After being casted to the sea, thrown off the cruise ship she was on by her own boyfriend, what Zeda thought was her biggest problem turns out to be only the beginning. She's rescued by a foreign man, Lucas, & his two friends Johnny & Winwin. Togeth...
I burst out the door and ran to a bench nearby to let everything out. The tears were seemingly racing to my chin. There was no stopping them.
I had cried many times throughout everything that had happened. I probably spent eighty percent of my time the past few months crying, but my tears today were filled with more despair and defeat than ever before.
It was time to give it up. Move on and live a normal life.
Even if I tried to be with Lucas, he would have to disobey his parents and we'd have Biyu after us. I could tell she wasn't going to back down easily.
It was over.
I knew I couldn't leave this place without Johnny or Winwin. So I just sat there for a while, trying to think of what I should do with my life.
Normally when thinking of my future, I would envision Lucas by my side and everything I thought up would give me a butterfly-like feeling in my stomach. A type of excitement and euphoria I could hardly describe. The pictures in my head were coated with a honey-colored shine and brought me joy to sit and think about.
But without him, there was nothing to look forward to. Everything was bleak and dull colored. I felt a deep dread and emptiness trying to picture myself doing basic things without him.
My train of thought was finally derailed when the door burst open and out came Johnny.
I turned to him.
"Zeda." He said sadly, joining me on the bench.
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"Did he kiss her, Johnny?" I asked, afraid of the answer.
But thankfully he shook his head.
"Dude. I can't even tell you how sorry I am."
I stopped him.
"It's fine. I know it's not your fault."
"But it is, Zeda. I invited you out here and was telling you the entire time that it would go great and that nothing bad would happen."
"You couldn't have known."
He hesitated to respond.
"How are you not mad right now?" He asked me.
I shrugged and sighed.
"I feel like I've been through so much shit already, this is just the icing on the cake. And it's time to put the cake away or ... sell it or something. The cake is done."
Johnny laughed.
"Well, Lucas isn't gonna be able to get out of there with his parents in there. So, let's get out of here."
