Alone

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The entrance tickets were passed to the bored looking countergirl and the family of three entered the humongous looking building. It had five levels,each featuring different type of art pieces of the founder,Guliver. Eve wanted to spend more time looking at the paintings,so she asked her parents to proceed without her. After much caution given, her parents headed upstairs.

Other than Eve,there was an old couple and a young man with dark blue hair.

"I heard Guliver dont paint real people all the time...but this young lady is gorgeous,imagine she exists i would want her to be my daughter in law." The old lady laughed. The old man nodded in response.

Eve turned her attention to the woman in the painting,indeed she was beautiful. She had big black eyes and a head of brown hair. Eve looked at her reflection in the mirror. She had big eyes but her hair was a shade of red. She find it really weird as her parents had black hair.

After looking at the paintings,Eve decided it was time she met up with her parents. She headed upstairs. Oddly, the upper floor was empty. She headed up again. No one. Was the museum that unpopular? How come there isnt anyone? She reached the last floor. Still no sign of her parents. Eve started to panic. Apparently,in her era, there are no such things as handphones.

"Maybe they are at the counter." Eve ran all the way downstairs to the counter. To her amazement, even the counter girl was gone. Where did everyone go ? Of course,her parents were not there either.

"I should check the floor where i separated with them...." Poor Eve reached the floor but only to meet silence and emptiness. The elderly couple and the man were nowhere to be seen too. Eve was exhausted and out of breath with running around,so she sat down on the floor,against the wall. Was the place that cold before? She did not bring her jacket and all she wore was a long sleeved crimson dress that reached her knees. Her bare legs were cold. Eve buried her face in her arms and waited,hoping her parents would come soon or even anyone.


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