My whole life I dreamt of living out by the ocean, studying marine biology, living my best life by the salty ocean. That's what my life has always been. Silence. Although when I go to my dream college in Florida to study marine biology my internship...
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3rd pov __________________________________
I shakily opened my phone. My lockscreen was of me and Cierra as kids, smiling up at the camera. She was Aurora I was belle. Embracing each other with childlike wonder sparkling in our eyes and youthful joy overflowing our smiles- missing a couple teeth.
Unlocking it I see an array of texts and missed calls from Cierra and a random number.
Cece💕- Where r u
Cece💕- Ur location is turned off I'm worried
Cece💕- Merletta
Cece💕- I wad gonna go home with that guy just know I'm staying at the dorms and it's unlocked for you
Cece💕- Mimi come back home or turn your location on
Cece💕- Merletta I gave ur number to Jamie
[26 missed calls from Cece💕]
Xxx-xxx-xxxx- hey it's Jamie you okay?
Xxx-xxx-xxxx- call me I'll pick you up where ever you are.
Xxx-xxx-xxxx- I alerted police they said they couldn't do anything and to file again when it hits 72 hours im really trying. Me and Cierra both are.
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I bit my lip as my heart swells with guilt. They were so scared. So was I. I didn't have time to explain, technically, I couldn't even if I wanted to.
I sent out a quick "I'm safe, and I'm omw back to campus." To both Jamie and Cece, changing Jamie's contact to his name and then focusing on the task at hand. I needed to get out of the woods and back to campus. I open up my maps app and pin the location I'm currently at. Locating it being a destination about an hour and a half away from campus. It wasn't that bad but to cram in studying as well? I wouldn't be getting any sleep..
I follow the map and let myself cry. My tears overcrowded with feverish, heavy, emotion. It felt amazing to finally let go of everything that I had felt in that past however long I was in there.
I felt panic, I felt confusion, I felt delusional. I felt a lot of things in such a short amount of time, and that's okay. I was walking straight for about 25 minutes. I halt my walking and take in my surroundings. A bench, a sea saw, and a swing set that looks like it hadn't been touched in a long time.
Sniffling, I take a break by sitting on the bench, calling over an Uber. The wait was about 16 minutes. Relief held my body and peace spread in my mind. While the I waited for the Uber my peace was soon disturbed with thoughts.
