“Where the fuck are they heading to?”. Ryan muttered to himself while still following them from behind.
Though he couldn’t seem to figure out where they were heading to, he planned to keep following them from behind until they arrived at their destination.
He was walking past people as he was trailing Liam and his mum from behind, and people were walking past him as well. Liam and his mum kept conversing and smiling at each other from time to time as they were walking.
And for every smile Ryan saw on Liam’s face, he felt serious anger. He was already feeling anger while trailing the both of them, but seeing those smiles on his face increased the anger all the time.
Ryan kept wondering where they were heading to as he was following them from behind. But he wouldn’t be able to find answer to that until they finally arrive at their destination.
Ryan kept trailing them while being cautious at the same time until they finally arrived at their destination. It happened to be a merchant they’d been heading toward all this time.
..A merchant that deals on clothing.
They were standing in front of the merchant while conversing with him. And as they were conversing with him, Ryan’s gaze was solely focused on Liam.
Yes, he couldn’t glance at Liam properly while trailing them because they were backing him. He wasn’t seeing his face that much, he was seeing more of his back and so on.
But now that they were conversing with the merchant, he was seeing Liam’s face a lot more now. And the usual was happening as he was staring at Liam, he was feeling immense anger.
He just wished he could run toward him and land a nice punch in his face, but that wouldn’t be a wise thing to do at all. Doing that would make Liam see and recognize him immediately, and that wouldn’t be nice.
Liam and his mum planned on buying some clothes from the merchant according to the look of things. They were discussing the prices of some of the clothes with the merchant currently.
The merchant brought out some of the clothes in his store and showed them to the both of them, and they liked them. They planned on purchasing them with some other clothes.
From where Ryan was standing, he couldn’t deny the fact that the clothes the merchant just showed to the both of them were looking great.
Yes, they were nice-looking clothes…
Right now, the both of them were bargaining the prices of the clothes with the merchant, Liam’s mum was doing more of the talking.
The clothes were nice, they liked them and wanted to buy them. But the prices were somehow high for them, they needed the merchant to reduce the prices of the clothes to an extent at least so it would be easier for them to purchase.
They weren’t like Ryan’s family that were wealthy. They weren’t close to his family when it comes to financial status.
Ryan and his family could easily purchase these clothes even if the prices were higher than what the merchant mentioned. They wouldn’t try to persuade the merchant to reduce the prices at all.
Everyone wasn’t in the same bracket when it comes to financial status. So since Liam and his mum weren’t wealthy and needed to persuade the merchant to reduce the prices of the clothes so it would be easier for them to purchase, they were free to do whatever.
Well, the merchant finally reduced the prices of the clothes to an extent, and that would make purchasing them easier…
He packaged all the clothes they were interested in buying in a certain sack bag for them, then they paid for the clothes. After the sack bag of clothes were handed over to them, they bid the merchant goodbye before they walked away from his presence.
Now, Ryan’s mindset was that they were going to begin heading straight home since they were done doing business with the merchant. But surprisingly, they weren’t heading home.
They didn’t walk in the direction that would lead them home, they were walking in another direction. According to what Ryan discerned, they were heading somewhere else.
‘So the merchant’s clothing store wasn’t the only place they were heading toward? They have another destination in mind?’. Ryan thought to himself while glancing at them.
Well, since they were heading somewhere else, did he plan to continue trailing them? Yes, he planned on doing so.
Time was going, and he still needed to head toward Mile’s house after he was done with Liam. But he wasn’t thinking about that at all, he still planned to continue trailing Liam and his mum.
No matter how late it gets, he was still going to head toward Mile’s house after he was done with Liam. If he doesn’t get to see Miles today because it was already so late, he’d come back tomorrow.
..Seeing him was a must.
He was a hundred percent sure that Miles would still be in this town just like Liam. He just had this strong feeling that Miles and Liam were still friends and were still keeping in touch with each other.
So he felt if Liam wanted to head to somewhere important to stay there for a long time, for example, one of the academies specialized in training benders, Miles would follow him.
So since Liam was still in this town, then Miles would also be in this town as well. He seemed to be so sure of that.
Liam and his mum were heading somewhere else, and Ryan was following them from behind while being cautious at the same time.
He was following them and wondering where they were heading to this time. Well, he kept following them until they arrived at another store.
Yes, this store deals on food and so on, and it was owned by another merchant.
‘A food store this time?’. Ryan thought to himself while glancing at them standing in front of the store.
They’d begin speaking to the owner of the store by now telling him the food they wanted to purchase…Liam’s mum was the one doing most of the talking.
Ryan just stood there focusing his gaze solely on Liam once again. Was he still feeling that anger as he was staring at him? Of course, he was still feeling it.
There’s no way staring at Liam wouldn’t make him start remembering everything they did to him. And as far as he was remembering that, there’s no way he wouldn’t be filled with anger.
He just stood there glancing at him feeling that immense anger. But the thing was that he wouldn’t be able to do anything about the anger he was feeling…
That was another pain on its own. Well, Liam’s mother had finished telling the merchant all the food they were interested in buying.
And right now, she was bargaining price with the merchant. After she was done bargaining price with him, and they’d already decided on certain prices she was going to purchase all the food she was interested in purchasing, she entered the store along with Liam as they began picking up the food they were interested in.
After they were done picking up all the food, the merchant packaged them in a certain sack bag and handed them over to them. So Liam was carrying two sack bags now.
One was filled with the clothes they bought, and the other was filled with foodstuff.
After the sack bag had been handed over to them, Liam’s mum paid for everything, then the both of them walked out of the store. Ryan saw them walk out of the store, and his mindset was that they were going to begin heading home from here.
But he was wrong, they didn’t plan on heading home yet. There were still some things they planned on purchasing.
They were shopping, and until they bought everything they planned on buying while leaving home, they wouldn’t head back home.
They were shopping in a certain way. They didn’t head toward the main market to shop, they decided to do so from the merchants that could be seen at the sides of the road.
Ryan’s plan was to keep trailing them until they head back home. Then he’d begin heading toward Mile’s house from there.
But seems like they didn’t plan on heading back home anytime soon, and time was going. He’d already confirmed by now that his mindset was wrong, they didn’t plan on heading home yet.
So what was he going to do? Was he going to keep trailing them, or he’d leave them and begin heading toward Mile’s house?
Well, he planned to keep trailing them…