I Remember {MJ FANFICTION}

Chapter 11

I ripped repetitively at tufts of grass along the border of the river Nile and threw the choppy blades onto the ground in deep contemplation. The sun bore down on me now in the late afternoon but I enjoyed the peace of the gentle moving river.

I made sure to wait for some time before turning to look over my shoulder at the men gathered nearby in head wraps, who were now sitting contently, watching me from a distance.

I was absolutely certain now that they were following me.

They always seemed to appear here, no matter which direction I came from to get to this spot. They showed up when I sang songs for the people near the center of town and when I bought the horse out with me to the river to drink as he was doing now. It was all the validation I needed to let me know that I would not be able to leave at any point during the day.

I'd established a routine to weed them out. So far it only seemed to be two spies that had been sent to shadow me. Their presence was almost invisible, they blended into every surrounding until you happened to stop and turn around; you'd see their faces and you'd remember in an instant that you are not alone, nor are you free.

I had been to the Nile a few times now, far out where there was less shelter and they could easily be seen.

They had once stayed here all evening until it got dark and then they lit flames as though setting up camp for the night until I grew uneasy with the growing darkness and I went home.

But there was hope.

After staying all night here and going home. I'd come back at maybe 2 or 3 in the morning and sat for some time. They had not reappeared. They had likely gone to sleep, believing that I had done the same.

I had tried it again the next day and found myself to be completely alone by the water.

I would try it for a final time tonight and only then could I be confident enough that the time to take flight was undercover of darkness in the early morning.

Now that I knew when to leave, I only needed to know where to go.

I still had yet to pinpoint the exact location of the witch along the Nile, but now that I knew I would be operating within a thin window of time, I knew that I would need to be absolutley certain of where I was going before I took off. That part of the plan, I hadn't found a solution to yet, but somehow I believed that it would come together simply due to the fact that I willed it to be so.

It bothered me, the fact that the queen had sent her men to spy on me. It was as though she could sense that as soon as I left I would never be back again. I thought about the queen now as I sat with a peaceful demeanor, but my inside I was perturbed. I felt a lingering anxiety about a lot of things; namely when, if ever, would the pharaoh would discover our little secret and have me killed for it. Would it be when she confessed. Would it be an unexplainable pregnancy. Or would my day of reckoning cease to come entirely?

I did not know the answers to any of my worries or concerns, the only thing I knew for certain was that I had no intention of sticking around to find out.

The sun fell under the horizon.

It grew dark almost instantly and like all previous nights I stood up and took the horse with me toward home. Knowing that I would need to stay awake tonight again and return to this spot to see if I would be followed. There were torches lighting the path way back toward home and I made a mental note to remember not to come this way tonight and to stick to the shadows. The horse was slightly noisy which was why I hadn't come with him before, but I had mentally prepared to go very quickly in the early morning and take off at full horse power if anyone caught on.