THE LOST SOUL

Chapter 2 'The Art'

It's been a week that I haven't seen Reevo, maybe because his busy for something.

Swinging my butt off on this swing set across our house. Wearing my headphones while listening to Madison Beer's song. I love her songs though, it made me feel relaxed and teenish. Her songs are the types that make me go LSS. Like Unbreakable and Melodies. I'm never tired listening to it.

"Jamie!" My mom calls.

I startled a bit cause I didn't notice my mom calling. I'm so busy about Madison's songs. I walked across the streets and I can see in my mom's face grows a smile.

"Instead of waiting for him, why don't you just help me prepare our dinner? He could wait."

Mom teased as she winked at the same time.

"Mom! I'm not waiting for him!" I lie with a grin on my face.

As we went through the kitchen she laughs at me. "Of course, you don't"

"Whatever"

"honey, can you wash this for me?" She hands me the vegetables from our fridge.

"Sure" I take the vegies and wash them in the sink.

I'm thinking that I should surprise mom in her birthday next month. I love her and I want to give her gratitude for being our mom. She's not just a mother but also a dad, when dad passed away 2 years ago She work hard as she could do to provide our needs. She is such a hero to me and Jaden. That would be great If I'm gonna surprise her. I want her to be happy on her day.

After washing the vegetables I gave it to mom while heating a pan for deep frying a chicken. I'm just staring at her cooking so that I could improve my cooking skills.

There's something that bump into my head that,

Is it friday tomorrow?

"mom? Is it friday tomorrow?" I ask her while putting some chicken wings in the pan.

"Yes darling. why?" She asks

right. I almost forgot.

"Yeah.. ahhh. I'm going to give my toys to Charity Foundation Office for the orphans tomorrow near the Church, You know the St. Joseph Orphanage Helping Center?" I explain.

As she finishes to fry the chicken. She ask me to give her another pan in drawer so I gave her.

"My goodgirl, Why don't you include Jaden's toys too. He would'nt mind."

She slightly fry the spices and the carrots, broccoli, bell peppers and squash.

"Sure. I just don't know where He'd put it." I smiled at her.

"Don't worry I'll put in a box and place it to your room after dinner honey."

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I already donated my toys to the orphanage center last week but I forgot Jaden's toys its hidden under my studytable I didn't quite notice it because it was hidden and it didn't catch my eyes. I'm just gonna brought them next 2 weeks because the center is alternately closed every 2 weeks because the nuns are busy about their religious duties.

I'm with Paulee today and We have our another weekly dates together but he hates the sound of it.

Paulee has a very unique hobbies.

He loves art and he is quite talented about it too.

So we are in the Art Museum. Paulee is so far very interested in Arts so he brought me here.

As Paulee and I walk separate ways when we arrived. I have no Idea where he went. He is so obbessed of art and anything. I know he is enjoying right now. He probably went in the Sculpture area I guess.

I didn't notice where I am because I'm enjoying at the master peices of arts. I notice I am in the Painting Areas and nobody is around but me.

I continuously walked in the hallway as I notice a very most queer painting I have ever seen.

I stopped and observe the painting. It has a gray shade of a lady and blue shade in the other side.

Maybe it's an abstract painting.

I can feel the strange Aura in the art and cold breeze in the air as I stare at it.

I feel like the painting is talking to me and hypnotized me.

I can see the a gold card that is sticked into the glass and beneath it that says.

Maria Soulé
France 1856

A wind blew through my face and messes my hair. A wind that came from nowhere.

As I tie my hair because it became a mess.

I never try to blink my eyes while staring the painting.

It's wierd that I just couldn't

It's like the painting is telling me something like a qoute of 'It has taken for saving' or 'for happiness gratitude'

I can feel the goosebumps in my entire body.

I just can't stop staring at it.

This is a wierd feeling I often felt.

I can feel someone grabbed my arm to keep me away from the place where I stand.

It's like I'm paralyzed or something that just still looking at the painting.

"Are you crazy? What are doing there alone? you're not supposed to be there!"

I startled a bit and I didn't knew it's Paulee. I just look at him blanky and emotionless.

"What? what did I do?" I ask curiously.

"That painting that you've stared at is cursed. Didn't you know that?" He explains and worried.

Cursed? It's a beautiful painting.

That's just impossible because the Museum wouldn't accept any cursed painting so easily.

Then if it's cursed why do they have to display it?

"What? That's impossible." I denied

"Fine, you don't believe it anyway."

He grabbed me again through his car. Why does he like to grab at people. It's like I'm his pet that he could easily grabbed on. Paulee is going to take me home and it's almost 7 pm. My mom probably looking for me right now. Me and Paulee have'nt talking while we were in his car. Maybe his angry of what I did awhile ago. I mean its not a big deal is it? I'm just admring an art piece. But..

That is the most strange feeling I felt awhile ago.