Perfect Poison

CHAPTER 16

My hands pressed faintly over the hot glass. "Are you coming out or what?" he smiled lazily.

The same man from the airplane.

Air escaped my lungs  as the young boy approached me, hair tamed and clothes dryer then earth

two small fingers of his prodded the now brown glass, unkept and bloody. He was suddenly right in front of me, as if he had dissapeared and then advanced 5 inches forward.  "Come on out selena!" His voiced cracked with anger.

My body froze, the man's razor sharp voice escalating it's volume. "GET OUT THE CAR SELENE!"

"NO!" i screamed. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" my hands shakily looked round for something sharp.  "Driver, can you tell him to get away from the vehicle." The driver was no where to be found.

 The glass thudded  noisely from the man's helpless demands. More blood dripped down the glass, his fingers were coated in the red essence,it was as if the tears were unable to reach his face and instead showered from his nails. 

"GET OUT!." "GET OUT!"

"I think you should get out the car selene." My brother yawned. what THE FUCK?!

"g,go away." i silently whispered.

"But serene!"

"I SAID GO AWAY!" My shrill scream didn't fall upon deaf ears. 

The images in front of me, began to disperse, my vision sinking into pouring rain. 

My bedriden head heavily turned to behind me. Rachel, hugging me tightly, head sinking into my side, was wrapped around me like poison ivy, drenched hair mopping the  gangly pavements. We were both soaking wet. 

"Serene." she hugged me tightly. "What on earth are you doing?" i stared at her in utter shock. "h..huh?' 

"As soon as you saw this man outside you started mumbling and yelled for us to stop, you began following this man since and somehow..." Rachel's finger pointed in front of us. In Gold  memorandum. i read the bold name. 

Ritz Carlton.

"We followed you and you led us to the hotel, straight there." 

what...

How is that even possible, i've never been here before

Rachel's chocolate eyes were watery and voluminous in size. She looked scared. She was scared of me. I'm so sure. "Rachel." i hugged her as she whimpered softly. "Ray, please don't cry, i'm so sorry."

We stood there in silence as the rain. I could already sense my brothers presence from behind, but he wasn't approaching. His footsteps silently wavered among  unsecure cemented blocks assessing whether he should come closer, or if it was best to stay away from me.  i could feel his uncertainty, and in any case like this, it was always best to anoint judgement over heart.

What sparked my sadness was that i never imagined he'd have to do this with me.

"ok..." Rachel held my hand. "What were you looking at?" 

I slowly wobbled out of the car, legs like two stick magnets repelling and attracting  what magical man i had somehow witnessed. He was gone.  

"My hallucinations are getting worse."

Yuko wobbly stood in her 4 inch heels as awkwardly as i, her raven bangs and big crimson hair being the only other friend that could possibly share the size of deserted space next to her.  At least it swallowed up the emptyness.