-2.45 pm-
Yuri turned off the TV and tossed the remote onto the couch. She stood up walking aimlessly through the house before stopping in front of the couch again. Grabbing the remote, Yuri turned the TV on. She switched channels continuously, dead bored as she could find nothing worth watching. She never watched TV in her busy working life and this wasn't helping with her dilemma at the moment at all.
Groaning, Yuri stood up leaving for the bedroom. She opened her working luggage piece and started to place all the finished documents into it. There's nothing business-concerned she could do anymore, so she arranged and packed away all her working stuff. She knew she might just take it out again later, but Yuri couldn't help it. She had to do something to kill her time. This waiting game was killing her.
It was almost three in the afternoon now and Jessica still didn't show up. She began to feel anxious and it upset her that she couldn't do anything about it. Saying 'I don't care' to herself unfortunately didn't work anymore.
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-3.30 pm-
Yuri sat on the balcony and just stared blankly into the sky. She couldn't deny it anymore. She was worried about Jessica. She did care for her. A lot.
She began to think of what happened in the morning. Her words were unkind and she could understand how Jessica felt herself being taken as a fool after all what happened. She, Yuri, was making the first move and when Jessica was showing her affection, she shoved the girl away. Yuri sighed as she started to wonder if she was regretting it. She actually never regretted any of her actions. To become a successful businesswoman, she needed to be determined and needed to have the will stay the course, going through with everything she had started.
She told herself she had to be tough here. It's better for both of them.
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-4.10 pm-
Yuri thought she was going crazy. Where was Jessica?
It became windy. Each time a stronger breeze sprang up, making the leaves and the bushes from afar stir, Yuri would sit up straight, narrowing her eyes to stare hardly as if she was expecting to see Jessica coming out from behind. As if she was hoping to see the slim figure of the girl appearing, a smile on Jessica's face, or a glare, it didn't matter. She just wanted to see Jessica and make sure she's not hurt anywhere. But every time, she had to lean back into the seat in disappointment.
Where did you go Jessica?
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-4.25 pm-
Yuri couldn't take it anymore. She had put on her thin jacket and shoes and walked into the small garage to take out the bike. She decided to cycle along the only road leading to the vacation house - the same road she and Jessica were cycling along yesterday. But Yuri soon stopped as she realized it was unlikely that Jessica took this way. The other bike was still in the garage and it didn't make sense for Jessica to walk all the way by foot when yesterday, they were already cycling hours on this road and found nothing.
By the time Yuri got back to their house, the sky was getting grey. Yuri looked up and her heart began to pound even more anxiously. She could imagine Jessica fearing thunders. And the silly, helpless girl being around somewhere unfamiliar on her own and even in a storm scared Yuri. She was desperately worried and it was driving her crazy.
As Yuri went back into the garden with the bike, the small path leading into the forest caught her attention. Something was telling her she had to check that. And following her gut instinct, Yuri went out of the garden, approaching the dark entrance into the forest. A rumbling thunder startled her, but it didn't hold her back. She gasped at what she saw as she was near enough.
