Recap
   In the hamlet the dinner had been served and followed by an exciting natural drink, which was so flavourful, they could not stop drinking, but they have been restricted to 3 glasses for a person as it would give a mild booze. Julie could not put a finger on what makes her go back in memory to those happy little moments with him, whether the utmost peace in the nature’s lap or the drink, that her mind highlighted the fondness towards him.
   Julie suddenly searched through the crowd looking for someone.
“What?” Asked Angela.
“I think I feel his presence, he should be somewhere close”
“Who? The Boss???
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   Angela scanned through the crowd. She did not find him. “You sound like a sniffer dog Julie, stop daydreaming! it’s nothing just take his jacket off you will be fine.”
   Julie was disappointed and realised that it was after all her delusion, like Angela said, his scent must be messing with her thoughts and thus the hallucination. But unlike any other day, she was rather happy today and content of having his thoughts. She liked to embrace all the lovely moments with him.
   Julie was completely zoned out that she did not pick up the music and dance around her. In no time, the tempo had gone high which made everyone dance. Angela pulled Julie to join the dance with others. It was so maddening, the drink just made them all feel carefree and danced their hearts out.
   They were totally drained out when they reached back room. Julie took off the jacket and still blushed to his feeble scent that lingered on it. Today her resolution to stay away from all the romantic thoughts disappeared in thin air. The moment she worn his jacket, followed by the travel through the stream, the tranquil forest, the nature,the beauty of the Hamlet and their simple life just made her yearn for some good company, all her mind could think of was the one. Henry Kingston!
If he doesn’t have the crown of Kingston, will she be able to accept her feelings for him? The Kingston in his name was the real hindrance that stopping her from openly letting her mind to approve the desire and have the freedom of all the emotions that is running in her mind?
Amidst the confusion Sr Kingston’s fuming face flashed in her mind, that literally thrown cold water on her thoughts. She quickly changed into her pajamas and hit the bed immediately before her mind could take her into another round of emotional debate.
   She was all smiles when she woke up, all her lovely dreams, were playing in her mind. Snippets of her dream were A cosy night drive, walking along the beach, rowing in a lonely lake, street shopping, all locking fingers with that certain someone.
   Angela barged in through the unlocked door, “who sleeps keeping the door unlocked?” She gave a disbelieving look on seeing a smiling Julie on the bed. “Move your lazy ass girl, it’s only 15 minutes for breakfast, you won’t be lucky enough again to get special meals for smiling around here”
   Julie refreshed quickly and they both reached the dining on time. Now they were familiar with most of the faces. They smiled at Matt, Alan who where their teammates in the first task. The breakfast was delicious, Angela yawned and expected a good nap in her soft mattress. Kevin who noticed this, gave a choking pat on her back, signalling them all to the ground. Angela cursed and walked towards the ground.
   The first task for the day was to hit the sand sack with a gun where the sacks would be hanging on a moving circular conveyer. Each sand sack has different weights, once it was hit, it breaks open and falls on a weighing scale. Within the stipulated time who hits the maximum and the highest weight would win. They were all preparing for the task.
Kingstons office
   Ryan came to visit Henry after that chaos in his house that day with Julie chasing him off. “How are you doing man? Is your bodyguard girl around?” He checked around his office. Henry looked up and barely recognised his visit as he was keen on the screen, watching the game happening in the camp.
“What game show is that? why does this place seems familiar?” Ryan questioned.
“Its the Forest resort where employees workshop would be conducted”
“Oh, that military Boot Camp your grandfather organise to torture the shit out of people?”
Henry chuckled.
“I think your grandfather must be bored, so he must have planned this, he would be the happiest one coming out of this camp, after making them all suffer and drain them out of all energy, so they would take off from work for a week to recover from the exhaustion, I don’t think it will benefit your company anyways” Henry stared at him,
“I know you want to accept my point and congratulate me but your big fat ego won’t let you do it”
“Shut up and watch the game Ryan” Henry complained.
“Hey jeez! Is that the bodyguard girl? I can’t believe this” Henry nodded lightly.
“But why?” He blurted out the same question that has been haunting Henry too.
“Don’t you know why she went there?”
Henry told him how she carefully avoided him that day and disappeared to the camp the next day.
“Something is fishy” Ryan said.
   When it was Julie’ turn, Ryan asked “what is her chances of winning this?
“This is all about hand-eye coordination, and precision, one with good fine motor skills would make it through. Considering her records in Hi-roam pool game(reference chap.4), this should be childsplay for her”
   As Henry guessed Juliet hit the first two with ease but missed the consecutive two chances. There were only three more bullets left to hit the remaining three. They were given seven bullets for five targets.
   Ryan and Henry were curiously watching and she confidently finished the last three with perfection.
Henry slapped the table in excitement and said “That’s my girl!”
“Since when?” Ryan asked seriously.
“I am just proud of her performance”
“Wish I could believe what you said” Henry rolled his eyes at him.
“Ok fine, it’s been ages since we played golf”
Henry smiled widely, “Why not? How about tomorrow?”
“Did you just say yes? without me begging for atleast a week? Now i am curious as to why did you accept so easily? What’s cooking?? Ryan wiggled his brows and scrutinised his face for some clue but Henry just shrugged and walked away. “Get ready, we will be leaving early in the morning” he shouted from the other room.
   The next game was 800m relay, 4 in a team where each one has to run 200m. Angela was sulking, “isnt it 400m relay usually?”
Matt who was again their teammate for relay stated,”Kevin was discussing with Lee that Kingston Sr was not happy with reducing it into half as it was originally 1600m.”
   “This grampy is going to be the death of us, he must be a die hard fan of Tom cruise, trying all his stellar stunts here with us, no wonder if he asked us to jump from Burj khalifa and reason it with you should be ready to die for your company” Angela complained as others laughed at her antics.
   Julie and team came second to win silver ticket. Upcoming two games were also group activities. First one was labyrinth balance board game, where four members would stand on the circular board, holding each other’ hands and balance by the their feet to move the ball and reach the end of the maze.
It was more of a fun and laughter time than a competitive game. It was to emphasise the value of team effort and coordination to finish any task.
   The following game was a basketball match between two teams with 10 members in each. Every member gets three balls to score, but they would be distracted by the opponents hitting them with water balloons. If they earn a point, it would add to their team score and also to their individual score. To bring in more fun, the foam floor was made to slip with water. The members were given safety jackets and helmets. The game turned out to be very entertaining with laughing, slipping, playing with water balloons like kids. They were playing the game for a long time till they were completely exhausted.
  Julie and Angela, targeted few and hit them with balloons, they in turn, chased them, which had become the biggest chase game, including every member. They all laughed their heads off and sat down with heavy breaths. They did not have much energy left to go back to their rooms.
  Kevin arranged food for them under a tree shade in the ground. This meal was more like a family get together, they were all chatting, making fun while eating.
“This could be one of the best meals I have ever had” Matt confessed and most of them agreed.
   After the lunch, Julie came back to her room and found a most exquisite blue floral bouquet. She admired the creative and elegant arrangement of the flowers.
   She took the bouquet and sat on her bed, that’s when she had noticed the golden foiled butterfly was stuck on the ribbon thats holding the flowers together.
“Blue flowers and butterfly?”
Why does it feel like she knew this anonymous sender so well? She looked intently at the book cover which also had a Blue diamond. She connected the puzzle pieces and took out her precious jewel box that had the most priceless gift of her life,
“The famous sparkling diamond studded Blue Butterfly”
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