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Chapter 5

Previously On
My Fragile Heart

Bianca ran upstairs, but she couldn't find her Aunt.

Bianca thought to herself that if her Aunt Nona had been there, she would have answered. Making Bianca remember that Aunt Nona wasn't there since yesterday too...

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Continuation

Two Hours Later (In Spongebob narrative voice)

I called Nick up.

I was worried sick about Aunt and just about ready to burst out crying. Ever since my mom died, Aunt Nona has been like my mom to me.
That's why I sometimes call her mom..

I felt so claustrophobic, being stuck all alone at home. Especially in the status it was in. My flipping out is completely justified.

Finally!!!

Nick answered on the fifth ring, sounding irritated....

"Yeah!" he answered the phone, sounding irritated but trying to cover it.

He probably expected it to be Aunt. Since I never call from our landline, if at all.

"N-Nick?" was all I could get before the Cam broke and my tears started spilling down my cheek in a stream.

"Bianca..?" Nick asked confusedly, like he wanted to make sure it was me. I only ever bother to call him in emergencies. But even then, only through texts. Plus, I never touch the landline as much as I can avoid it.

"N-Nick, Aunt is - Aunt is- is missing?" I said in between hicups. Confirming it out loud, to Nick only made me to cry harder.

"What!" he exclaimed, clearly taken back by surprise. Then their was silence on his end of the line, only broken by my constant sniffling.

I guess he was trying to process this unexpected information...

I had sprung on him out of the blue.

I would have tried to tell him in a much more subtler manner but this is easier said than done, specially since I was too busy flipping out.

I know I know

I shouldn't blown things out of proportion.
It was so hard not to when you looked at the status of the living room... and kitchen... and the master bedroom.

After what felt like forever, Nick took a deep breath and calmly asked me whether I checked the flower shop -probably forgetting that it was where he dropped me off after school.

"I checked the whole shop twice, and home and I even called her and her phone was switched off and... and... Nick, I'm scared and I don't know what to do. What if something happened to her or- or-" I rambled off in a rush. Truly scared for the sake of my Aunt Nona.