19. Liftoff

After I left my dad's office, I ran down the hallway and directly to my room, mind linking Kenji along the way.

'We did it, Ken! My father agreed to let us go!'

'Sweet! So when do we leave.' He asks.

'Within the hour.' I state, rummaging through my closet, for things that I'll need during the trip.

'What? Are you nuts? Genesis will have my balls if I tell her I'm leaving with such short notice.' He remarks, sounding pissed.

'Hey. You were the one that volunteered to come. You had more than enough notice. It's not my fault you didn't tell her earlier.' I state, showing no compassion. Why would I? He knows how important this is to me. He also knows that I'll go with or without him, so he doesn't have time to doddle.

'Come on, man..' Kenji says, attempting to make me sympathize with him.

'Sorry, but it won't work. You know how important this is to me. You can either come or stay. I won't mind either way. But I'm going, and I'll be leaving at 5 pm sharp.' I say, cutting the mind link.

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