Chapter Ten

                                    

                                          
The next day, I head down to Wright & Co. Office, like I had promised Phoenix. Phoenix was out meeting with a client, so chirpy Maya was there. She was very friendly, warming up to me rather quick, and soon we were chatting away like best buddies. 
                          
"So, the other day I brought Nick to a burger eating contest with me." she said. "I wanted to win it because there is a $4,000 cash prize for the winner and I really want to buy a giant Steel Samurai plush with it. So, I got Nick to participate for me. He lost, but then he found a contradiction in the contest. The winner had cheated, so Nick sued him. We got $10,000 from the lawsuit, and I bought 2 Steel Samurai plush!"
                          
"That's nothing, Maya!" I fought back. "Yesterday, Nick and I went to a very big circus and we made this flying magician fall into a pool of water! He was sooooo humiliated!"
                          
Maya gasped. "A flying magician? You mean Max Galatica???"
                          
"Oh, you know him?"
                          
"Yes! The one and only!" Maya shrieked and clapped her hands, her fangirl-ing mode was switched on. "Wait, did Nick make him fall into a pool of water and humiliate him??? Oh my, Nick is going to pay for this!"
                          
Before I could clarify that it was not Nick but I who played the prank on Max, Maya got out of the chair and stomped to another room. There was some clanking noises, followed by the sound of gushing water. I waited, unsure of what to expect, until Maya returned to the waiting room. 
                          
She was carrying a pail of water. What was it for?
                          
"Erm, Maya...?"
                          
Maya grabbed a chair and stood on top of it. "Since Nick dared to play a prank on my favorite idol Max Galatica, I'm going to play one on him. He will have a taste of his own medicine!"
                          
"Wait, Maya!"
                          
It was too late. She had placed the pail of water on top of the office's door. I was about to tell her the truth, but no sooner had I began on my first sentence, the door opened.
                          
We watched as the pail dropped.
                          
The sound of splashing water was heard, followed by a scream. Everything in this scene was wrong, except one wrong thing stood out from the rest.
                          
The scream was high-pitched and girlish.
                          
Maya noticed it too. She looked at me, dumbfounded. We watched, in anticipation, as the the mysterious person lifted the pail of her head, praying that it was not an important client.
                          
It was a lovely young lady with auburn hair, skin as white as a baby's. She was dressed in a soft white dress, decorated with frills on every corner. Her cat-like eyes glared displeasedly at Maya and I. She can almost be described as an angel, except that she was looking like an angry demon right now.
                          
"Who. Did. This?" she demanded, eyes darting back and forth Maya and I.
                          
Neither of us dared to say a word.
                          
"Dahlia? Is something wrong?" Phoenix emerged from behind the scary girl. "Oh dear, what happened?"
                          
There was a 360 degree change in Dahlia. From a creepy lady determine to kill whoever played the prank on her, she transformed into a fragile and weak little girl. 
                          
"Oh, Pheeny," she sobbed into his blue suit. "Someone cruelly poured water on me. Please, you must find who did this to me and prosecute them!"
                          
Phoenix's mouth flew open. "I'm a defense lawyer, Dahlia!"
                          
Dahlia burst into fake tears and buried her face into Phoenix's chest. I gave Maya a strange look and she returned the look. Whoever this girl was, she was acting like a drama queen. No woman would be fooled by the likes of her, though the same cannot be said when it comes to men. For example, right now, Phoenix was so taken in by her lies.