Chapter Ten - The Flashback

Eight years ago.

Luna twisted the strap of her purse as she stood on the pavement, nervously waiting for her ride. One Mr. Jake Kierney was supposed to be picking her up, Luna recited the descriptions of how he looked like in her head again. Brown hair, dark eyes, Caucasian and wearing a black suit.

And then she remembered he was going to be pulling up in a car, and that the details of the car was probably what she was supposed to be memorizing. The realization upset the resolve Luna had managed to build up through the pep talk she had given herself before leaving her apartment.

Licks of panic threatened to swarm through Luna, she forced them back with deep heavy breaths. In the middle of her breathing exercise, a black car pulled up in front of her. The window winded down to reveal a man leaning across the passenger’s seat.

“You Luna Jones?” he asked, his tone a little accented enough to tell Luna he was a New Yorker, true and true.

Luna nodded her head timidly. “Ye- yes, I am.