Chapter 103 - She's mine now!

A few hours later that seem like eternity; Diana finally arrived at the camp.

Some trainees have arrived before her, as they were well knowledged on the area than her.

They were supposed to meet with the instructor the next day, as it's the middle of the night already, but Diana was told that Tara wanted to see her.

She ended up waiting for a few more hours before Tara finally showed up. "Walk with me." She sat. Diana stood up from where she sat and followed after her, as she was already walking in front.

After meeting up with her, Tara extended her hand and pass an orange card to Diana, which she took with a confused expression. "That's my reward, you did well for a newbie. I'm really proud of you and your skills. you're full of potential and I like that.

I could tell the story you told the guys is real, and those needles are from Aroma right?" She asked.

"Yes." Diana replied.

"It's fine. Do your best here and try not to die. You can choose to work as an instructor or become a senior or live your life as you want and have the choice to accept a mission or reject after you become a Freeman.

But for now, try to learn and keep using your brain, and also don't be so confident in your acts. It worked today because you manage to hit on the right subject, but might not work next time, as most people are more than they seem on the outside." Tara said.

"You did well today, that's a temporary card for your needs, I put in some money for you. Take care of yourself, we will talk more tomorrow." Tara said, patted Diana's shoulder before leaving.

Diana was confused, 'didn't fatty said I got a card after I succeed in executing an assigned mission?' She thought in her head as she walked to her room.

Getting there; she saw Fatty already on her bed. She sprung up immediately Diana stepped in, "woah! you're back! how was it? fun right?" she bombard her with questions.

"you're back early." Diana said.

"Of course I am, what do you expect? sleep there?" Fatty rolled her eyes at her.

"Did your task also changed after you got there?" Diana asked.

"There's always a hole in the story told in the script. I discovered it immediately I went through it the day we got the script before replying to you that I needed to hack into his system." Fatty replied.

Diana had a confused expression on already, "why didn't you tell me about it?" she asked.

"Why should I?" Fatty asked back nonchalantly.

Diana rolled her eyes and show her the card, "I have a card now." She boasted. She had no idea how much was in it, but it felt nice to possess one. She wouldn't have to spend from it for a long while, since her reward for attempting suicide is still ongoing.

"No one has ever received a card from an instructor, she must really like you." Fatty said and patted her shoulder, "let's sleep, they won't consider the fact that we came in late when they want to wake us tomorrow. Our teachers are back." Fatty said and return to her bed.

Diana felt excited at first, but felt her heart skipped at the mention of teachers being back.

She sighed, 'I hope she likes my improvement.' She thought.

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Meanwhile, at Ethan's side.

He was just returning from a business meeting with one of his collaborators when he saw his grandpa, patiently waiting for him at the living room.

Grandpa has been hesitating from being extra demanding on Diana's whereabouts, since Ethan has been moody ever since he returned from finally meeting with his brother.

He was supposed to be happy, but his mood got worse after then. He usually drive himself to work, but has been having one of the driver do the task, while he sat at the back of the car with his eyes closed.

The man didn't know what was wrong with him, but had noticed all this and how he barely touches his food. He kept looking like his mind was somewhere else.

If Nathan had not called Mel and Tony; they might suspect that his mood has something to do with Nathan and got worried, but that's not the case.

He actually look calm when he narrated how Nathan is doing well to them, but his changes began the day after.

It takes him a lot of courage to appear at his office and asked, also a lot of courage to not challenge his replies, but he's back to his old self now, even more cheerful than before.

The family couldn't just asked why he's like that because he's a grown up, and was very considerate for staying with them, when he could just move into one of his properties.

With a smile on his face, "you haven't slept by this time?" Ethan asked, already coming up with excuses in his head, as he knew from the old man's expression that it's about Diana again.

"Let's talk." Grandpa said.

"I just came back, I'm tired. Can we do that tomorrow?" He asked, and 'no!' he answered in his head at the same time with the old man.

"Where is that child?" He asked.

"I told you she's fine." Ethan replied with a grunt and crashed onto the sofa beside the old man and wrapped one arm around his shoulder.

Before Ethan could sweet talk him out of it, "I would resume the search if you refused to talk." The old man quickly spoke up.

Ethan chuckled, "can't you trust my word? I said she's fine where she is now and most importantly; she's mine now! and you will have a lot of time to spend with her soon." Ethan declared and assured the man, whose body stiffened immediately.

Feeling excited at Ethan's declaration; he finally chose to trust his words, because one of the best things about Ethan is being reliable. When he gave his word, he never goes back on it.

"Fine! I will trust your word, but if it takes longer than it's supposed to; I won't ask you anymore before beginning the search and inform the police about you claiming she's fine, while you refuse to discover her location." The old man threatened.

Ethan giggled at his word, "fine! do that." he said, patted the man's shoulder slightly and heads toward his room with a smile plastered on his face.