Chapter 10: In Which His Friends Are There

Ashton had a long gruesome day of cleaning up dead bodies. He was doing solo jobs and even though the pay was substantial, he was tired, smelled like industrial cleaners and would rather prefer having his partner Vincent with him but for some reason that wasn't permitted. He'd decided to call Sora just because he felt this strange need to hear her voice after a long day of washing blood away. She picked on the third ring. "Hi Ashton!" She sounded very enthusiastic, it was refreshing for him. "Hey, just wanted to know how your event went" he asked for the sake of conversation. "Oh it was great Ashton! The turn up was amazing and I am pretty sure my book cafe got a lot of positive publicity today and Edward Simone, the writer who came was pretty friendly too" she replied. "Is that so, I am glad it went well for you" he said. "Oh also, I have a date tonight, guess with whom?" She sounded excited, Ashton's jaw clenched at hearing that. "Who?" He asked, trying to reign in this sudde