A Twisted Tale

Chapter 6

18th October 2018.
San Francisco; California.
The 3 friends travelled from LA to San Francisco just to get hold of Jefferson. "We came all way here but where are we gonna live?" Asked Hazel quirking her left eyebrow. "Umm, maybe I can help!" said Rachel taking out her phone from her pocket. "What?" Lucy questioned confusedly. "Bruh! you're still the dumbo you used to be! I have my hotels up here. Let's live in one of them. And ofc as I'm the owner of them I'm gonna give y'all some discount" said Rachel winking towards them. " Why won't you give us free livings?" asked Fredrik. "Cuz' I need something to earn too" Rachel said calling someone over her phone.
After the call, they all followed Rachel as she was the lead towards their hotel. After walking for 10 mins, they took a cab to the hotel.
After 20 mins of travelling, they finally reached the hotel.
'Down Valley Lodge' read the name plate. "Let's go inside. Gotta talk to the manager" said Rachel while entering the hotel. "Welcome to the DOWN VALLEY LODGE! How may I help you?" a lady in her 50s asked. She almost screamed the hotel's name. "Well we need four single rooms" said Lucy eyeing Rachel. "Ookay! And?" the lady said noting down something. "Can we talk? Mrs. Peterson?" asked Rachel. "Ofc ma'am! What is it?" the lady said in the same cheerful voice. "You need to give em' the best service cuz' they are my close friends. And also a discount for sure! Okay?" Rachel said taking four room cards from the counter. Thankfully enough, they got rooms one after another. After deciding who will take which room, they bid themselves a temporary goodbye as each of them was tired and wanted to rest.
It was evening when Fredrik called them out. "Let's grab some snacks!" he said when the others were in front of their hotel. "Yeah. I'm hungry too. So let's go" said Hazel. And they started walking towards the closest cafe of all time.
Right at that time, they were again standing outside the 'BLUE BIRD CAFETERIA'. Lucy's eyes watered from the sight of the café. She remembered the last time Adam came. They went inside. The seats were not changed. The menu book was not changed. The clock, cash counter, wallpapers, paints, aprons...... Nothing was changed except the people and the missing persons of their group; Adam and Jefferson.
Their thoughts got broken by a man smiling at them. "What can I get for you lil' peeps?" He asked gently but playfully. "Umm just give us some drinks, sandwiches and croissants please" Lucy said eyeing each of her friends. "Should I bring Frappuccino for y'all?" The man asked followed by them nodding.
"So! We're gonna start tomorrow right? But where will we start from? Like we can't roam around in San Francisco!" Lucy exclaimed. "Ofc not! We'll first visit our school to make some research on what happened to Jefferson after we parted ways" Fredrik said making the everyone silent. "Here you go kiddos!" the same man came back with their orders. "Thank you" the four said in unison. They planned about going to Jefferson's house, and all the possible places to find Jefferson. After finishing the food, they returned in the hotel and went inside their rooms.

The plan starts tomorrow.

                           To be continued