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have a nice sensitive face. Wish
I had a face like that.”
    “ That wouldn’t be a good idea,” Byron said trying to be witty.
“People would just expect you to write poems, sing hymns and do
brotherly kind of kisses.”
    Quentin
sensed the subtle unhappiness over the last point but pretended not
to notice. He hoped that Byron would get over it and perhaps find
another girlfriend. He felt that tense moments were drawing
closer.
    “ Sensitive face indeed. Natalie, I’ll kill you,” Byron muttered
under his breath and laughed as he walked towards them.

     

Chapter 14: The Chase
    It seemed
that all good things often had to come to a temporary
end.
    That was
the impression Byron, Matt and Natalie got when they reached the
car park. They had been walking along at a leisurely pace
exchanging pleasantries when they were confronted by Russ and his
group who were waiting patiently for them.
    They
seemed confused by this as they thought the matter had already been
settled.
    Russ
seemed to have intuitive knowledge of when they would arrive in the
car park just as he seemed to be very familiar with Quentin’s
movements when they attacked him.
    Did he
have some advanced tech with spiffy algorithms that could hack into
their phones’ geographical locations?
    They had
no time to think through these thoughts because Russ very casually
held a handsome looking switchblade that shone sinfully in his
hand.
    “ You thought you could ride off to the sunset with my girl?” he
said to Matt without any trace of malice or bitterness in his
voice.
    “ Russ it has nothing to do with him. I told you I was through
with you. Now let us go,” Natalie said
    “ It’s not as simple as that,” Russ said looking bitterly at
Byron. “We were going to make up but he deliberately came between
us. Then Mr Hulk showed up just in time,” he said waving to
Matt.
    “ Russ you made a promise. Be a man and keep it,” Byron
said.
    “ Lord Byron!” Russ teased and his group snickered and cackled.
“I promised I wouldn’t hassle fags and other low life. I didn’t
promise anything about Romeo here prancing into school on the first
day and taking off with my girl.”
    “ Let go, Russ,” Byron pleaded.
    “ That was very sneaky of you to get your horny face on
her.”
    “ I’m not horny and I don’t like your tone,” he
retorted.
    “ After I’ve finished with him (he waved to Matt) we’re going to
have another talk.”
    “ Don’t do this Russ,” Byron warned.
    “ Okay Tarzan, you tricked me back there. You became a hero at
my expense showing off your cloned body. Don’t push me otherwise
your carcass won’t be worth a dime.”
    “ I’m not a clone,” he retorted.
    “ Whatever. You do get around,” he said to cackles from his
gang.
    “ I don’t get around. I resent that,” Byron said. It was futile
arguing. “Be reasonable Russ.” he said as he moved towards Matt
with the switchblade.
    “ What do you want?” Matt asked quietly as he came menacingly
closer.
    “ We are going to have a competition. I’ll race you to the
cliff. The first one who chickens out walks away and the winner
gets to keep Nat.”
    “ It’s a crazy idea,” Natalie said.
    “ It’s dangerous!” Byron said.
    “ I like danger!” Russ said.”And to make it sweet, you will ride
with him. I know you two don’t get along.”
    “ We’re like brothers. We get along,” Matt said
fiercely.
    Byron was
thankful that Matt had stood by him in front of Russ.
    “ This racing doesn’t sound good,” Natalie said.
    “ The other alternative is for you to give her up right now and
walk away from here.” He held the switchblade so close to Matt’s
neck.
    The move
came so suddenly that Russ seemed totally unprepared for it. Matt
moved with reckless speed holding up Russ’s hand and cartwheeling
his body around. He lay flat on his back on the ground with the
knife in Matt’s hand.
    Russ’s
friends reacted very slowly as Byron dived for Russ and took hold
of