Betrayed By Destiny

~CHAPTER ELEVEN~

"I trusted you, Jennifer! Why! You could have told me I would happily back off! You aroused feelings for him in my heart and then betrayed me! Why!" I shouted loudly with tears streaming continuously down my cheeks. I wasn't mad at Shawn as much as I was with Jennifer.

After running for about five minutes without any destination, I was breathless, and my heart pounded uncontrollably, I slowed down and took refuge under a tree.

Even if I tried shutting off the images of Shawn and Jennifer being together on the bed, I failed, and it kept popping in my mind. I lay down on the ground, under the shade of a tree, my eyes started getting drowsy, and as the chirping of the birds soothed me, I fell asleep a few seconds after.

After some time, I heard the chirping of the birds far away, and slowly, I opened my eyes. I remained still, lying on the soil, under the tree, and the events of what happened earlier filled me.

Horror hit me as I realized what I had done. I ran away from them, alone.

I stood up quickly and scanned around. Not even a single soul was to be seen. I glanced at my watch, which I forgot to take out. I had a bad habit of taking everything off when going to the washroom, be it a bracelet, watch, rings, and everything else, It was noon. My heart started pounding as I found myself alone, surrounded by these huge trees. My eyes widened as sweat started forming on my forehead. I took a deep breath and tried to keep myself calm. And then, I attempted to run to the direction from where I came, but I didn't even recall where I came from.

"Don't worry, Amy, call them." I smiled nervously as a hope lit within me. My hope died as soon as I reached for my phone, which wasn't in my pocket, I remembered giving Rain my phone to text her parents as hers was battery dead. At this point, tears were flowing out freely.

"Don't worry, Amy, you remember the safety bracelet? Right? They will find you through it." I attempted to assure myself again and looked at my hand, but again, it was a failed attempt as I remembered what had I done earlier. I bloody removed it!

"Damn you, Amy! Damn you!" I cursed myself as I scanned around with my hands on my head. I was genuinely scared at this point. No humans, no phone and nothing. I didn't even know if they would come to find me.

Bracing myself and wiping away my tears, I started moving around, hoping that I would find a way out.

I kept roaming in circles because all I met were trees. There were no people and nothing. Not even the highway was to be seen. How far did I come?

"All this happened because of you, Shawn! Damn you!" I shouted, with a mix of anger, regret, and fear.

After several failed attempts, at last, my hope withered, and I got on my knees as I buried my palms in my face while sobbing genuinely.

"Please God, help me," I said as I sobbed. The sound of my sobbing mixed with the calm of the atmosphere, and I eventually calmed down. There was no use for crying or regretting. It was already written. I was going to die. Here.

But perhaps God had other plans for me because, finally, he helped me. What I heard rekindled my hope of escaping from here, alive. I heard the rushing of water.

"Perhaps there is a river nearby." I murmured to myself. Bracing myself, I wiped out my tears and followed the sound of the rushing water. I thought that if I followed the river, if there was any, it would surely guide me somewhere. It was better to follow the river than to roam in circles with no end.

Finally, I arrived there, indeed there was a steam. But what caught my attention left me completely bewildered. What I saw made me the happiest person in the world. My hope lightened up. There was a person on his knees. Perhaps he was drinking water. I couldn't say exactly what he was doing because his back was facing me.He could be a forest guard, but who on earth would wear all white to work? I guess this one.