Both of them head down to the parking lot together. Like last time, Kris was not giving Lena any clues on what they were going to do today. Kris blindfolded Lena as he drove them to their destination.
It took a while before Lena could sense that they were near. She noticed that the car was slow, probably due to the traffic. From her senses, she could tell that they were going somewhere busy.
Finally, after some car beeping and slow speed b.u.mps, Kris parked the car.
"We"re here." Kris spoke.
"Ah... finally. I can see your handsome face again."
Kris laughed. He got out of the car first and opened the door for Lena. He guided her out of her seat. "Guess where we are?"
"Um... the zoo?"
"Eh... " Kris went behind Lena and slowly removed the blindfold from her. He parked a bit further from the entrance so Lena could not hear the noises.
When Lena"s eye saw sunlight again, it quickly adjusted to the brightness. "This is..."
"An amus.e.m.e.nt park." Kris finished her sentence for Lena. "We had never been to one so we should be youthful before you get big and fat."
Lena looked at Kris. She knew he meant big and fat as in when she starts popping kids for his left and right. He was right... if Lena wanted a big family, her time would be spent on her family and children.
Lena grabbed Kris hand and rushed to the entrance. "C"mon hurry! We have to go to the biggest ride first."
Kris quickly stepped up his pace to keep up with Lena.
"Did you buy the VIP tickets?" Lena asked him as they approach the ticket booth.
"No..." Kris replied. "Don"t people want the normal one... so they can experience it the normal way?"
Kris read somewhere that the girl doesn"t want VIP fast pa.s.s tickets and only the normal tickets so they can experience the true life of being at an amus.e.m.e.nt park.
"Normal? Who would want to wait an hour and a half for a single ride? We got no time. Go upgrade your tickets."
Kris smiled at how demanding Lena can be sometimes. He went up to the ticket booth, showed his receipt of the tickets he bought online and asked for a VIP upgrade.
After the lady gave Kris" his wristband, he walked back to Lena. He reached for her left hand and put the wristband on Lena. She was wearing her ring today and so did he.
Lena helped Kris put on his wristband afterward. Kris held Lena"s hand and walked to the amus.e.m.e.nt park.
However, Lena quickly stopped her footsteps.
"Should we wear some sungla.s.ses... we might attract too many people." Lena pointed out.
"It"s fine. We"re not superstars." Kris stepped up closer to Lena. "And we did say that if people know.. then they just do. And it"s about time we just let the world know."
Lena smiled at him. "Ok."
Kris started walking again. He had the map so Lena followed him. She wanted to ride the biggest roller coaster first.
The reached the roller coaster. It was one of the steepest roller coasters in Asia and it had two upside-down twists. Lena and Kris went through the fast pa.s.s entrance and only waited 3 minutes before it was their turn.
As Lena sat down next to Kris and they buckled in their body, Lena could feel the adrenalin and fear crawling up her body.
"Oh my gosh.... this is going to be so scary." Lena bit her teeth and looked at Kris.
"As long as it"s fun and enjoyable for you." Kris replied. He was not scared. He did not know what to expect anyways.
"I fore warn you... I am a screamer."
"That... I know very well."
The roller coaster was starting to move. It first went down a small steep to start and then suddenly it slowed down as the roller coaster climbed up to the highest step.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOs.h.!.+" Lena was really feeling the nervousness in her hands. She looked down and they were really high up. "I don"t think I am going to like this.... AHHH...."
"We"re not even up there yet..."
"Don"t pressure me!"
At the back of the roller coaster, Lena could hear a man crying from the height. But before she could register the rest of it, the roller coaster fell.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Lena immediately held tightly to her handle and scream at the top of her lungs. She could feel her organs jump and float before they finally reached the bottom. The roller coaster continue to go at high speed, making it"s first upside-down twist, through a dark tunnel and then the second twist.
Lena continued to scream throughout the ride. When it finally ended, her hair came loose and she was thrilled.
"Let"s go again!" Lena grabbed Kris hand and they went back to the line.
Kris was happy that she was enjoying this. He thought it was an interesting feeling. It was definitely fun but he could tell that his excitement was not to Lena"s level.
As she commanded, they went on it a second time, and a third, before they finally went on a different ride.
After two more roller coaster rides, Lena lost her voice from screaming too much. Kris told Lena that they were not going on any more heavy-duty roller coasters.
"Your vocal cords are already bad enough, we don"t need to damage it some more." Kris teased Lena.
"Shut up." Lena replied... but her voice was small and squeaky.
"Here, let"s go get you something cold to drink to relax your voice and get something to eat."
Kris held Lena"s hand and they went to get something cold to drink and have some food. After they were done, Kris and Lena walked around and went on the small rides.
As they walked, Lena looked up to see the Ferris wheel up ahead. Kris glanced at her and noticed where she was staring too.
"You want to ride that next?"
Lena looked up at him. "Yes."
"Ok." He tightened his grip on her hand and they both walked to the Ferris wheel.
Even though they had a fast pa.s.s, the Ferris Wheel was popular so they had to wait a bit.
It was about to be their turn but then Kris cellphone rung. They both had turned off their cellphone but it was his emergency ringtone... and only that would get pa.s.s the silence mode.
Kris looked at Lena... she smiled at him to say that it was okay for him to picked up the call.
"What is it?" He answered.
There was a m.u.f.fled voice over the call but Lena could not make out the conversation but she could see that something was bad. Kris happy reaction turned dark and his there was anger building up from him.
"Are you sure?" Kris spoke over the phone.
Kris and Lena were still in line. Lena knew that it was probably time to go home... she held his hand while he was still on the phone and walked them out of the line. She sat on a bench while Kris walked a bit further away to talk on the phone.
Lena was a bit worried... she did not like the darkness that was surrounding Kris. After a while, Kris finally hung up the call and walked over to Lena.
"You have to go?" Lena quickly asked him.
"It"s not an emergency."
"But... you should still go."
"It"s our date though..."
"It"s fine. My feet are getting sore and my voice is a hurting always."
Kris walked up closer to Lena and kissed her on the forehead. "Alright then."
They both walked back to the car and Kris drove them back to the apartment. Although Kris said it was not an emergency, Lena could tell that something bad must have happened. He was driving faster than usual, but careful as always.
Kris drove to the front to drop Lena off. Lena moved in and gave Kris a kiss on the lips before getting out of the car.
"Are you going to come home tonight?" Lena asked.
"I don"t know... don"t wait up though. You still have work tomorrow. If I don"t come back tonight, I"ll visit you during your lunch."
"Ok." Lena smiled at him. She turned around and started to walk into the building.
"Lena." Kris called out to her and she stopped and turned back to look at him. "Are you not going to ask?"
"You will tell me about it when you come back." Lena replied.
Kris watched Lena until he could no longer spot her. He focused back on driving and sped his way to where he needed to be. When he reached the building, he quickly got out. Collin was already outside waiting for him.
"Where is he now?" Kris questioned Collin.
"Inside."
"I am talking about Keso."
"Both of them are inside." Collin replied. "I can"t get in."
Kris stopped walking and turned to look at Collin. "And Tye?"
"He"s coming. Should be here in a few minutes."
Kris sighed. He quickly continued to walk until he reached a heavily secured door. But before he could even take the time to crack down the door security, it opened.
Kris walked in and Collin trailed close to him. They reached a big wide open room. Immediately, Kris saw Keso who was barely standing, his face was clearly beaten up but he was holding his position.
Kris immediately looked at the other person in the room. The man was a bit taller than Kris but his body structure was much less than him. The man has a red scar on his neck, very visible if not covered up by something.
"Ace." Kris spoke.
The man looked at him but did not reply, instead, he just smiled at Kris.
"You think beating up my bodyguard means you get a free pa.s.s inside again?" Kris spoke once more.
"I still don"t understand why you keep such useless people around you... brother." Ace walked up to Kris.
"Why are you even here?"
"Of course I am here for you..... and your new woman... I heard."
"The old man asked for you?" Kris laughed. "You"re still a dog to that man..."
"You"re wrong." Ace stopped teasing around and firmly spoke to Kris. "We are brothers, Kris. Even if not by blood, you know very well our bond is stronger than any of those fake people you have been with. I am merely here for a good cause."
"You"re not needed here nor are you welcomed."
"Really?" Ace laughed. "You might not need me... but maybe your girl does."
"Lena does not need you."
"And yet.... you are here. You left her alone, didn"t you?"