The Pact

#9 The Trip

I bathed and got ready pretty fast as I aimed to be ready even before him, because he undermined my ability to dress fast and stereotyped women; and although he already was wearing his clothes when I left him, I still hoped some miracle would restrain him.

After shuffling through my dresses, I thought of wearing a yellow sundress, but eventually, settled on a chocolate brown crop top and shorts, accompanied by boots, because I didn't want to get embarrassed on our first day out, if it was hike or some outdoor sport he was taking me on.

I searched for the tourist spots in Auckland on a tablet (remember, I didn't bring my phone with me 😛), the tablet was kept on the top of the chest, in my room and was unlocked, so I opened and found that it was unused.

Now, the list goes on like this:

※Sky Tower- Panoramic city views & bungee jumping

※Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium-
Underwater viewing & marine animals

※Rangitoto Island

※Waiheke Island

※Auckland Art Gallery- Art from 11th century to present day

※Auckland Harbour Bridge

※Waitemata Harbour- Harbors, sailing, fishing, orca, rugby league

※Auckland Domain

※Large city park in a volcanic crater

※Auckland War Memorial Museum- Museum home for army & regional history

※Museum of Transport and Technology

※Rainbow's End

※Amusement park

※New Zealand Maritime Museum

※Motuihe Island

※St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

※Motutapu Island

And

※The zoo.

Woah! Though I'd left a big portion out, the list was huge. I sighed and mentally cussed myself for wasting time on searches and got up.

The research yielded nothing. I could never guess where he would take me.

While, I came down the stairs, I saw Martha and some other women, talking in hushed tones, the other women must work here, I thought.

But no where was Arush visible, so was he late? Did the miracle actually happen?

As soon as I reached the fireplace in the living room, they greeted me and asked where would I like to eat?

I greeted back and denied politely, "Oh, no. I'll be leaving soon, so I guess we would eat outside. Moreover, I'm just waiting for Arush to come out and we'll leave."

I sat beside the fire.

All of them looked at each other knowingly and talked in whispers again. At last, everyone except Martha went in, and she came towards me.

Ooh. What happened?

"Um, my dear, Junior Master told us to inform you, he'd join you shortly and ordered you to be given breakfast while you waited." She said with her eerie all-time smile.