I Want to Forget

Chapter 31

Toby loves me....

"What!" I ask Samantha astonished,"He is dating Jackie.  He chose Jackie over me."

"Trust me, I am just as confused as you are about why he picked Jackie, but he had a very good reason for it," Samantha replies.

"We have to hurry!  We have to save him!"  I begin to pick up my pace and follow the map's instructions.

"Paris!  Wait for me!" Samntha wails trying to keep up with me.  I couldn't slow down.  Toby was in danger.  He needed me.  He chose me to help him.  He loves me.  After all these years, he finally loves me.  Just as much as I love him.  I do...I do love him.  I always have.  It was hard to see him leave all those years ago, and it was unbearable to see him love someone else.  After all this waiting, I finally know for sure that Toby loves me.  The map leads me to a room on the right.

"I guess we should go inside," I tell Samantha.

"What do you think is in there?" She asks.

"Let's find out."  I lightly grasp the doorknob and turn it.  Inside was a small room with surveillance screens, weapons to the left, and a bookcase to the right.

"This must be Eric's lair..." Samantha predicts.  I move to the computer screen.  It showed different areas of the tunnel and the large monitor in the middle was the gym.  Eric and Toby were still standing there talking.  The monitor didn't produce sound, so I didn't know what they were saying.  I look closely at the map.  There was a small circle in the right of the room.  I look over at the bookcases.  What are in those books?  I move over to the bookcase and thumb through the spines of the books.  They all look like normal book.  I have never heard of te books in the bookcase, but they weren't unordinary.  I pull out a random book and open it.  All the orginal pages of the book were ripped out and replaced with  composition paper. 

"Samthana," I call.

"What?" She replies as she was going through the numerous weapons.

"Come look at this."  She drops the gun she was holding and walks over. "What does this say?" I ask pointing to the writing in the book.  I couldn't read it.  It was either in a different language or the handwriting was really that bad.  She takes the book and looks at it closely.

"This isn't Eric's hardwriting..." Samantha concludes.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I am sure!  I have been hanging out with him for a couple weeks now!"

I take the book back and look at again.  There was something familiar about the way the Ps were slanted.  I open up the map again and look at the back.  The P from Paris was slanted just like the P from the book.

"This is Toby's handwriting..." I tell Samantha.

"Really?  What would Toby be doing here?"

"How else would he know about this place."

"Can you read it?"Samantha asks.

"I will try..."  I look at the book again and interpret the letters in each word.  "By the time you read this, Paris, I should be fighting with Eric.  Grab some weapons and shut down all the electrical power," I read aloud," All of Eric's traps require power.  Come to the gym and take him by surprise.  Be careful of his knife, he will use it.  Disarm him immediately... Good luck," I finish reading.