No more September

After Simon's encounter with Melissa, he got back to his room with mixed feelings. He tried catching some sleep, but like his previous visit to Lakeview, he was unable to access that level of unconsciousness once again. It was obvious that he now sleeps better at Creek Island.

All his attempts at sleeping that night proved abortive. In the absence of sleep, he started going through memory lane from the very first day he saw Paige at the hospital, to living with her in the same house.

His kind wandered to the last time he visited Anna's home at Acubana. She had invited him to one of her colleagues' birthdays, which she insisted that he must attend. Who was he to refuse the almighty Anna Kentley. Of course, he attended the party, where he came across Cartomancer, who urged him to pick a card. It was a tussle between him and the card reader. He had refused and she insisted that he must. When he finally picked one of the cards courtesy of an extra from his sister, the Cartomancer told him