The Chronicles of Jo-kiel

THIRTY TWO: Zadkiel

The moment I heard "Come in", I pushed the door open and rushed in. My heart dropped to my stomach when I met the office empty, only Miss Gloria sat behind her desk staring at me like I had lost my mind.

"Where is she?" Her brows shot up at my question. "Jophiel, where is she? I was told she'd be here, so where is she?" I asked again, trying to appear cool and collected but the slight tremble in my voice betrayed me. 

Miss Gloria let out a little sigh and shook her head, "She's gone already, Zadkiel. She left with her parents a few minutes ago."  Time came to a sudden halt when I heard the word parents. The word resonated in my head over and over again, and I immediately gripped the chair to hold myself up.

I must have heard wrong, there is no way she left with those people, not after what she told me they did. There's no way Miss Gloria let her go with them. "You..." I inhaled sharply "You are not serious, right? There's no way you could have let her go with those horrible people"

"They are her parents"

"Parents don't abuse their children!" I retorted and her eyes widened. I scoffed in disbelief, "You didn't know and you let her go? I thought this school prioritized the safety of their students. How could you have let her go with them without verifying their identity?"

"She willingly left with them" I arched a brow and tilted my head to the side as I processed her pathetic excuse.

"What else could she have done? Fight?" I exhaled sharply. "I expected so much better from you, Ma'am. As the student council president, I'm deeply disappointed" I stared at her for a few more seconds before I shook my head and turned on my heels. I was going to find her.

I was going to find her. No matter what it takes. It doesn't matter where they took her, I'll go to the ends of the Earth to find her. I glanced at Miss Gloria again and rushed off.

"You won't" Abba whispered the moment I walked out of the office and my body stilled for a few seconds before I slowly shook my head. There's no way that could have been Abba, He wouldn't want his daughter to encounter harm. "You won't go, Zadkiel." He repeated and I inhaled sharply.

"Why? Why can't I go?" A few minutes passed yet there was no response from Abba. An exasperated sigh left my lips and I gripped the letter I'd been holding onto tightly, almost squeezing all of it, when I remembered it was the only thing I have left from Jophiel and I slowly loosened my grip.

Is this a joke? What type of trick is life actually playing with me right now?

A deep sigh left my lips and I began walking back to my office with my head hung low. Why didn't she tell me about this earlier? We had spent an entire day together, we had 2 extra days after that so why didn't she tell me?! I felt tears brimming at the corner of my eyes and I clenched my fists tightly

Why was this happening at this time? Why now?

"Read the letter" I heard Abba say "and wipe your tears." I looked at the letter I was holding, then flicked away the tears that were threatening to roll down my cheeks before I made myself comfortable under one of the many shades the school had and began reading the letter.

         "Hey Zadkiel,
  By the time you'd get this letter, I'd probably be gone already. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this earlier, I didn't want to shift your focus from what's currently going on with you.
You probably already heard that I left with my parents, sounds ridiculous right? But you don't have to worry. I have Yeshua, so I'm okay... At least I'll be. Well, I don't have much to write, so good luck with what you've got going on. I pray it goes well and hopefully, one day we'll get to see each other again.
      Bye, Zadkiel. 
                                                    _ Jophiel"