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reading that they have managed to waken the policeman who told them the sunglasses wasn't his. They took to be fingerprinted and rumored came up with an identity but have refused to say to people or to the newspaper's reporters' inquiries on who that man was. That despite rumors going around about him identified.

  Jinx groaned of fear while reading the article and once done with the newspaper went to the newspapers’ case and put it away.

  He groaned softly thinking to himself "It won't take long before Scotland gets desperate find me. They will reveal my identity to the public in an attempt to find me."

  He heard nothing in response from Lance as he walked out of the library aimlessly wandering around.

  He came upon the town's green to sit on bench staring at the grass breathing the plant air deeply.

  He sat with arms folded and sensed people watching him by senses blaring along with fear hitting him again billowing within him. He lifted his eyes to spot four people appearing to be youths judging by their youngness looks. They wearing gonoid skin clothes with long black hair and tan skins nearby. Two staring at him fully with their faces looking in his direction with blue eyes aimed at him while the other two appeared to hide it judging by their faces looking in another direction. Jinx grimaced inwardly feeling himself fearful.

  He ignored the four young males staring at him recalling an incident with four males in New Jack City despite a similar incident while on the space station before hauled off by cops.

  He recalled sitting on a bench lost in thought till a male voice was heard saying "You're in our seat so get off."

  Jinx heard the laugher in the tone looked up to see four males looking young and Mahalian to him by the smallness of eyes with tan brown skin and black hair indicated that they came from the island continent nation of Mahalia.

  One repeated his words while noticing that their clothing were raggedy indicating them as homeless. He got up and went to another bench only to get the males following and standing in front of him.

  One of them again saying "You're in our seat so get off."

  Jinx felt disgust take hold refused to budge from the bench in response.

  One of the males spoke in gibberish sounding like foreign language to him before they proceeded to grab his arms yanking him from the seat. As another got behind him thrusting his arm around his neck as the fourth stood in front of him raising a hand fisted aimed in his direction with a sneer on his face.

  Jinx remembered training of self defense moves in combative art dubbed karate proceeded to use them only to get his arms and neck grabbed again. He continued with the karate to yank his arms out of the males' grips and yanked the third male's arm off around his neck while falling into a perfect split move. The fourth male hanging back not touching him suddenly threw his fist aimed in his direction.

  He heard a loud groaning grunt in response along with "Sorry missed him."

  He frowned as he on the ground adjusted his legs and rolled away on it away from the males.

  He got up and eyed the males to see the one who had arm around his neck had grabbed the fisted male by the shirt and was yelling "Sorry?! You're sorry?!"

  Jinx frown as the males got into an argument on the sorry state as he backed up into the bushes hiding out of sight watching them get into fist fights aimed at each other. They appearing to look like they were being violent with their fisting looking like they didn't have combative art training by not doing any kicking moves.

  He shook his head in a no gesture and groaned softly and left the scene figuring it was best to be away from them.

  He groaned from the memory hitting him saw the sun become low in the sky walked to the entrance while sensing himself being followed. His senses told him were the young males by seeing them following. He reached the entrance which he walked through passed people and walked out of the town ignoring people’s chatter becoming silent seeing him. He continued to walk till he reached the graveyard and went inside then turned on the electricity by the box switch. He walked to his Mother’s grave to sit leaning his back on the gravestone eyes staring at the sky showing the colors of the sunset.

  He sighed and spoke out loud “Mom, wish you were here with me. I could use your love and words of advice you always given me to assure me that everything will be alright.”

  Jinx paused then continued as the sun disappeared below the horizon “I don’t know where to go besides here.

  Just to hide from the religious fanatics who seem to see me as a prize object. I don’t know who to trust to keep me away from them. Or let me have a life as I please to do with it my way.”

  He paused to adjust his position till his back was on the ground.

  Then added while yanking off his hat putting it on his chest “Sometimes I wish life was the way it was when you were alive. Me living anonymously doing what I wanted without having people spying on me. They giving me no freedom and no privacy.

  People treating me as something worth worshipping Ugh it’s not what I had in mind with my life hence me here with you in hiding.”

  He felt sadness hitting him hard followed by his eyes watering tears. He didn’t resist to the emotion allowed it through to cry softly. He cried as tears spilled from his eyes falling down his cheeks. He rolled over onto his side curling into a ball with hands touching his face while breathing hard through his mouth to wail a loud cry of anguish then became silent. Jinx cried to himself as he felt sleepiness hit him hard breathed deeply through his nose and shut his eyes willing himself to sleep.

  That despite nights of reportedly staying awake for trouble while on horse back along with various nightmares of being chased by dinosaurs.

  He dreamed of himself walking on a beach wearing clothing that felt like they were familiar to the touch and comfortable to his skin. Despite them felt to be a tunic and leggings with slipper like shoes on his feet in the color black he glimpsed.

  He paused from walking to stare at the water and felt a hand on his arm to look at his left to see a humanoid male he recognized as Lance his Father who had a frown in his face and eyes. Jinx sighed as his Father pulled him towards him. He didn’t resist and allowed his Father to hug him. He burst into tears weeping very hard sobbing.

  Jinx, weep out “Why oh why?”

  He heard nothing from Lance but felt himself soothed by his Father’s hands on his back and on the back of his head hugging him tighter. He cried more tears till they stopped coming. He felt Lance gently rubbing his back with a hand on it. Jinx placed his hands on Lance’s sides gripping his Father’s clothing in a tight grip as he felt the tears stopped.

  He groaned out “I can’t stand not having privacy and freedom to do what I want without people spying on me. Some of those people are religious fanatics who see me as their religious deity Lord the Master to worship me as that.

  I couldn’t take it anymore went into hiding.

  I didn’t know who to trust or where to go so I went to where I could be safe which is with her.”

  Jinx paused from talking as Lance continued to rub his back. He placed his chin on his Father's shoulder letting go of Lance’s clothing.

  He continued speaking “With her is the only place I could be safe and live anonymously as myself without religious fanatics bothering me. She brought love to my life. I miss her terribly that I sleep on her grave. I miss my life with her when she was alive. I’m upset that death of sicknesses seemingly can’t touch me like it has touched her.”

  Jinx paused from talking to feel Lance’s arms stop holding him. He felt his Father gently push him away. He looked to see a frown on Lance’s face and eyes as there was a flash of bright light behind the male.

  He spoke with pleading in his voice tone “Father, don't leave me. Stay with me please. I need you.”

  Lance to his annoyance interrupted putting a finger to his lips quieting him. He saw a hint of a serious expression in his Father's eyes and face as the finger went down.

  This was followed by speaking "
I'll do what you say to me, Jinx since your begging is making me sympathetic with you.

  I warn you I can't stay in between life and death forever guiding you in your life. I may one day be called home via compulsion once it's obvious you don't need me.

  At the moment you do need me which I'll see that you'll receive the help you need."

  Jinx frowned forming a questioningly look on his face while staring at Lance. That placed a hand on his forehead followed by him forcing his eyes closed as the scene went black.

  Jinx woke up with a start seeing that it was still dark by night vision blaring as day vision flashed back and forth from night to day as the day became lighter of the sunrise.

  The dinosaurs’ roaring noises ceased with the feeling of fear lowering its ebb. He slowly sat up rubbing a hand on his face feeling himself tired and exhausted from his crying bout along with hunger pains he felt within him that couldn’t be ignored.

  Sighing he adjusted his position to lean against his Mother’s gravestone eyes staring at the sky watching the sun slowly rise from the horizon shining rays of light. He grabbed his hat putting it on his head putting up his hair covering it and stretched his limber exercises then awkwardly got up from the ground feeling tiredness running through him.

  He walked to the town’s entrance walking pass people standing around who went silent seeing him making him nervous as usual. He entered the town walking to the