John Green Series Ep. 1 John Green Series Episode 1 The masquerade mask glows and shimmers from the multicolored lights above. She and I dance in unison, an elegant touch to our secret. We stare each other in the eye and I begin to speak, "You seem stiff." "You'd be too if you had a rifle pointed at your back," she replies. "What are you - " "I'm not stupid, John." "I'll call it off if you give me the envelope." "What envelope?" "You know what I'm talking about. Don't suddenly turn stupid on me!" "Fine. I don't have it. Besides, what makes you think I'd hand it to you if I did?" I ignore the last statement as it's said to throw me off guard but she's telling the truth, I can tell. Annoy- ance settles inside me. "Stop toying with me Carol," I begin to raise my voice but no one seems to notice." Who has it?" "I don't know and I don't care." "Answers. Now!" The eyes behind her red glimmering mask seems to notice my anger and tenseness. She waves her long blind hair out of the way of her eye. Her voice quiets into a soft whisper. "I can't say much, they're everywhere. A man that goes by the name Alfredo lives in California. You want the envelope, you need to go and see him." "Where does he live?" "That's all I can say, sorry." She plants a kiss on my cheek and walks away. The name doesn't seem the least bit familiar so I decide I'm taking a shot in the dark. I shake my head and the guard dressed in a black suit and a white mask nods and walks down from the balcony, away from the ballroom, and quickly out the door. "California, here I come," I murmur under my breath. My arrival is a promise but my appearance near this Alfredo guy, is not certain. Who is he and where does he live? I guess I'll find out.