The Bored Book

Three Days

This is a entry for TheTypoTeam for their contest.

Enjoy.
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4th of August 2019
5: 56 pm

The rain rushes about the streets as a red Toyota parks itself aside a cool white Mercedes. The young man inside the vehicle steps out with a bright yellow umbrella above his head.

He begins making his way to the store across the parking lot. Probably just going to buy some groceries for his mother or such.

But wait, something wrong.

His clutching his forehead, seemingly in pain, he falls to his knees and casts aside the umbrella. An old couple sees and rushes to his side.

Then he stands abruptly and walks back to the Toyota stiffly while the couple tries to get his attention, apparently trying to ask if he's alright.

But he pays them no mind as he starts his car and drives off, without his umbrella.

This was the last time Zachary Anderson was caught on CCVTV before he disappeared for three days.

2

"Its happening more and more often." A police officer sits across his wife one night at dinner and stresses his concern."Young adults disappearing for three days-Always three days exactly- and returning with no recollection of what happened to them." He pops a forkful of beef into his mouth, "The missing person cases at work are sky rocketing." He said after swallowing.

"Thats awful." Said his wife because she was meant to,"What do you think happening to those poor kids?"

The officer shrugged in response and the topic turned to the latest episode of Days Of Our Lives.

3

"Don't forget your raincoat Ally." A mother called from the kitchen one lazy Saturday afternoon.

"Its not even raining yet Mom." Whined a voice from the doorway childishly.

The mother came out of the kitchen with a dishcloth and a rised brow,"Just because it hasn't yet dosen't mean its not going to. Didn't you watch the News this morning?"

"Who watches the news? You have a phone don't you?" Mumbled the girl as she pulled a yellow raincoat on.

"What was that ?" Asked the mother with that tone.

"Nothing Mom, see you later."

4

"I'm seventeen now, why can't she treat me like an adult? I can make my own decisions no problem." Ally muttered to herself as she walked through her wet neighborhood. It was a habit picked up from her father before his passing.

Her destination was a small deserted park that she hanged around every weekend. Sometimes with friends but most of the time alone. People had stopped coming to it years ago when a new one opened up just ahead of the hillside with a Mickey Mouse themed playground.

Ally didn't care for Mickey, thought he was rather creepy in fact, and enjoyed the quiet so she spend her free time on the swing reading peacefully among the weeds and flowery trees.

Imagine her surprise when saw another person swinging on her swing.

Imagine her shock when she realized it was Zachary Anderson. The boy who disappeared-and never really came back, not mentally at least.