Disappear, Part Two

Journal Entry: Friends

Days passed. I walked a lot. Most of the time I didn't get dreams but one night I did.

I was at the bridge where Dad killed himself. He was there too. But we were talking.

"It's your fault I killed myself! Why weren't you faster? You should have run faster. You could have-".

Dad said before I woke up. Thank God that was just a dream. After that I got up and continued walking. I was so hungry and thirsty.

I saw that I was walking towards a place that looked like a town.

When I walked in that place I realised that I was in Manchester.

The first thing that I did there was buy myself food and water. I bought some bread for myself. I sat on a bench and ate the bread. There was a well nearby. I drank from it. After that I kept on walking.

I walked for some time. I almost tripped over something. I checked what it was. It was a piece of magazine paper. I read it.

"What a tragedy! The king of England was murdered! Sadly he didn't have a wife or any sons or daughters."

That was the part that caught my eye. It gave me an idea. If the king didn't have an heir, it would take some time to contact relatives. Would it be a good idea to try to get myself to be the queen? I don't have anywhere else to stay so I think that that might be something I am able to try.

I didn't have much time to think about it because people started shooting at me. John's people they must have been shooting. I took cover. Another gunfight began. I couldn't shoot at them forever so I started running. I ran through alleys and streets. I ran and ran but I stumbled upon a dead end. A old lady opened the door and they told me to come in. I ran in. For a moment we stayed silent. We hear John's people walking away.

"Thank you so much." I said.

"No problem Catherine." She commented,

"How do you know my name?" I said.

"I used to know your Dad. He and his wife brought my niece Sarah to safety. My name is Florence." She stated,

"Miss you don't have to explain I heard about you." I added.

"Okay. I will make something to eat. Oh and if you need to use the lavatory or sink. Go to the hallway and it's the first room on the left." Florence told me.

I went to go get myself a bit cleaned up in the sink. It felt great to freshen up.

A little bit later Florence knocked on the door.

"Catherine, I left some clothes in front of the door. I think they are your size." She said in a loud voice.

"Thank you!" I answered loudly.

I heard footsteps of Florence walking away. I opened the door. I look around and I see this blue dress hanging from the door. I took the dress and closed the door. Then I put on the dress.

I went to Florence to talk with her as she is making food.

"Catherine I just wanted to say you can just call me Florence." She said,

"Okay Florence." I added.

There was a pause of silence between us.

"I really wish I could pay you back for the things you did for me." I commented.

"You don't have to. You could say that by helping you I'm repaying the things your parents did for me." Florence stated.

Florence kept on making the food. I looked around.

"Feel free to take a look at the pictures in my house. Also feel free to ask me questions." Florence said.

I took a look around. Florence's house was small. It was visible that she only lived in it. It had shades of white all over it. I mostly looked at pictures when I was looking around. I did ask questions about how the people were related to Florence but there was this one photo which got my attention. I picked it up. I think it was Florence and some other man.

"Is this your husband?" I asked.

Florence came out of the kitchen.

"His name was Francis. Francis was a kind man. He made me laugh a lot. Maybe we didn't have a perfect marriage, however I was happy most of the time with him. He was a sergeant in the military. Sadly Francis died while fighting in war. That was 15 years ago." She revealed,

"I'm sorry for your loss." I said.

"I almost forgot but I wanted to say that the food is ready." She added,

Florence got the food she made for us. It was fish. It looked appetising. We sat down by the table and ate it.

"The fish is really delicious." I commented.

"Thank you." Florence said.

We kept on eating.

"I wanted to ask, how do you know about what has been happening in my life?" I asked.

"I don't know everything that has happened in your life but the newspapers have been covering partially what has happened in the family like the King of England disappeared. Your name was mentioned in it too. A couple years passed and there was a newspaper that he killed himself. There was also a time and place for the funeral mentioned. I showed up to it. I saw you at the funeral. I know that it was you that I saw you because you were one of the youngest people there. That's why I opened the door for you." Florence revealed.

"Interesting." I commented.

Because of what Florence said now I understood why there were so many people at Dad's Funeral. There was a pause of silence as we ate.

"So where do you plan to go next?" Florence asked.

"London probably. I heard that the latest king of England was murdered. He didn't have any sons or daughters so it might take some time to contact relatives to lead England. Maybe I could try to be queen." I said.

"How? You won't be able to just waltz in." Florence commented.

"No I won't be but I have this necklace to show them. My mother gave this necklace to me when I was young. In my opinion it still looks in good condition." I added.

"Could work. I can try to get you to London tonight. I rather for you to not go outside right now, they could be still looking for you." Florence said.

I spend time with Florence. We played cards and chess. I slept a bit too.

It was night. I got myself cleaned up a bit. I took my things. Florence told me to get my things and get in the carriage. I sat in the front and Florence sat by me. So we rode off.

We rode for a really long time. I feel like Florence and I got to know each other more.

Luckily John's people didn't attack us that night.