Between Love and Time | Chaelisa

Chapter 34 Why Didn't I think of This Before?

Before I start I would like to do a shout out to @chaelisassalmonsteak for being one of the lucky winners. The other person who won PM'd me and they haven't given me permission to announce their username yet. 

For those of you who didn't win, cheer up. All the submissions were great. I wish I could give all of you an album but Mai mee tang ka. I'll be doing more give-aways later on so you'll have another shot at winning something. 

Thanks again guys for continuing to read this story.

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Wednesday, November 26th, 2019, Five days later.

The wind may not have been strong, but it had enough force to pull a yellow leaf from its branch. The leaf slowly glided downwards, dancing as if it wanted to avoid the ground and was saying goodbye to its former home. The delicate blade finally came to rest on Lisa Manoban's head, who was sitting at the edge of a fountain with her arms pulling in her knees and her eyes focused on her shoes.

After five days of searching, Rosé was still gone. Lisa didn't understand how the short Korean girl was still so confident that the English woman was still here in this century. Was any of this normal? No, even though all of this sounded absurd, Lisa was feeling the weight of the situation. She was starting to question everything, search, and even read all the books the blonde had handed her the night she left the apartment. According to all the historical records, Rosé Cavendish had mysteriously disappeared after a family dinner party. She had vanished without a trace.

Lisa felt the leaf land on her hair and picked it off to observe its details. The model was unaccompanied, just like the leaf announcing that winter would arrive at any moment. Was Rosé alone too? Lisa sighed with her broken heart. Now that her head was cooled off, she wanted to talk things over, get answers, but as much as she had searched for Rosé, there was no sign of her. Lisa looked down at her watch. It was 7:00 pm, there were barely any rays of sun left, the sky which had moments ago a beautiful orange shade had gradually turned black; it was time to go. Her search had been on foot today. The model had spent the day putting herself in Rosé's shoes, trying to figure out where she may have gone. Her search had been unsuccessful, and the model was walked completely isolated from the world.

She was so focused n herself, only concerned about what had happened and what could happen in the future. Lisa hadn't noticed that she had aimlessly wandered onto a residential area lined with beautiful mansions and gardens. Where had she ended up? As Lisa was about to turn back to her apartment, she felt her chest catch on fire. Her feet stopped dead in their tracks, and she lifted her head towards a window on the second floor of a maroon-colored villa. Like a bee seeking a flower for pollen, Lisa strode towards the front door. The closer she got, the more her heart began to race. The sound of it becoming more noticeable, almost deafening. Scared, Lisa clumsily tripped her way towards some bushes and hid. The model didn't want people to think she was a stalker, but she couldn't let anyone discover her identity.

"I swear I heard something, how strange." A man's voice stated, almost discovering the nervous model. Lisa barely had any time to take in his appearance but noticed he looked drained but still somewhat young. The man slowly closed the door leaving a solemn mood in the air.

Lisa stared at the same window again with concern. Why had she been drawn to this place? She couldn't stay there any longer. Jennie had sent her a message letting her know that she would meet her in her apartment in a few minutes, so she turned and quickly ran back to her car.