The Trial of Eden
Alaine Chesney thinks her life is already perfect the way it is, but her thinking goes 180 degrees after her house is consumed by fire. As her house needs reconstruction, she used up her hard-earned savings. To quickly regain her loss, she applies for a part-time job which she fortunately earned. She opted for a taxi for a ride back home which unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal date with the taxi driver that she naturally rejected. A week later, as she prepares for her new part-time work, she was told thru a phone call that the job offer is off. Dejected, Alaine poured her everything into preparing for the upcoming anniversary party of her workplace. On the night of the anniversary party, following her recital, she heads to the restroom. Upon her exit, Alaine intercepts a suspicious man in tuxedo however, the former gets knocked out by the latter. Hours later, Alaine wakes up and is greeted by her captor, Dashiell Klein, who hands over an item that she believes to have been lost during the fire. What’s more is, Dashiell turns out to be the taxi driver who proposed to her, causing her to attack him until someone dear to her shows up. Who is that person? What does Dashiell have to do with that person? Just what is Dashiell's role in Alaine's life?
mont3j · Sci-fi
