"THE AWAKENING"
Cleo tried to calm Ruth down, she gave her lots of water to drink, and something to eat, yet it still didn't settle Ruth's uneasy nerves, she kept repeating the words "THEY KNOW" over and over again...Cleo was beginning to panic, not sure what to do..
"Tell me Ruth...what do they know?"
Ruth stopped shaking and looked at her wide eyes..as though searching for an answer, Ruth swallowed with difficulty..
"They know about my dreams"
Ruth said, her lower lip quivering..
"How? did you tell them?"
"No...they even know about about the boat in my dreams...they told me that everything I dream is real...that am not crazy"
Ruth said a hint of excitement taking over the fear and anxiety... If they knew...it meant she wasn't mad, she wasn't going crazy after all and it meant there was a way to get rid of the nightmares.
"Ruth those people were just toying with you... Think about it, what if one of your therapist told them about you and now they are just here to tease you"
Cleo said taking Ruth hands in hers... She knew what Ruth has been through and it pained her to see Ruth suffering or been messed with, She hated to see Ruth like this... Ruth shook her head, not listening to Cleo
"Cleo it wasn't the therapist... They were asking about that boat 🚣🏽♂️, the one in my dreams"
"And if they heard you telling me about it?"
"NO CLEO!!"
Ruth shouted...
"I've told you everything but I never told anyone about the mark on the boat"
"What mark?"
Cleo asked feeling mentally exhausted
"The boat in my dream had a mark, 'XS' boldly carved on it...I never gave that detail away, I always thought it irrelevant, but those people know...."
Cleo was getting very confuse and afraid.
"How could they?"
"They even told me its all real, that someone was trying to control me...that I should fight it.."
Ruth was trying very hard to make Cleo believe, and understand... And even when she believed Ruth, she was still confuse...
"So what are we going to do?"
Cleo always said we to signify that Ruth was not alone...Ruth wiped her tears and thought for a moment, she didn't know what to do, Cleo spoke up
"How about we apply for that break we should have gotten a long time ago...at least we can figure out everything within 2 months...what do you say?"
Ruth looked at her with gratitude.. Without saying a word she rushed into Cleo's arms, giving her a big hug
"Thank you Cleo"
Ruth didn't know what she would have done without her..
"Your father's been calling"
Cleo said as Ruth was about leaving... Ruth's face dropped and she nodded.Ruth dropped her keys on the table and rub the back of her neck, their Break was starting tomorrow and Ruth didn't know what she would do with 2 and a half month off and away from work...but it was a good thing...at least now she can take time to figure out what's going on and find those people, if she couldn't find them, she would find answers, if they could tell her something about her dreams, she would be glad... One of her therapist had told her to take this spiritually and Ruth was beginning to believe him...This had to be spiritual, she couldn't even remember the last time she went to church or prayed..and for the first time in a long time, she went on her knees beside her bed and clasps her palms together..
"Dear God, if you are like listening, if you still care and consider me yours... Please help me, bring everything to light, whatever it is...put an end to this nightmares..."
Ruth could barely believe it, even as the tears rolled down her cheeks, she was crying while praying, she wiped her tears and said a long silent prayer, immediately after the prayer, she felt really tired so she climbed up her bed and laid down...
DREAM
the little brown boat rocked gently against the water, everywhere was still and quiet, even a graveyard sounded better, this silence was a horrifying one, but some minutes later the environment changed, something stirred up, and the tides changed, the boat capsized and everything went quiet..... Then out of no where an arm came out of the water and grasp the bottom of the boat, the hand went back into the water and the boat turned back, the next thing was a young woman coming out of the water naked, she push her body up and landed inside the boat, laying down, she had blazing red hair and her skin was pale, she slowly sat up, pushing her hair back , out of her face and there she was "RUTH"...
Ruth woke up, unable to breath, she was coughing continuously, she went to the kitchen and drown a bottle of cold water, that immediately knock of the heat in her body, Ruth drop to the ground clutching to her legs, she saw herself, in her dream, how could this be?... She was inside the boat, it was her, she was naked...she was there in the boat..
The knock at the door jolted her and made her heart skip, she was so afraid she felt her heart will jump out of its cage.... She rush to the door and opened it.. Cleo was standing there looking very impatient, when she saw the tired, weak look on Ruth's face she smiled kindly...
"Nightmares?"
Ruth nodded before opening the door for her to enter, she shot it and lean on the wall sighing.. Cleo went straight to the kitchen and returned with a bottle of red wine and two glasses, she gestures towards the sitting room, Ruth left the wall and went and sat beside her, Cleo poured wine into the two glasses and handed her one..
"Since we are taking drastic majors to resolve this once and for all we might as well embrace alcohol"
She said touching the tip of her glass to Ruth's own...Ruth smiled and sipped a little, Cleo was a fan of alcohol not her, for some reason it made her unstable and messed with her system quickly
"Cleo..."
Ruth explained her dream to Cleo not leaving any detail out, Cleo listened attentively and by the time Ruth was done explaining Cleo had Finished half of the wine ...
"I see.. Well if you must know... I contacted a friend who helped me check on those people, the old man and woman and...."
"You got their address?"
Ruth cut her excited
"Not exactly, but I did find out about their ware about... And you might not like it..."
"Spit it"
"Saint Bernard"
Immediately the name of Ruth's home town rolled off Cleo's lips, Ruth froze, she took deep breaths, thinking carefully, Saint Bernard meant HOME.. Which meant her father finding out the truth, it would break his heart to find out that his daughter was still suffering... She swallowed...
"If it will make you feel any better, I rented an apartment in Saint Bernard"
Ruth's face brightened up and she smiled...
"Thanks...so when do we leave?"
"Next tomorrow duff face"
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MERMAIDS OF THE LONELY COAST (BOOK 1)
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