Birthday Girl

Over and done talking with her model friend, Leena was back to where Devin was standing. Her brows jutted into a frown, seeing him stare at a grinning joker showpiece inside a store, half of its face covered in a mask, and the rest half painted in blood red. 

''Behind every mask, there is a face, and behind that a story.''

''Hmm?'' Devin snapped awake, shifting his attention next to the woman standing next to him. ''What did you say just now?'' Is it a deja-vu? Leena spoke out loud of the conversation running in his head.

''It's a quote.'' Leena pointed her eyes to the joker showpiece to boot. ''..the quote board is hung to the joker's neck.''

Devin took a quick look at the quote, the hidden meaning behind it took him to the depths of a bottomless pit again.