Divination

1 Mr. Perfect

 Most people have the capability of remembering their childhood, but if I think too hard on it, it's like hitting a solid wall and gives me a headache. I didn't think much about it or I would see how bizare that is and ask why I have no memories of my past. My parents are so normal I never suspected they had an association with something fightening and out of the ordinary . I knew there was a reason Mom and Dad worried so much about me leaving. I thought they simply wanted me not to live so far from home. Whatever it was keeping them from telling me, now I know the truth. I know the reason for their reluctance now.

I sit underneath the shade of a tired tree with my hands bound as moonlight bathes the earth around me. There is nothing left for me to do but wait for them to come and take my life. I have no sense of how much time has already past and I am unsure how long I will be held captive, but I do know there is no way out of the mess I have myself in. I wish I ran when I had the chance, maybe then I wouldn't have to die . Then again, I would never listen because I couldn't imagine something so grim happening to me, no one ever does.

It's curious how unafraid I am. I thought death is the most horrifying thing a person can face, but again I was very wrong. Nothing is as chilling and gut wrenching than what I have already endured. I was naaive to disreguard my parents when they warned me and told me to come home. Irony cruely laughs in my face because I came here with the intention to find myself and all I have found is death waiting to claim me as his bride. I hope there is more waiting for beyond this world.

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Wow! How exciting is this?  Being a secretary is fun!  I think to myself sarcastically as I sigh. I can't believe I thought I would move all the way out here and things would change. I would figure out what I want from life and go for it, but all I've done since I've got here is land the most boring job. Sure we can get busy at the office and things have picked up, but it is the same work day in and day out. I guess being a secretary isn't all bad, besides some people don't have the luxury of having a job at all, let alone one that pays well and has benefits.

Today has been just as monotonous a day as any other here at Vet Co, the quaint little veterinary office I started working at two months ago in August.  I sit behind my tiny desk and wait for patients to come in, take down their information, and process their payments.   I thought today was another predictable day, when the double glass doors swung violently open, striking the brick behind them.  A hysterical woman storms in with mascara streaking down her much too thin face and dressed in an expensive, charcoal suit so that she looked odd with the bright orange tabby laying listlessly in her arms.  I shutter, as I think about how the suit is going to show every single hair.

" I think Lilly ate something!  She's not moving,"  The woman sobbed in shock as I rush from my desk  to take the cat from her arms.

" We will do everything we can for her.  Why don't you take a seat and I'll bring her back to Dr.Klinkum immediately.  I'm sure Lilly will be okay."  I already know that I am insane for not having learned my lesson from last time, but being the hardheaded woman I am, I tell this distraught lady everything will be okay.  Sadly I think back to my second week working at Vet Co, when a man came in with an unconscious, Rottweiler and like the idiot I always am, I told him the same thing. I told him we would make sure we saved his dog, but the Rottie shortly died after I told him and it broke my heart.

I hurried the cat back to the emergency room we have for the animals and placed her on the examining table.  The poor orange ball of fluff just laid on its side with bubbly saliva foaming from her lips as I pray she recovers for the sake of Mrs.Suit. It's kind of ironic really how much I hate being around hurt animals seeing as I work with them and all.