YOURS

12

The next morning, I wake up and just stared at the ceiling of my room, I saw a spider web, just look at it for minutes long. I really didn't wanted to get up. Then Mary knocks and enters my room.

"Miss Emilia, your mother is calling for you"

"really" I just keep looking at the spider

"Are you feeling ok? i can just say you are sick"

"Mary come and lay next to me" i tap the spot next to me. She walks and laid next to me.

"what are we looking miss?"

"the spider"

"oh no, Ill go and clean that immediately" she was going to get up, but I hold her.

"no, let her live, she's not hurting nobody"

"Are you sure?"

"yes, if that's where she chooses to live, is fine by me" I take a big breath of strength "tell mother I'll be down in a minute"

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I walk downstairs and enter the room where my mother was, talking to the paster of church.

"Good morning" I make a small bow

"Emilia you are late, pastor Johnn's was about to leave"

"my apologies, had a bad headache"

"is ok, I already told your mother all that you need to know, now If you both excuse me, God bless you both" he left 

"Emilia what will the pastor think, you need to look a little happier about this wedding" 

"isn't lying a sin?"

"don't play smart with me girl, take this, go the tailor, we have a ball tonight, you need to look radiant" She gives me a piece of paper. I went outside but before stopping at the tailor I went to steven office.

"Morning detective"

"Morning Emilia, what are you doing here so early?"

"Wondering if you may come and accompany me to the tailor" i said pushing the words, since I know is kind of a weird request.

"sure" he smiled 

We walked together, he opens the door for me and we walked in. He sit in front of the fitting room. The tailor came and started showing me pieces of fabric. I really didn't care, he can put on me a cow print and Ill go for it. So i called steven to help. 

"you asking me?" 

"yes now tell me, gold press or wine silk?" I move like a model to joke 

He laughs covering his mouth. "I think the wine color one fits you just perfect"

"Perfect, I want this one" I tell the tailor. I fast grab steven and went outside. "Now where are we? yes the hospital, I'd say we go back and just walk around to see if he comes back, if what they say is true and he had a stomachache, he surely be back today, as a boy that lives in the streets, he probably eat a lot of junk food"

"I agree with you"

We went back and waited for hours, I was about to give up when we see a boy walking in zigzag holding his belly, he looked skinny and dirty, he had blood coming out of his forehead. I fast run towards him. 

"Tom?" I crouched in front of him, but he fell to my arms. "Steven come fast!" we both took him inside and steven went to alert the cops and his family, in a matter of minutes everyone was here. It resulted that a couple of vandals had him captive so he can still for them, they hit him and deprived him from food. After all was done, we went back to stevens office. he was filling some case papers; I was just helping him clean up his place.