In all my time of hiding, this is never how I imagined to meet my dad. I wanted to meet him on a stretcher, and about to die. Then I tell him 'rest in peace asshole '. But that is not going to happen if he has the upper hand, and is standing on two feet.
As I'm subtly looking for some sort of weapon, the bus bumps into something, causing my dad to roll out of the bus. I almost went with him, but i was stopped by a hand holding me back.
"You're welcome." Justin says almost out of breath.
"Don't even expect me to say thank you. You're the reason we're in this mess after all." I yank my hand out of his grip, as I take a seat beside him. I'm not letting him drive alone, and put my life in more danger. For some reason, he doesn't say anything else. Although the silence is deafening, I decide not to say anything. All I remember is I was lost in thoughts, and then...black.
"Lilly are alright?"
My vision is quite blur at the moment, but it clears up as I blink. "What happened?" I ask honestly confused as to why I woke up to Justin's ugly face only inches away from mine.
"Thank God!" he gives a sigh of relief.
"Where are we?" I notice we are in a very unfamiliar surrounding.
"Lilly before I answer your question, PLEASE COULD YOU NOT PASS OUT ON ME AGAIN?"
"Whatever. Where are we?" I honestly am not that concerned about passing out. I mean it's one of the side effects so...
Justin sighs as he rubs his temples. "We're at the boarder. We're headed for Royal villa." He says rather casually.
"WHAT?! Royal villa. Why there? I mean how could you even afford it?"
The Royal villa is a small city in the heart of America. The place is REALLY expensive. I know for sure that a house there wouldn't cost less than a million dollars for mortgage!
Justin just stares casually with do both hands on his waist. "Lisa, worrying is veryyyy bad for your health you know that right?"
"It's Lilly!" Ugh I can't stand this guy.
He just ignores, and continues. "All you need to do is eat well, so you don't pass out on me, and enjoy your stay at the new house. Its a really secure place, and it'll be very hard for your dad to get in let alone find us."
"You seem to have forgotten how rich and influential my father is. He has his connections, and one phone call can get him to find us!"
"You also seem to have forgotten how I said worrying is very bad for your health." He walks further inside the bus, and comes out with the food which I haven't even taken a bite out of (must've been the ready why I passed out earlier), and a bottle of water.
"Does this look familiar?" He holds up the paper bag.
"I'll eat it later on, let's just keep driving before my dad catches up." I try to brush off the eating conversation. One of the side effects of AML, is loss of appetite.
"If I remember, when your dad fell out, I'm pretty sure he hit his head on the ground. So, before he regains himself, it'll be like two to three hours. Long, and short of it all is well don't move an inch till you eat." He drops the food, and water in my front. "The faster your eat, the farther we are from your dad." He just walks away leaving me to my thoughts.
"You haven't explained about the pictures yet." I turned to face him.
"Let's get settled first. Just eat, and when we get to our apartment, you will rest." He waves off the question in a frustrated tone.
Okay he did not just snap at me. I have every right to know what's going on, and why he had that picture or how he got it. He had better keep his personal frustrations to himself, or its gonna be difficult for the both of us. However, I'm going to let this one slide just cause he had to deal with me passing out, and again ,I want peace to reign.
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As we drive into Royal villa, I can only wonder how people are able to afford a place like this. A mansion would be a serious understatement, or let me say an insult to the houses here. Like WHAT?!!
"Whoa! Wha...this place is amazing!" I can't find the right words, as I gawk at this stunning heaven. It beat my imagination by far.
Most of the building is made of clear glass. There is a Olympic sized pool with lights all around. The way the lights illuminate the place at night is amazing. And the interior? My gosh! Tiny gold lights are at all the right corners. The living room is divided into two. Two steps down, leads to what I think is meant to be a discussion pit. Just as I'm about to climb the stairs, Justin stops me.
"Um...this is MY apartment." He says rather obviously
What?! "What?" I voice out my thoughts. "So where do I..."
"Yours is over there." He says pointing to a window.
I walk towards the window, only to be met with a jaw dropping sight. There's like a mini bridge connecting the two apartments. Underneath the bridge, is a waterside leading directly into the pool. THIS IS HEAVEN! I waste no time as I sprint out of the door, and head towards my apartment. I get to the door, and realize that I don't have the keys. Hmm maybe that was the rubbish Justin was yelling which I chose to ignore. Oh well. I walk back into Justin's apartment.
"The keys." Justin, and I say in unison. Suddenly, a cool idea pops in.
"Let's go skinny dipping!" I say out of the blues
"What?" Justin gives a confused chuckle. (If that's even a thing)
"Race you outside!" I scream gigging as I run to the pool. I can tell he's in a confused shockprised state, but he follows behind me. We both stand at the edge of the pool just staring at it. "You know what?" I break the five seconds of silent staring.
"What again?" He turns lazily to face me. He definitely wasn't expecting what came after that. I pushed him, so he fell face flat into the pool. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
I couldn't help but laugh my guts out. "Just for my own entertainment." I say in between laughs. "By the way, skinny dipping is so old. Diving in with clothes on, is the real deal." My excitement is shortlived as I am suddenly pulled into the pool. I should have expected that.
"Now that we're both wet, how about taking the water slide?" Justin suggests while grinning widely. He must be so proud of himself.
At the end of the day, we spent two hours in the pool. Then, ended up going to bed wet, and cold at eleven pm.
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