”I'm not so sure... But... I know this has been good for us. No matter what, we need to grow without him in the same way he needs to grow without us. We can rely on each other, but would he really be willing to rely on us for everything?” Leona asked, bringing the main question up one more time.

”No.” Everyone agreed on this point.

”Would we really find him attractive if he became lazy due to over nurturing him?” Leona followed up.

”No.” There was no question here.

”Then we already have our answer. Still though...” Leona hesitated to say her next though.

”Still though, I miss him. Perhaps, we need to spend some time with him, individually?” Kennedy pondered.

”All of us?” Vivi asked, wondering why she was being included.

”Yes. All of us,” Kennedy replied, smiling.

The amount of progress the girls had made was astounding.

Not only that, each girl was already in the mid foundation realm while Kennedy had advanced to the late realm, making her the strongest person any of them knew.

Before they were able to get into any other topics, Ruby posed a question.

”You said he was in Louisiana right? Which branch did he show up at?”