'How can you look around when you've got a woman like that, man?' Tyler shook his head. 'Leaving such a beautiful and busty woman for a high-schooler...'
Tyler was 19 years old, and could perfectly picture what the girls looked like when he was 17.
'Chopped and childish looking.' He sighed internally. 'I seriously don't get how he fumbled Olivia.'
Many thought the same as Tyler.
The only reason the two had gotten married was that they were high school sweethearts, because the younger Olivia was too shy to talk to other people, leading to her falling for the first guy to give her enough attention to break down her walls.
Olivia had quickly started to doubt that maybe she hadn't chosen him out of love, but out of insecurity.
"Come on, Olivia! What the fuck? Can't be adults here?" Eric shouted, annoyed at the fact that Olivia had stopped responding. "Do you really think other divorcees act like you? People get divorced, settle their differences, and get back together all the time!"
'This is pretty intense.' Tyler gulped. 'I don't know how I feel about going from earlier to this...'
Eric's complaining continued, and only stopped once Olivia stepped out of her apartment.
She approached the building's entry, opened the door, but did not step through.
Olivia stood perfectly to make it obvious that she wasn't leaving, and that he wasn't welcome inside.
"You want to talk like adults? Alright, let's talk. How did it feel cheating on me with a child?"
"Olivia, don't start, please. I just want us to-"
"Want us to what? Go back to how it was before? What would be the point of that? You'll continue fishing for younger girls anyway. You should feel lucky I didn't go to the cops!"
"Like I said a million times already, it was perfectly legal, and she's eighteen now! Not that I've seen her again since that time, by the way!"
"Oh! You haven't seen her since that time?! Well, that's just great! A one-time thing, that makes it so much better!"
"Oh, you know what? Fuck you."
"Excuse me?"
"Acting like a saint when you're going around offering massages to strangers. I know what you masseuses do, don't act like you don't get your hands dirty. At the very least, I didn't do it with a stranger, or for money."
"Go fuck yourself! You're still spouting this?! I'll have you know, for the hundredth time, that I only take female clients, you asshole!"
"Yes, right, hahaha! Like I would believe that, hahaha!" Eric rubbed his forehead as he feigned amusement. "My wife just suddenly gains an interest in massaging people, as if that hadn't been for a quick buck."
"What was I supposed to do, huh? Stay home all day and do nothing?! I had interests before you came around!"
"Interests, right... Because being a housewife wasn't good enough, right? You couldn't just take care of-"
"Take care of what? What? You were never able to give me the kids I always wanted, so what was I supposed to take care of?!" Olivia shouted and slammed the door in Eric's face. "The entirety of my time with you has been nothing but a waste! Pure waste! Now go away, and never come back!"
Fuming, Olivia slammed the door to her apartment as well.
Eric punched the air as he grumbled, before turning around, stepping to his car, and driving away.
Gulp-
'Well...' Tyler rubbed his forehead. 'That was something.'
It certainly wasn't the kind of thing he expected to ever eavesdrop on. Still, plenty of people would have paid to get a glimpse at such drama and gossip.
'I guess I'll stay here for a bit to make sure no one was woken up by the shouting, then I'll go back to my place. The System still isn't showing me the 3rd Location for the Quest.'
Tyler waited for around two minutes before stealthily walking across the lawn.
Once he arrived at Olivia's window, he crouched to make sure he was invisible.
In the first place, he felt rather awkward after having heard all of that.
He passed the window, and stepped off the lawn.
Once Tyler arrived in front of his building's entrance,
[3rd Location available!]
'Finally.' He sighed. 'Tell me that it's my bed or something. A good night of sleep would...'
[Time Limit: 10 seconds.]
[You have 10 seconds to reach the 3rd Location.]
Tyler's eyes immediately widened. It was a sudden change in the Quest's development, but there was no need to think about that.
The arrow didn't appear in front of him, which immediately worried Tyler.
Still, it only took a moment for him to notice that it was, right away, showing the location he was supposed to reach.
The arrow was visible, around two meters above the ground, right on the sidewalk in front of Olivia's building's entrance.
With the timer ticking down, Tyler ran as fast as he could to reach that spot.
[7 seconds left.]
[6 seconds left.]
[5 seconds left.]
[4 seconds left.]
[3 seconds left.]
[2 seconds left.]
[1 second left.]
"Safe...!" Tyler grunted, arriving in the nick of time. "Why would I receive the Location so close to the Time Limit..."
His whispering trailed off as he turned towards the left, towards the building's entrance.
Olivia was standing with a surprised expression, having just opened the building entrance's door to step outside.
She stared at him with wide eyes, caught between surprise, confusion, and anxiety.
Olivia definitely hadn't counted on anyone being out at this hour.
To find a man outside, when it's past midnight, when the streets are so dark and empty... Was a nightmare come true.
Just as Olivia was about to step back into the building and close the door,
[Ding!]
[A Quick Time Event has been triggered!]
'Quick Time-' Tyler's thought trailed off as the world around him seemed to slow down to a halt. '...!'