Lost In Spain

Chapter 26: Safe And Sound

When she leaves, I immediately run after her. God, she is so pretty. I keep looking for her, unable to find her anywhere. I almost give up but then I see her sitting on one of the stalls, I look up at the name, it says TATTOOS. I remember dad mentioning how painful it is to get one. When I look back down, she's sitting down at the stool inside the stall. She picks all her hair up and drapes them around one of her shoulders. What is she doing?

I walk further towards the stall, a man stands behind her with what looks like a drilling machine. What is happening? Going further, I discover that she's holding a woman's hand. Who is she?

"Does it hurt a lot, mom?", she asks her.

"It does, sweetie. But since you want one, I'm sure you'll be able to take the pain.", the lady replies softly.

I go even further, and stand next to her.

"Hi..", I beam.

"Are you following me?", she questions rather rudely.

"Sweetie, that's no way to talk to others. Say sorry.", her mommy scolds her and then smiles at me.

She mutters an apology.

"Are you getting a tattoo?", I ask her.

"Yes.", she grins. She looks so excited. "Right here.", she points a finger at her lower neck, at the back.

"What design?", I respond, equally excited.

"No design, dumbo. I'm getting my birth date tattooed.", she explains.

"Why?"

"Because I can."

I simply smile at her in response. "Can I take your daughter on a date?", I ask her mommy.

She looks at me as if she's seen a ghost, but then recovers and smiles. "You're too young to be dating, honey. Perhaps, when you grow up?"

"You'll let me date your daughter when we're grown ups?"

"Yes.", her mommy smiles.

"Bye now.", she says and drags her mommy away.

"Bye..", I say, not sure if she hears it.

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It's been six days since Trey left for Tokyo, he'll be back tomorrow. I can't wait to see him.

Today, Emilia and I go shopping. And for once in years, I'm excited about it. I'm going to get a new dress for my dinner with Trey tomorrow. I will finally know why he lied and put it in the past.

I'm waiting for you, Trey McGarthy. I'm waiting for you.

Today, we decided to shop at BL. Yes. There's no rapist out there. No threats. Going back into the store isn't as easy as the idea of it, all the memories come rushing back. I sigh and shake my head. Don't be scared. He's dead.

I try on my seventeenth dress. Arghh! Why can't I find one good dress? One good dress. Is that too much to ask for?

When I'm about to unzip the dress, the lights go off.

What? My breathing starts to pick up. Within seconds, I'm panting. My entire body becomes numb, I'm not able to feel or see anything. It's pitch black. I attempt to shout, not sure if anyone can hear me because I sure as hell can't here anything clearly. It's like drums beating, people shouting, different voice all at once.