Chapter 109: Unlucky Day
"Bro, tadaaaaa!!!" Torin exclaimed excitedly as he gave an invitation to Zach.
"What’s this?" Zach asked simply.
"Geez, read it and you’ll see... We need to prepare for it in a rush... Gosh, I’m so excited... It’s a masquerade ball. Maybe, I should copy the mask of the Phantom from the "Phantom Of The Opera", what do you think, Bro?" Torin dreamingly imagined himself dancing with Lana.
He was sure that Lana would be there and he would have enough time to continue pursuing her. He had actually seen Lana at the graduation ceremony, but it would have been awkward if he approached her during that time given the commotion that Cielo had caused.
"Ahh, you missed so many things, Bro... Cielo’s shotgun wedding, announced by Russo’s dad. Who could have thought that Cielo would beat us like that, Bro... Instant husband, wedding and a son..." Torin burst out laughing as he recalled the scene from back then.
No one dared to oppose Drey’s father’s words about the wedding. Cielo’s family also agreed with Senior Russo who visited Cielo’s family that same day.
"I really admire that dad of Russo’s. Imagine, he was so fast like a lightning... faster than his son alone. I heard from Cielo that he had arranged everything so fast that both she and Drey were left with no choice. Man, I will miss Cielo a lot once she moves out." Torin continuously revealed everything to Zach who was just staring blankly at the invitation.
The invitation was for Keira’s twenty-first birthday and seemed like it was going to be a grand celebration in a masquerade theme.
"By the way, Bro, the Field Marshal gave me this box and said to hand it to you. He said that he would have loved to personally give it to you but he was busy and didn’t want to disturb your time with your family. So, he handed the invitation and this box to me instead. I was even threatened by him that if I open this box myself, I’ll be dead for sure!" added Torin as he pointed out his finger at the box that he had put at Zach’s table a while ago.
Zach creased his forehead and stood up. He got curious about what could be inside the box, but then Torin quickly pulled him away.
"Let’s go to the tailor shop now... We still have some time to prepare and customize a costume. You can check what’s inside it later... I’m sure it’s just confidential documents that he wanted you to review." Torin said and Zach followed him obediently.