A Lost Memory: Alitheia

Episode 3: English Mansion

She had called Alison amidst her process of papers due, and she explained that the only way for Kacey to inherit full ownership of the mansion, was to permanently move to New England residency. It's something she would have to do, the eviction notice stated she only has till the end of January to move out.

To her dismay, it was something they wanted her to do.

In the early hours of morning, the crisp dew of the front lawn pierced her bare feet as she walked. Her eyelids squirmed against the penetrating rays of the sun.

Her legs ached and gave in at times. Breathing heavily, her heart pounded furiously in her chest. The echoing siren- like voice crept on her, calling to her in whisperers and gently getting closer to her.

"Mandisa..."

Kacey shot up in the comfort of her bed. Wide-eyed, she was searching around her bedroom then, arms and feet burrowed in the blankets. She dreamt of Mandisa, the girl who helped her with the car accident, and concluded that she was not only in her dream, but she was her.

"Almost as if I hitch-hiked a ride in Mandisa's head?" she questioned out loud, in hopes of an answer and only to be met with silence.

Flopping against her pillows behind her, she had an eerie feeling that seemed to have followed her from the dream. Slowly closing her eyes, she pondered, not wanting to leave for classes.

Her backup alarm on her phone went off laying on the bedside table. She reached for it, alarmingly read one 'o clock, and scurried out of bed like a rabbit out of its hole.

"Yeah, so like what are you going to doing now?" asked Alison and chewy on chocolate chip toppings from her green coffee cup. Kacey and Alison sat in the campus lounge at the end of the day, as Alison waited for her boyfriend to pick her up.

"I'm going to arrange an online- learning course with the University; I already made an appointment and everything else..." Kacey let out a sigh and attempted to carry on, but Alison got up, sprinting over to her boyfriend outside.

"Bye Kace," she added and with her boyfriend, Kacey waved to them.

"Yeah, uhm- bye" she softly said in return.

Kacey spent the rest of her afternoon in a meeting with the varsity board, managed to arrange schedule classes for her last year. They said she had to physically write her end of examination, and she was set to go. While she was on her roll, she called in a moving company to move all of her home's furniture and so on in advance.

All she had left to do was buy airplane tickets, box up her clothing and personal belongings and make sure her car was to be shipped over there as well.

In the last few weeks of her departure, Kacey took one last look at her empty house and bid farewell, she called on her parents in pray for strength and guidance on whether or not she was making the right decision.

A much-needed strength she would need for the adventure of a lifetime she was going to embark on.

New England

January

The drive had been no different from the one from her varsity to house and a murky scene of large forest trees blanketed in fog.

Kacey's family had organized for her a personal chauffeur to drive to and from the mansion. She usually would have chosen to get around herself, most definitely got lost along the way although enjoying her way of site seeing.

"Miss Troy, we have arrived," prompted the Englishman driver in a firm tone. She had been sitting in the backseat all this time and couldn't get a look at the man. His black and silver hair had been sleeked back and thick black sunglasses hooded the rest of his features.