Truth or dare (UNEDITED)

Chapter 22

'Did I do the right thing?, did I make the right choice?, will I regret this? ' Charlotte asked herself on her way home.

I'm sure there are times in life when you asked yourselves those questions, you doubt your final verdict sometimes.

Everyone does it, but sometimes we are wrong, we make bad choices sometimes and we have to bear the consequences on our own, nobody else will carry our cross for us. We might get assistance sometimes, but it's mainly on us.

Doubting mind comes in after break-up, you wonder if you have made the wrong decision, taken the wrong steps.

Sure she could have forgiven him and tried to fix the relationship, try to heal it, but what's the use of watering a dead plant?

Miracles.

We water a dead plant hoping for a miracle, we wait for people in coma to come back, even sometimes someone that has been announced dead comes back when it's not their time to leave the earth to meet the man above.

So we wait for a miracle.

But miracle hardly happens, that's why it's called a miracle, but we wait anyway.

Charlotte wasn't ready to face the struggles of watering a dead plant hoping for a miracle, she could just buy a new plant and make sure this one doesn't die.

But right now, she was mourning her dead plant, she won't mourn it forever but just for a little while to show her last respect.

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Exploring the wonders the beautiful town had to offer, Charlotte went to different places, tried different new things, she had been craving for pasta ever since they arrived at Italy and she finally decided to try some.

Stabbing at the food with her fork, she lifts it to her mouth and munched happily.

The warmth of the pasta against her mouth made her sigh showing satisfaction, her teeth happily chewed the delicious delicacy and she expressed moans of satisfactory.

"are you enjoying your food mademoiselle? " a many voice asked

She turned to look at him and discovered a handsome manly waiter standing in front of her

"oh yeah, it's to die for! "

"I'm happy to hear that, please don't hesitate to call on me when you need anything " he replied with a warm smile

She nods and he turned to walk away.

Remembering everything that had happened and what is yet to happen, her appetite soon disappeared.

She stabbed the pasta, twirled it around the fork and attempted to put it in her mouth but seemed to have failed in that mission

"cheque please! "

She called out.

Settling with the waiter, giving him a handy tip "is this your first time here? " the waiter asked

"yeah"

"then it is compulsory I give you the treat all first timers get "

"what is that? "

"wait here please "

The waiter headed straight to the kitchen while Charlotte waited patiently for him to return. The young man returned with a package and handed it to Charlotte.

"what is that?" she asked pointing at the package

"it's a welcome treat, we give every first timers a free delicious desert to welcome them to Louis's kitchen "

"oh it's not really important —"

"please take it, I could loose my job... Or my life "

"oh.. Oh.. Kay "

She stared at him for a moment before stretching out her hands to receive the package..

What did the waiter mean when he said he could loose his life?

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Heading home, finally to face the one person she had tried to avoid, Rufus and lucky for her, he was so drunk he passed out... Phew!

"what happened to him? " she asked kai.

"he went out for fresh air and didn't return on time, I was about looking for him when a bar owner called me to come pick up my drunk friend"

"is he okay? " Charlotte asked out of concern.

"he should be fine by tomorrow, though an hangover is sure..." Kai said still staring at his phone.

She didn't bother asking any further questions. She went straight to her room to relax and thankfully for her, Chase wasn't home. She showered and got ready for bed when she suddenly remembered "my package!".the package she had gotten from the Italian waiter.

She opened up the package and it was a chocolate cake which was attractively packed with a bottle of fritz juice. "this is odd but nice, oddly nice " she says adoring the cute bow tie at the neck of the bottle.

She unwrapped the cake and was about taking one delicious bite when the memory of what the waiter said flashed through her mind. "I could loose my job.... Or my life " she realised he didn't even have an accent for an Italian man.

She was about lifting it to her mouth again when she realised the cake had turned into a serpent and the juice into a voodoo doll. She screamed loudly and threw herself off the bed. Making an attempt to escape but the door refused to open. She curled up beside the door crying and repeatedly saying "no, no, no please!".

The serpent spoke "goodbye Myrtle". The doll began to bleed and the serpent disappeared.

The door flew open from the force of Kai's kick"babe are you okay?" he knelt beside her hugging her "what happened?! ".

"Myrtle, where's Myrtle?!! " she replied.

"she went out to explore on her own, why? " Lottie said already fidgeting.

She didn't reply any more questions, instead she picked up the doll and ran outside and her brother and Lottie chased after her. Charlotte didn't know where to go but she just randomly stopped by at a few places she thought her friend would. The doll was bleeding even more from everywhere and it began to fall apart. "no!!!, this can't be real noo!!!".

Finally they stopped at a coffee shop named "to die for", Myrtle was inside, safe enjoying her coffee but the sign outside said closed. Myrtle seemed to see people inside the cafe but she was the only customer and the shop had closed since six pm and it was already 8 p.m

Charlotte tried to open the door but it was locked from inside, she struggled but it was all in vain. "Myrtle get out of there!!!" she yelled still struggling with the door.

A young lady who appeared to be working there approached Myrtle with a cup of coffee, clearly they were tiny nails in the cup but all Myrtle could see was steaming coffee. She accepted the cup smiling at the lady, she was blinded by the dark forces she didn't even see her own friends warning her.

All attempts to break the door was null, people on the street didn't even seem to see what was happening. Charlotte and Lottie cried for help while the boys tried to break the door but all was in vain.

Will they be able to save her?.......