Damaging

The door opened, and a teenager who seemed to be their age stands at the door and asked, "What do you need?"

Rosalind sighed, "Look, Harrison and I want to see Stanley. Is he there?"

Then an old woman appeared who sees Rosalind's figure, "Rosalind, eh? Who do you think, come on in…? Your new friend is also invited, don't be shy."

They both come in feeling bad, why visit Stanley on a school day? Harrison would feel bad even though Emmanuel had said he could not be seen on school days. Rosalind feels like they had no choice, for they seemed to need Stanley's help. Because the green light case and Stanley's absence from school cannot be said to be a coincidence. Something happened between the two events.

They both go into Stanley's room, finding him lying comfortably. When his friend comes, he immediately got out of bed and pulled his two friends into his room.

"What are you guys doing here? Rosalind, I told you not to visit me on school days. Why are you like this?"

Rosalind explained his purpose in coming, "Look, Stan. Corey seems to be starting to get suspicious of our gift from Harrison."

"I didn't say it was a gift for you guys.", Harrison cut him off.

"Yes, I mean strength. Corey wants to investigate your power."

"Why?" Stanley was confused.

"We don't know, but Harrison was also in trouble. So, when we went to his house at that time, it turned out that there was a green light. The police interrogated both of Harrison's parents.", Rosalind explained what happened.

"Jeez, are you guys safe from the police's suspicions?", Stanley worried.

"Fortunately, we are safe, but still we have to solve the green light case," Harrison stated.

"And the reason we're here is to ask you to investigate this with your magic book.", Rosalind showed a plastic bag containing powder taken from the crime scene.

Stanley takes the plastic "You guys asked me to investigate?"

"Corey has a crazier idea, you want to follow her?", Rosalind asks a different suggestion that makes him decline Corey's idea.

"Okay, okay, okay. I will investigate this dust by my spellbook. But I did not guarantee about the safety, all right?" Stanley picks the plastic and puts it beside his bed.

Harrison and Rosalind said goodbye to Stanley, but when they came down the stairs, his mother just came over with a drink.

"You just want to go home? Let us drink the juice first. Auntie has made just for you, there is a cake too."

Rosalind feels like he wanted to refuse before opening his mouth, but after seeing Harrison, he finally relented and smiled, "Okay, aunty. We drink the juice before we got home."

"That is good, make yourself at home, boys. Call me if you need me, I am in the kitchen.," She is leaving for the kitchen.

When Harrison picked up his glass, he smelled something. Quickly, Harrison grabbed Rosalind's arm to keep from drinking the juice. Rosalind who had barely finished drinking his juice also smelled something strange, then asked, "What should we do?"

"We pretend to be drinking while we talk about something, when the time is right, we throw this drink away.", Harrison puts his drink on the table.

They talked about something while laughing, enjoying their time. Then, Rosalind saw the trash can near the exit. He thought of a plan to take the juice and then throw it there unsuspectingly.

"Harrison, I don't think I'm comfortable drinking next to you. I drink there, can I?", Rosalind pointed at the place he meant.

"Okay."

A few seconds after Rosalind moved position, Harrison had to pee. He goes to the kitchen to ask where the toilet was. While in the kitchen, Stanley's mother was cooking food. Then she realized Harrison, "What's the matter, son?"

"Where is the toilet, auntie? I can't stand to pee anymore.", Harrison holds the middle of his pants while demonstrating that he wanted to go to the toilet.

"Uhh… The toilet is next to the back door.," Stanley's mother points the way to the toilet.

"Thank you, ma'am.," Harrison thanked her then goes to the toilet.

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Near the toilet's door, Harrison peeks at Stanley's mother who is seemingly curious about if her plans failed. To make sure her plan did not fail, she goes to the living room where Rosalind was.

"Ah, my dear. Why are you standing there? Please sit on the sofa, tell me something recently." Stanley's mother asks Rosalind what is he doing.

"Look, aunty. I was mad at Stanley a few days ago, because he did not listen to what I say. He decides to do whatever he wants.," Rosalind confides to her.

"Do you like protecting Stanley? At all cost?"

"Yeah, I do…"

"Maybe that is the reason he wants to rebel. You need to give him some freedom, like decreasing the rules that you made for him. I know that Stanley is a good kid, but someday you got help from him and vice versa. Easy, right?"

Rosalind nods as Harrison listens on from the kitchen, and he senses Rosalind cares for Stanley despite their clash in the park a few days ago. Then he goes to the restroom to finish his drink. After that, he gratefully placed his glass in the sink, saying, "Thank you for the drink, Mrs. Bennett. We had a good time." She smiles, "Your welcome, dear. Please, visit us again."

They leave Stanley's residence after saying their farewell to her. Rosalind recalls something while walking along the street.

"Wait a second. That is odd...," He pats Harrison on the shoulder impulsively.

"What exactly is it?" Harrison asks him a strange question.

"Stan's mother never said, 'Please come back.' To Emmanuel and me. She was continually saying, 'come back, okay?'"

"Really? Or is it her new goodbye phrase because he met a new buddy in me?"

"She is sus, Harrison."

"Dude, you need to get your mind off the Among Us game. It irritated me.," Harrison expresses his unhappiness at Rosalind. "Hmm, maybe you're right. Let us go home.," They go to their home together.

Meanwhile, back at Stan's house.

Stan's mother entered his room and discovered him sleeping soundlessly. Her eyes are flashing green as she approaches the plastic bag Rosalind has brought. Her grin smiled slowly, "At long last... I have the ability to transport these folks to this planet."

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Continued the next chapter.