Andy & His Half Clogged Brain

13

Present

I press the bell button twice but no one comes out to greet me . I turn my head to the side and put my left ear on the surface of the door. After passing through the door the sounds do appear to be distant but there is commotion taking place on the other side so I opt for the louder way and bang my fist loudly on the door. I open my mouth to utter her true name but a hand decides to intervene in between and cover my mouth before the sound comes out . The familiar cologne enters my nose so I dont think of hurting him but do resist when he uses his other hand to hold my arm and drag me away from the house . His lucks seems to be running out as the door unlocks and opens.

But instead of meeting with Sofia suddenly my face is covered with mud and to make matters worse I cannot even pull away as his hands keep my face down driving it deep into the mud and I cannot budge as his heavy body is draped on top of me. Sofia wont be able to see us until see decides to step out of the house, down the porch stairs and looks at the right side of the house, on the ground. So were safe until she decides to look for the person who rang her door bell.

Few seconds pass and I know that Robert was growing more and more nervous as the seconds passed as his sweaty shirt was now clinging to my back and the rapid beating of his heart was passing its vibration all through out his chest and from there onto my back. By now if the door has been shut or she has started looking for us ,we dont know. Robert was to much of a chicken to go back and check for reassurance so instead he made me crawl all the way , till the end of her house wall. Even this wasnt enough as we crawled, looking back only to check if were not being watched, we cross the plant bushes and emerge victoriously out of them into Sophias neighbors garden in which , now we use our legs to walk out of.

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"You simply refuse to learn", says Robert. Since we have started walking we haven't stopped we even made out of my locality, me walking couple steps behind him cause I was tired but Robert doesnt seem to stop.

"I need answers', I reply bluntly

"And you will get, but not through this way", he chastise me with his words

"If she wanted to help you , give you answers , she would have a long time ago"

"Then what should I do"?

"Come lets talk about it", he motions me to catch up with him

"Maybe we could go back to my house?", I suggest

"No way ,you're apparently seeing ghosts there. You are not to step inside that house". He says seriously

'Where would I go?".

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I don't need to look around to know this place is no better but something is better than nothing.

It'll do, I tell him. He tells me not to touch any of his files, they are confidential stuff and his personal belongings. I was free to use his coffee maker and his telephone . The couch would make for a perfect bed while today I had to adjust , tomorrow he could arrange for some blankets. The open space in his office actually gave me shivers. He goes on to tell me about how ,yesterday when I didn't go to Davids house, he got worried and had asked for Roberts help to locate me.

Robert had no specific location to connect me to so the only two possible scenario were the ones which happen to be opposite to each other. He hands me his phone with David's number already dialed while he goes to stand near the window , opening it he takes out a single cigarette. I was too engrossed in Roberts actions to notice that David had been speaking on the phone. I make a quick excuse for my impoliteness