The journey out of the city was not an easy one for Evelyn. Especially after having made the same journey earlier that morning. But still, the oracle pressed on, driven by the events played out in her vision.
The trolley only went to 26th Street, so the rest of the way, along Peach Street, Evelyn had to travel on foot. The dust from the road kicked up, as the city still hadn’t paved the roads quite that far south yet. But development was happening in the area. There were some buildings, a few houses, but mostly there were only the early starts to streets and stakes marking out building lots. Many other lots had signs in the ground advertising that those lots were available for sale.
On the corner of Peach and Richley, there was a nearly-barren field where future houses would likely be. For the moment, however, it was mostly empty. Except for Lady Luck walking up the first path that would soon become Richley Street.
Her white ensemble was in stark contrast to the empty, dusty landscape. But still, no dirt seemed to settle on her, and the afternoon sun apparently didn’t have any effect on her, either.
“Well, well, well,” Lady Luck said with a smile. “Fancy meeting you here.”
Evelyn took a defensive stance, but the truth was, she was practically in the middle of nowhere. There were no hiding places and no one around to interfere if Lady Luck decided to strike.
Then again, with nothing around, that meant that Evelyn was safe from whatever bad luck Lady Luck might direct at her.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Lady Luck asked.
“I had a vision that you were going to hurt Frankie.” She also remembered that she hadn’t seen Levi in that vision and she suddenly grew concerned that something had already happened to him.
Lady Luck laughed. “Is that right? Well, from what little I understand about the power of foresight, I know that it’s largely a guessing game. One that is heavily influenced by…luck.”
The oracle could feel her heart beat faster. “What have you done?”
She smirked. “Don’t you worry about a thing. I’ve simply turned the tables back in my favor.”
“Meaning?”
“Meaning I can’t have you and your friends undoing my work. I had to take certain liberties to ensure my success.”
“I swear, if you’ve hurt them—”
“Hasn’t this already been settled?” Lady Luck asked. “I don’t hurt people. I merely adjust their luck. And in this case, that’s all I’ve done. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have other business to attend to.” She walked toward Evelyn and offered her a wave as she passed by.
“We’re going to stop you,” Evelyn promised as she watched the woman in white leave. “You can’t keep doing this.”
Lady Luck didn’t respond. She continued down Peach Street, deeper into the heart of the city.