Lost in time.

Chapter 6:

Standing in front of him I just stare, taking in his features. Tall and very handsome, wearing a blue washed out jean with a grey 3/4 t-shirt that showed off his body perfectly and I was definitely not complaining.

But wait he just said his name is Elijah Reed, but that means...

"Wait did you just say your name is Elijah Reed?" I ask him walking over to the table and grabbing the letter that is unreadable.

"Yes that is correct." he says to me with a confused look on his face.

"That means you wrote this, you wrote this letter to my grandparents!" I tell him holding up the letter.

"Let me see that." he asks and takes the letter from me.

Silence swept over us as he reads through the letter. He looks up to me and then back down at the letter.

" This letter was written by me about a year ago" he assures me handing back the letter.

"So what does this mean? What is going on? Are you the one who's been leaving me the other letters?" questions started spilling out of my mouth.

"Yes those letters were from me, and there is so much that I need to explain to you and I will but you need to rest first." he tells me.

"No I don't need to rest I need answers, and I need them now!" I started raising my voice to him.

"No Paisley you need to rest before I tell you anything!" he demands

"NO! What I need is answers and I want it now!" I shouted at him. "And... and how...h..ow do you know my na......." and then everything went black.

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Waking up I realize that I am not in my room but on the couch in the middle of the shop. Sitting up straight I check the time on my phone to see that it is 08:27 am.

Suddenly the bell just above the door rings confirming that someone has just entered the shop. "Good you are awake, how are you feeling?" Elijah asked me walking towards me with two cups of coffee.

"I am feeling fine thank you, what happened last night?" I questioned him taking the coffee he offered me.

"You were shouting at me, and then you collapsed. I carried you to the couch and then I left." he says sipping on his coffee.

"I apologize for shouting at you, I just need answers. All of this is very confusing to me and I don't know what to make of it." I tell him with a very apologetic smile.

"That is completely understandable, and that's why I am here to explain everything to you." he walks over to the counter.

I sit in silence for a while drinking my coffee and try to wrap my head around what happened last night. How did he even get inside? why did he come? and who was he?

" But I suggest that you go home, shower, feed Rosie, relax a bit and we can meet back here in about 2 hours. I will get us lunch and we can sit down and I will tell you what you want to know." he suggests.

I know he is right and I definitely need a shower. Without arguing I agreed "okay we meet back here in 2 hours."

"Good" he says and smiles at me while walking towards the door.

I got my stuff and walked outside after locking the door I walked over to my car and got in. After a 10 minutes drive I was home as I opened the door Rosie jumped on me with so much excitement. "Hey baby girl mommy missed you too." I tell her while rubbing her tummy.

I get up and walked to the kitchen to get her some food and off course she followed me like a shadow. I refilled her food bowl with more pellets and washed out her water bowl to put in some fresh water. She was jumping up and down as I was busy when I eventually put the bowls down she ran to them like it was the end of the world. "Hey relax baby girl" I tell her but she ignores me and keeps on eating.

I decided to have a long relaxing bubble bath to clear my head. Reaching the bathroom I throw in some bubble bath into the bathtub and open the taps, while the water runs I get a fresh pair of clothing and head back to the bathroom. I tie my hair up into a messy bun, undress myself and climb into the bath with the journal in my hand. For the next half an hour I laid in the bath reading the journal and relaxed.

*2 HOURS LATER*

After the bath a gave Rosie some attention and then left home. The drive to the shop felt forever and my nerves were just getting worse. What was he going to tell me, am I ready to hear all about this? I was just overthinking everything on my way there.

I reached the shop to see he wasn't there yet. I get out lock the car and walk to the door, I unlock the door and the warming sound of the bell above my head makes me smile. Walking over to the counter I place everything down and check my watch. "He should be here any minute now" I tell myself.

And off course just as I said that he walks in. "Good to see you are on time" I smile at him.

"Indeed I am and I bought food like I promised." he flashes a smile at me.

"Smells delicious" I tell him. He places the food on the counter and I look inside the bag "Chinese?" I question him.

"Yes, don't you like it?" he asked me.

"No I love Chinese, thank you" I smiled at him and grabbed my food.

"Right so where do we start?" he asked me.

I am busy chewing on my sweet and sour pork so I lift up my finger signalling to wait 1 second.

"Okay done, start from the beginning." I tell him digging into my food again.

"Alright so it all started when I met your Grandparents for the first time in Egypt...."