Fan Fiction

The Amendment (Completed)

by Ida101

Chapter 27

The Blackout

*Alexander Building, Floor 38 Apartment B, 7:11pm*

Charmaine could hear the keys being put in the keyhole, Raymond put his food down, “What do we do?” he asked in panic.

“Go hide in my room for now,” Charmaine pushed Raymond into her room.

Ron and Bernice came into the house as Charmaine shut the door to her room, “I’m home! And I decided to cook a decent meal for you today,” Ron showing all the grocery’s he bought.

“I thought you guys would be downstairs cooking,” Charmaine asked standing by her door.

“Ron felt bad for leaving you home all the time with no decent food,” Bernice noticed that there was food on the table and two bowls of rice, “Do you have someone over?”

“No, I’m just really hungry.”

Ron started to prepare dinner, “Bernice why don’t you try on the new clothes you bought and ask my sister for her opinion. Although I don’t think she has the same style as you but she is a female after all,” Ron began to laugh at his sad joke.

“I was just about to ask,” Bernice pulled on Charmaine’s hand, “I’ll get changed in your room.”

Charmaine began to shake with nerves, “What? My room is very messy,” she stuttered.

“Come on, I’ll show you what I got,” Bernice opened the door to Charmaine’s room. “It’s not that messy.”

Charmaine walked in expecting to see Raymond but he was no where to be seen. She looked around confused as how he got out, “Where is he?” she mumbled.

“Where is who?” Bernice asked while trying on her clothes.

Charmaine’s phone vibrated in her pocket, she took it out and it was an sms from Raymond reading:

‘Hope you didn’t stress out too much but I’m already at home. Miss you already! Your Ray Ray’

Charmaine smiled reading the sms, but still very puzzled, “How’d he get out?”

Bernice finished trying her new clothes, “who got out?”

“Umm… no one…”
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*Alexander Building, Floor 38 Apartment A, 7:29pm*

Raymond walked in the door and saw Bosco wearing his normal young people looking clothes, “What happened to your grandpa clothes?”

“Come to think of it, my old clothes were fine,” he said using Jessica’s words.

“What ever makes you happy,” Raymond walked back into his room then walked back out knowing something wasn’t right, “Why are you at home?”

“I came home to get changed and then I thought we might hang out together because it seems like such a long time since we did stuff together,” Bosco switched on the TV.

Raymond sat down beside him, “How about a game of soccer? You still haven’t beaten me since the last time we had a match.”

Bosco took out the Playstation 2 console and plugged it in, “Your on!”

Four hours later, Raymond and Bosco were still playing there game in their pyjamas, Raymond wearing shorts and a shirt while Bosco wore his snoopy looking ones, “Bosco just give up, you’ll never beat me,” Raymond laughed at Bosco.

“I’m letting you win, if I didn’t let you win then…” before Bosco could finish his sentence their whole apartment went pitch black, “What happened?”

Raymond stood up and tried switching the light on, “Think it’s a blackout, let me call security and ask.”

Raymond dialled security while Bosco laid back on the couch he closed his eyes then all of a sudden remembered Jessica, “Oh no! I wonder if she’s alright.” He ran into his room and grabbed his torch then bolted out the door.

Raymond had just finished asking security, “Hey Bosco, security said the fuse box burnt up so there will be no electricity for a while.” There was no response, “Bosco?” there was still no response, “where’d he go?”
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*Alexander Building, Floor 37 Apartment D, 11:46pm*

Jessica was fast asleep but was woken up by a constant ringing of the doorbell. She put her pillow over her head to stop the sound, but that didn’t help much. She awoke with a grunt and walked to the door.

She opened the door half asleep, “Bosco? Do you know what time it is? What are you doing here?”

Bosco jumped in her apartment, “There is a blackout so I thought you might need some assistance.”

Jessica rubbed her eyes and saw Bosco wearing snoopy pyjamas which where very similar to the ones she had on now, “What’s a grown man like you wearing snoopy pyjamas?”

“I love snoopy and you’re wearing snoopy too. Great minds think alike.”

Jessica watched as Bosco walked around her house and switched off the power from the wall socket where all her electrically appliances were plugged in, “When there’s a blackout the wall sockets should be switched off, just a bit of a safety precaution just in case anything happens. Your electrical appliance might get short circuited.”

Jessica kept on watching Bosco and gave a big yawn.

Bosco pointed his torch to Jessica’s face, “You look so tired, go to sleep. Don’t worry about me.”

“Thanks,” Jessica headed back into her room, she laid on her bed and kept thinking about Bosco. “He’s a great guy, but he’s younger than me…” she took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
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* Alexander Building, Floor 38 Apartment B, 12:10am*

Charmaine crept out of her room very quietly, tip toed into the living thinking that Ron was asleep and Bernice went home.

“Where you going sis?” Ron asked sitting in the couch with Bernice playing Chinese chess with a torch.

Charmaine stopped half way in the living room, “You guys aren’t asleep.”

“Where you going?” Bernice asked.

“Oh… no where just getting a drink,” Charmaine said casually.

Ron gave Charmaine a very suspicious look, “Really? Then why do you have keys in your hand?”

Charmaine gave an awkward fake laugh, “Ahh… I do have keys in my hand. How did that happen? Well I’m going to bed now.”

#Knock Knock#

Ron got up from the couch, “It’s like midnight, who could it be?” Ron opened the door, “Ray? What are you doing here?”

Raymond looked over at Charmaine who was standing by the kitchen, “Just wanted to see if the blackout scared you or not?”

Charmaine smiled at him and shook her head.

“Why would I be scared? I’m a man,” Ron confused as to why Raymond cared about him so much.

“That’s good then, I was really worried for a moment,” Raymond looked over at Charmaine again, “Did you want to have breakfast with me tomorrow?”

Charmaine nodded her head.

“You have never asked me to have breakfast with you, but I can’t, I’ve have plans with Bernice.”

Raymond patted Ron on the shoulder; “Well I’m going to head back over now, Bye.”

Before Raymond left he had a quick glance at Charmaine, she winked at him and mouthed the words ‘good night.”
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*Kowloon Police Station, 10:18am*

Kenneth came running in with a report in his hand, “Madam, Ada Choi didn’t make a claim with the insurance company.”

Charmaine took the file off Kenneth, “She didn’t make a claim?”

Linda passed on another file to Charmaine, “We checked her company history and its very good one of the best actually. So she would have no reason to rob her own company for the insurance money.”

“If she really robbed her own jewellery store she would claim the insurance money right? That’s what normal people would do. There is something missing,” Charmaine couldn’t find a legitimate reason to explain the inference if Ada robbed her own company.

Bosco walked into the station, “Hey!”

Everyone turned around, “No grandpa clothes today?” Kenneth asked.

“Nah… not really the look I’m trying to portray.”

Charmaine handed Bosco the files, “What do you think?”

Bosco had a quick scan at the files, “I think it’s a set up. Now that we know Ada Choi has an investment company overseas and very often she transfer this money into Kenny Wong’s account and Kenny Wong then transfer that money into Derek Kwok’s account. It sort of infers that Ada Choi could be behind all this. This indicates that she is using Kenny as a middle man to purchase the weaponry for her own set up robbery.”

Everyone thought Bosco had a valid point, “But why didn’t she claim the insurance money as well?” Bernice questioned.

“Maybe its not about the money,” Charmaine suggested.

“If they are trying to frame their competitors its not really working because there is no media coverage stating any other company was involved,” Kenneth said.

“Maybe its personal then?” Charmaine suggested again. Everyone looked at each other having the same thought that it could be personal but for what personal reason.

An officer came in, “Bosco a lady named Myolie is here to see you.”

“Thanks, I’ll be out in a second,” Bosco walked outside and saw Myolie standing by the balcony of the police station. “Hey.”

Myolie saw Bosco back in his normal clothes; he heart was filled with happiness and love that he’d taken her advice, “you back in your normal clothes.”

“Yeh, Jessica told me it she didn’t like my look so I changed for her.”

Myolie’s heart was now filled with rage, she thought to herself, “That Jessica manipulating my Bosco, she’s going to pay!”
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hope u enjoyed this chapter.. myolie is a bit crazy.. oh well.. plz leave a comment.. thanks..