Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Meeting

Rayne and Ella walked in and found a table in a somewhat private location.

"This place looks pretty nice! I like what they did with the interior design", said Ella.

The both of them sat at the table, sipping on the red wine they had ordered earlier.

Rayne was telling Ella about how she got into a car accident and only recently woke up from a year long coma.

"What?! How did I not know about this?"Ella asked, surprised!

"Oh, but it gets even better! You remember Dillon? The guy I dated all throughout university?", asked Rayne.

"Oh yea, the decent looking tall guy? Wasn't he in accounting?", replied Ella.

"Get this, we were weeks away from our engagement party, with the wedding not far off either. Then the accident happened and 'poof' he's gone.

Not only did he not visit me in the hospital, when I woke up I found out that he's been taking money out of my bank account!

And the best part was that he spent MY money on his new bitch, buying her limited edition purses!".

Rayne was retelling the whole situation to Ella, allowing her to finally vent some of the frustrations she's been holding in.

Ella proved to be a good friend, laughing and listening to Rayne's retellings.

As Ella listened to Rayne, her eyes wandered around the bar. She was admiring the design and layout, until her eyes landed on a man who was sitting near the stage.

"Hey Rayne, I don't mean to cut you off....but is that Dillon?", she asked, pointing at the man discreetly.

Rayne turned around to look, and gasped!

"Well well! Speak of the devil, it's really him!", she replied then continued, "But damn, I barely recognize him. He looks like a total fuck boy now haha!".

Ella nodded and said, "Yea, for real! Who wears such flashy shirts anymore?".

Rayne looked over at him a bit more, noticing how his eyes were completely glued to the exotic dancers on the stage.

"Ha! Looks like he's turned into a real horn dog too", she laughed.

Rayne noticed the small box sitting on the table next to Dillon, and got curious as to what that was.

Just then a very sketchy looking man with tattoos walked in. As he walked by their table, Rayne smelt heavy tobacco mixed with other scents mixed in.

Rayne watched the man walk around slowly until he spotted the box on Dillon's table and walked over.

He sat down and began to talk to Dillon. Unfortunately Rayne was too far away to hear over the loud music.

She felt that something was wrong with this situation. She knew Dillon, and no matter how party-centric he's gotten she was sure that he wouldn't hang out with this kind of guy if he didn't have to.

"Hey, do you think something feels off about that guy next to Dillon?", she asked Ella.

Ella nodded right away. She noticed the man the same time Rayne did and felt like he was not a good person.

As Rayne watched the man and Dillon, she felt whatever in that box was very important.

Just then, she watched the man stand up and walk towards the restrooms in the back of the bar.

Rayne stood up, grabbed her purse, and walked towards Dillon, and the box that was still sitting on the table.

Once she arrived at Dillon's table, she picked up her purse and strategically placed it in front of the box.

"Hey there handsome, I couldn't help but notice you from across the bar", she said, using her best seductive voice.

As she was talking, she used the hand that was not holding the purse to touch the box and store it in her system, placing it back on the table.

Dillon looked over and saw the most gorgeous woman he's ever seen standing before him, and motioned Rayne to sit down.

Rayne laughed internally, realizing that he didn't even recognize his ex-fiancé, and decided to play along for a bit.

She sat down and placed her purse on her lap, revealing the small box on the table.

Seeing the box, Dillon quickly pulled it toward himself, and turned back to look at Rayne.

"Hey gorgeous, you're more than welcome to keep me company", he said, trying to act cool.

Rayne nearly blew her cover by bursting out in laughter at his stupidity.

"So tell me a little about yourself?" she asked flirtatiously.

Just as Dillon was about to answer, the sketchy man came back to the table.