Do not forget me

Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

P.O. V professor David.

 Darkness overshadowed the morning sky, the sun hid behind the greyness clouds without granting us even its slight rays. The weather clearly indicated heavy rainfall during the day. On my way home, after performing my duty towards death, the only mission for the day was to make peace with Lisa. 

"I will devote the entire day with my daughter," I mumbled to myself.

 I felt like an armoured armadillo retracting into its shell as I got inside my warm little house. The burdens of the world disappeared; this is the only place where I can permit myself to be a normal human being and not a ghost whispers. To anyone else, this is just a small and wretched house, but for me it is holiness, it is soothing; it is rest. However, something was unusual; my little angry bird was not in the living room, frowning her forehead towards me. Was she still mad at me!?

"Lisa!" I shouted.

Nobody responded. The only sound in the house apart from mine was the buzzing of mosquitoes. It's as if talking with my walls and lingering for an answer. Lisa can be really stubborn when she wanted, nevertheless, ignoring me was not her behaviour. 

"Lisa, darling where are you?" I kept on screaming.

She was nowhere to be found. I checked everywhere; in her room, bathroom and every corner of the house. The quelling of the house turned my blood cold. The bad thoughts looped around in my mind until there was no room for anything else. Where can she be? Did she leave for college? I called on her mobile phone but the irritating woman kept on saying that her phone was unreachable.

Staying there and kept on worrying about Lisa was a waste of time. I needed to act on the spot. Maybe she left earlier for college, I rushed through the door to go verifying if my supposition was right or not. Deep inside my soul, I knew I was wrong because even in the most outrageous rage; she would wait for me before leaving. The rusted gate made a shrilled noise as I closed it behind me.

"Mr David" A female's voice called behind me.

Irritated as hell, I spun to see who it was. Chatting was the last thing I wished for; all that I wanted was to find my daughter. The little girl behind me was both breathless and reckless. Her apparition here was not that bad after all because she was Lisa best friend maybe she knew something. I could see her panic, her eyes were full of guilt and shamed. She definitely knew something.

"Amanda! Do you know where Lisa is?" I urged.

 Unable to face me, she bent down her head. She crossed her arms while her neck became red. Something embarrassed her- the way she was acting said it all. With damped eyes, she rubbed her throat as if gathering the courage to tell me something. Something that would probably make me mad as hell. 

"So, she is not home yet?" she asked.

"What do you mean by she is not home yet!?" I snapped back

My voice rose into a harsh tone; eyes still facing the ground, Amanda busted into tears. Guilt overwhelmed me, my attitude was due to stress. She did not deserve to be treated in such a way. All I was doing was scaring her. I needed her help not to freak her out.

"Listen, Amanda I apologise for my behaviour, but if you know something please tell me," I placed a hand on her shoulder to encourage her confessing.

"I told her not to go," she shrieked.

"Where? Where did my daughter go?" I probed.

"She left with Troy last night to get even with you. I pleaded with her to change her mind and come to my place instead, but she declined my proposition. I called her, I don't know how many time, but not even once did she pick up the call. I made my way to your house with the intention to see her safe and sound," she sat on the pavement as if disappointed about her shattering hope.