Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 12

Sean stood beside Carla as she called out waving for a taxi.

"Shit!" Terence cursed in a low voice. Those people were quickly gaining on them. Terence retreated a few steps and swiftly grabbed both Sean and Carla around the waist leading them into the opposite direction. He then held tightly onto both their hands and began to run into the crowd.

"What are you doing?" Carla was stunned. All of her attention was on hailing a taxi, so she had no idea what was happening around them.

But it didn't take her long to realize the danger that was heading towards them. She stopped trying to get rid of Terence's hand and began to run as fast as she could. Even though her heart was in her throat and adrenaline coursed through her veins, she didn't forget the cause of all of this. She cried,"Terence you really are a jinx!"

However, Sean shouted back,"This is so exciting!"

Sean was too young to understand the true danger that they were in. Being influenced by fast action movies he thought that it was fun and exciting. But he had no problem with keeping up with the two of them because he had always been very good at sport.

Carla and Sean's reaction to what was going on was entirely different to what Terence had expected, and it made him smile bitterly. They managed to squeeze into the crowd making it more difficult to be reached and to buy themselves a bit more time from the men that were chasing them. When Terence thought it was safe enough he stopped and said,"Carla, take Sean home and stay there. I'll lead them away. Their target is me."

He caressed Sean's head and then handed him the fish.

As he dashed to another direction he looked back and called out,"Sean, take care of your sister." He then disappeared from view.

Several brawny men who had been following them suddenly changed their direction and rushed after Terence when they saw him leave the crowd. Terence was right. He was their only target.

"Ter..."

Terence had left so quickly that Carla didn't get the chance to finish her words. She stood and gazed as he quickly disappeared from sight.

'Terence, please be careful.' That was what she wanted to say.

A public bus was just pulling over into a nearby bus stop. Carla and Sean followed the crowd and got in.

Carla pushed her way through the crowded bus and went to a window to try and spot Terence. She could see the men that were after him weaving in and out of the crowd at amazing speed

and then she saw Terence. The typical warm smile that she and her brother had become used to seeing had now disappeared from his handsome face. It was replaced with a cold and resolute stare, concentrating on what lay before him. His expression was just like the first time that she saw him.

There were traffic and people coming and going from all directions. Terence rolled over the bonnet of a car that was blocking his way without any effort. He looked back at the men that were chasing him and gave them a cold smile. He then ducked into a dark and narrow alleyway.

The bus slowed to a stop.

After Carla and Sean got off, they didn't go straight home. They were frightened that those same people might have broken into their home.

"Carla, I'm really worried about Terence. Should we call the police and ask them to help him?"

Sean held her hand, concern written on his face.

Carla hugged him and patted his shoulder to comfort him. "Sean, it's not as simple as we think. We didn't have time to call the police when it all happened. But now, we don't even know where they are. How could we tell the police?"

But in fact, she worried about another thing.

Because she had no idea about Terence's real identity, she wasn't sure whether it was such a good idea to call the police at all.

But if he really was innocent, why didn't he just call the police himself and explain it all to them? Surely he was smart enough to have thought of that. Perhaps he just couldn't call police because he was a criminal himself? That was exactly what Carla was worrying about.

Carla walked around the block where her home was several times to make sure there were no suspicious characters lurking around. Satisfied that it was all clear she went inside with Sean.

Even though they were safely inside their home, they still didn't feel at ease.

They both sat quietly, each lost in their own thoughts as they anxiously waited, until Carla finally spoke up,"Sean, don't wait any longer. Go to bed now." It was already 11 p.m. But Sean was still too restless to sleep.

He shook his head reluctantly.

"Carla, I'm just so worried about him. Can I wait a little longer?"

Carla looked up and gave him a stern look. "Sean! Do you think you're old enough to bargain with me now? You don't listen to me anymore! He is just a stranger. Is he more important to you than your own sister?"

Sean didn't want to upset his sister any further so he swallowed the words that he was going to say. With his head hung low in disappointment he turned and did as he was told.

In the living room, Carla sat on the sofa staring blankly at the television.

Many different thoughts ran through her mind. 'Right, he is just a stranger to us. Just a few days ago I was trying to get rid of him.