Instantly, Joanna held Raymond's hands and pushed him away from her. She tilted her head and gaze at where Amos stood.
Although his gaze was focused on her, she couldn't guess how he felt or what went through his mind at that moment.
[Is he angry? Sad? Or disappointed?]
Joanna didn't know what to make out of his neutral expression.
Maybe if he had frowned she would have known he was angry and thought of a way to appease him but not when he refused to let his emotions show.
"Why are all of you hell-bent on getting hurt or even killed tonight? Did you plan this huh?" Joanna retorted. Her gaze moved from one face to the other and finally settled on Raymond's.
"I have told you all not once that this is not the past where I was a damsel in distress. I said I could protect myself now so why aren't any of you listening to me huh?" She berated.
"Do you think I am so useless that I can't do the simplest thing as taking care of myself...,"
"No one ever said that...,"
"Of course, none of you did," She hissed. Her fierce glare moved from Raymond's to Audrey's face.
"But that is exactly what your action says," She continued and moved to her right.
"Do you all think that I will feel happy, relieved and even indebted if you get hurt or even killed while trying to protect me?" She demanded.
She finally found the courage to look into Amos' eyes.
"If that was in the past I would have felt thrilled that I got to live another day because of your protection. But Joanna right here won't feel indebted even though you were to die right here while trying to protect me...," She trailed.
She shifted her gaze to where Derrick stood away from the others.
"So if you know what is good for you, your safety should always come first. It's not worth risking your life for someone who will not care one bit about your sacrifice...,"
"Anna...," Joanna walked away before Audrey's outstretched hand could hold her.
"Why did she say all those hurtful words when you were only trying to save her?" Derrick muttered and strolled to where the others stood.
"Amos, she looks furious so why don't you go after her....,"
"My agenda for coming here is yet to be met. If you are so worried about her then you can try following her," He interrupted sharply to Kyle's and Audrey's bewilderment.
He turned to leave in the opposite direction she went.
"A shadow!" Derrick remarked. His alarming tone made Amos halt. He swirled and peered at Derrick's face.
"Shadow!" Audrey demanded. She tilted her head and looked to her right and then left but no one was in sight apart from them.
"What shadow are you talking about?" Audrey added, her lips paused.
"I saw a shadow following Joanna earlier...,"
"What!" Raymond and Audrey chorused with their mouths dropped open.
"Amos...," Kyle was stunned when he raised his head and discovered that Amos had disappeared from where he stood.
"I thought he didn't care about whatever happened to her so why did he leave in a rush?" Kyle mumbled.
"If what he saw is true then this is no time to joke around. We need to go and check on what he saw," Raymond mumbled.
He walked away before all of them could conclude.
Kyle and Audrey would have loved to give the couple a bit of space but since Raymond had already gone in search of them, they had no choice but to follow them.
When Amos caught up to her, she was already a far distance away from where she left them.
"Are you alright?" he grabbed her hand and spun her around gently.
He examined her body as he kept on spinning her around.
"I thought you were hell-bent on not talking to me so what happened hmmm?" She quizzed, her gaze glued on his worried face.
"What made you change your mind...,"
"Since you are alright then I will go and...,"
"And you believe I will let you go just like that?" She snapped.
She stretched forth her hand and grabbed his right sleeve.
"I am not here to play but for an important mission so let go...,"
"Likewise you, I am also here for a crucial mission...," She let her words linger as she pulled his hand closed in a way he wouldn't be able to escape.
"And that mission is to get your reply on why you have been avoiding me under the pretence of what I had said to you that day...,"
"Don't be silly Joan," He whispered and tried to unwrap her hand but she held on tighter.
"I am not silly and I am sure you know this better than anyone else," She said and clung onto him like glue.
She let go of his hand and turned to stand in front of him after he stopped to struggle to free himself.
"What is the problem? Why are you suddenly being so cold towards me hmm?" Joanna asked in a soft tone.
She lifted his hands and placed them on her chest.
"As you know I am not an unreasonable lady. If anything is wrong you can always talk to me about it instead of keeping your distance....,"
"Joan, this is a dangerous place and definitely not a suitable place for a conversation so stop this hmm?" He said and withdrew his hands from her hold.
He was stunned when he felt her hands circling his waist.
"Joan...,"
"I have missed you. No words can explain the hell I went through without you by my side," She confessed with her head leaning against his back.
"Joan...," He called meekly. He wanted to be sterned with her but couldn't with the way she was.
He couldn't be heartless to her.
"I know what I said that day must have hurt you a lot and I apologized. I am aware that I shouldn't have joked with such a sensitive topic and I won't do it ever again so please let's go back to how we were, hmm?" She pleaded and rubbed her chin against his back.
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