All Strings Attached

Chapter 28

He was randomly swiping the notifications when his finger stopped at a certain message.

'I need to talk to you'

It was a message from officer Zee. Saint kept staring at the message, his thumb dancing over the screen, deciding rather swipe it aside or click on it. He hasn't decided anything when his phone went blank then appeared the sign of an incoming call.

'Shit' Saint muttered, staring at the screen. But after a while, he sighed and picked up the phone

'Hello? saint' Officer said from the other side.

'Yes' Saint replied shortly, his hand with the towel going back to rub his hair softly

'I need to talk to you about something' P'zee said

'what is it?' Saint asked

'I sent you a message a while ago but you didn't reply' Zee said, trailing in the end

'I was in the shower' Saint replied shortly

'Can we meet right now?' Officer asked. Saint got silent and looked out the window. It was really dark outside. Normally he would've agreed in a second because it was P'Zee. The person he used to look to as a role model. The person he admired the most but now the things were different.

'I can understand your hesitation' Zee continued when he didn't get any reply 'I am honestly ashamed for what I did that day but can we please let that incident go and be back to normal?'

Saint looked down at his damped feet in slippers. He wanted things to go back to how they were before as well.

'I am already back to where we used to be. Like when you told me you were in the shower, I didn't imagine you in the shower at all!' When the words came out of his mouth, that's when Zee realized what he had said.

Saint closed his eyes, biting his lips.

'No, I didn't mean to-'

'Its fine P'Zee' Saint cut him off gently. He didn't want the topic to continue 'Where do you want to meet me?'

'I am around your house. We can talk outside' Zee said. Saint nodded and put his phone away. He walked to his wardrobe and threw on a sweater before walking outside. Right on time, P'Zee pulled over his car.

'Hi there' Zee said with a smile as he jogged towards Saint

'Hi' Saint said

'I shouldn't have asked you out at this time. You didn't even blow-dry your hair. You'll catch a cold like this' Zee said, chuckling. He attempted to run his hand softly through his wet hair but Saint took a step back, clearing his throat.

'What did you want to talk about?' Saint asked, straight to the point.

'Oh um' Zee was taken back by the rude gesture and cleared his throat as well 'It was about Win'

Saint looked at him, finally 'What happened to him? Is he okay?'

'that's what I want to ask you' Zee said 'What is going on? I would've talked to him but he doesn't tell me anything. His activities are suspicious. Is he up to something?'

Saint was hesitating. He didn't know if he should've talked to P'Zee about Bright or not

'He has made some new friends I guess' Saint said, shifting on to the other foot