40 Beginning of a Plo (1/2)

The realization of his own ignorance hurt for once.

It was not that he felt hurt for being wrong, but he instead felt bad for wronging Ayesha.

Understanding how he had misjudged Ayesha, Dean went back to bed as caressed Ayesha's head softly.

Guilt overrode and stomped his heart, crushing his consciousness for each time his hand rested upon Ayesha's head.

At the age of 16, Dean had finally realized what a terrifying thing, guilt can be.

But this was another enlightenment that furthered his hatred for Christian.

Even when he was a child, Christian could ruthlessly kill his friend without wincing and in 6 years he must have become a lot worse.

Dean took a deep breath to claim his calmness back but it had the reverse effect.

...

Waking out of her slumber, Ayesha saw Dean dozing off mindlessly and felt released of all the pressure she had.

She consoled herself that this fate was slightly better than a one with Christian.

When they were children, Christian would tend to visit her house because of family matters.

Acting as a kind and considerate child, her parents would adore him but Ayesha already saw the wickedness behind that false mask.

He would show off his fragile masculinity by beating up workers in her family to earn some sort of amazement from Ayesha.

What made it even worse is that the workers would never tell her parents as they were afraid of offending someone in greater power.

Only when she had grown up to be a little mature did she learn that Christian was not someone trustworthy.

Although she knew that, Ayesha couldn't do anything as her parents were too blinded.

She was stuck in a jail cell with little to do.

Telling the truth would cause punishment and hiding will do nothing.

Recounting that horrible memory, Ayesha sighed hoping things would improve with this investment.

Dean had saw the way Ayesha had sighed, setting off a wave in his conscious.

'Was I not adequate enough?'

Ayesha had removed herself from the proximity of Dean as she began getting change to exit the hotel.

Dean wanted to grasp Ayesha's hand before she left but he instead sat there on the bed.

Leaving himself time for contemplation

...

Anne, Pierre, Dean and Ayesha had gathered around a small wooden stump in the forest.

They argued over what tactics they could use to bring down Christian's tyranny.

Overall there three main ideas they had come up with in their time.

The first, was that they would poison Christian. A mysterious substance that could make a person's health slowly deteriorate when taken in small consumption over a long period of time.

The second, lure Christian to a hidden location and kill him.

Both of these two plans were good in of itself however there was one main problem that they would face.