Chapter 147 - 142. Poison In Your Vein
They were quiet during the journey back to the dorm. For the first time, it was Bassena who kept his silence in distress, while Zein waited patiently.
The news about Zein’s father, more than for the guide, was more shocking for Bassena. Knowing that it was his uncle that killed Zein’s father seemed to give the esper a hard blow. Zein understood then, why Radia seemed so hesitant about this piece of information--why he asked Zein if he was sure about letting Bassena in the room.
Ironically, thanks to Bassena’s reaction, Zein wasn’t really shocked by the fact, since his mind was getting preoccupied with calming the esper.
Bassena looked...furious. Even while the esper tried to curb it as much as he could, Zein could see it inside the blazing ambers. During the few months he got to know the esper, he had never seen Bassena this angry. Perhaps because usually, the man would already go through his anger management routine before showing his face.
Radia had said something about this being bad timing too, before telling them to go back. And so here they were, in silence along the road. Zein could see the way Bassena tensed from time to time, and the hardened pair of ambers. He sighed and reached out toward the screen of the GPS system.
This wasn’t Bassena’s private car, but the esper had been using it for a few days to void reporters, so there must be--ah! Zein tapped on the most frequently visited place, which seemed to be located in one of the most privileged areas.
"What--"
"Is this your place?" Zein cut the esper’s confused exclaim, pressing the location to change the car’s driving course.
"...yes?"
"Let’s go to your place," Zein replied simply.
He remembered that Bassena was about to ask him something before Radia told them to come for the meeting. From the mood and the words, Zein felt like Bassena was going to ask him to visit his apartment.