Hearing Dan's words Akari eyes went up to Nicole's and without saying a word conveyed betrayal and pain to her. Dan took the lead and asked Akari to follow her while he shows her the room. Akari followed Dan towards her room and thanked him, she asked him to send a bottle of whiskey with the room service and then closed the door behind him. Akari slummed into the bed and was trying to register what had happened, shortly after she was interrupted when Ratz called her and said that he was able to track Emily's cell location to a nearby church and also both Emily's father and brother are stationed in the Black Gate Security camp near Centuria city itself. He also told that Emily's family are strict Catholics and never misses a service. Akari thanked him for the information and asked him to keep digging more about Black Gate Securities. Just when the call ended room service came and knocked on the door, Akari opened the door and found Nicole standing at her door with her ordered whiskey bottle. Akari stood at the door without moving or saying anything, Nicole gave up first and said

Nicole: " The service staff is not available around night therefore I came to deliver your order."

Akari stood there staring at her.

Nicole: " look I know messed up but can we talk now please, it been years."

Akari found her emotions running wild, anger was rising inside her and it was getting difficult to hold on to a sane position.

Nicole: "at least can I come in and talk with you, you blocked me out completely, you did not respond to my texts or calls and after all these years also you are ignoring me."  

Akari lost her cool when Nicole said this and suddenly started to laugh a cynical one and shakes her head and said " only you can blame me for ignoring, after what you did."

It was Nicole's turn to be stunned, she knows she was at fault here and that she had hurt Akari in ways that were almost impossible to forgive. Akari read this guilt over Nicole's face and said

Akari: " look you made your choice and even got married to a man you clearly have moved on, I am not looking for your guilt-ridden concern so just leave if you don't have anything else to say and leave the bottle at the desk."

Nicole flinched after listening to Akari's word, she could feel anger, coldness emitting from them. The warm comfortable feeling she used to get after listening to Akari's voice was replaced with a strange aloofness, she left after leaving the bottle on the desk. Akari did not look back and walked towards the table and pick up the bottle and started drinking right from the bottle, she did not want to think about what had happened, how she still loved a person who did not even acknowledge their relationship or even Akari's existence, who has already moved on and even got married to someone else. Akari drank to shove her emotions down, to not break all over again especially in front of Nicole, she drank to reduce the pain which she was feeling after seeing Nicole after missing her for years and after knowing that she married someone else while Akari was still there waiting for her to come back. Akari slummed into the bed and drifted to sleep after drinking almost whole bottle but sleep seldom comes to her peacefully, in sleep also she was haunted by Nicole...