A Bit of Tomorrow

Fourth

Cassy

 I arrived home, my house. I put down my car keys on the center table and stride towards the stairs. Dragging myself on the staircase as I attempted to reach my room. I held on the door knob and breathed for a second before turning it open.

 I plopped myself down on the bed for a minute or two and lazily pulled myself up to take a bath. I did not smell the best either, yuck. My headache seemed to disappear as I was on my way home. 

I got my phone from my pocket to check if there are any messages from Sarah but all I could see was notifications from articles about the contract termination.

I tossed my phone onto my bed and entered the bathroom. I stripped myself from my clothes as I stepped into the warm water that allowed me to at least shake off my worries.

My eyes were closed and right then, I started seeing a picture of a man in front of me with his eyes looking into mine. It was all doing well until I got shocked and opened my eyes as soon I realized who the man was. It was Ellis. Cassy! Snap yourself out of it!

Still, really though. I couldn't help but think of the fact that he kept insisting that we've met before. And it was too weird, to think of it, that I felt comfortable sitting in front of him earlier I felt goosebumps creeping on me as the thought on me being fine with a complete stranger got to me.

 I reached out to turn the water off and whispered to myself, "Oh my gosh, Cassy.."

What if something happened to me because I was too complacent? Oh my gosh. I've got to pull myself together. I think I've drowned too much in thoughts when I felt like shivering because of the cold.

Shoot I forgot to turn off the centralized air conditioner. I returned myself to rinsing with warm water and quickly got out of the shower and grabbed a robe from the rack then wrapped it around me.

I turned to the table beside my bed and saw the handkerchief again. Ugh, not today. I did not want to try and recall whose it was I had better things to do.

I rummaged through my closet to look for my clothes that I'd be wearing today when I try to clear things with the company and Sarah. I sighed and sat myself on my bed as I apply lotion to my body. I was able to decide on a green long sleeves and white pants. I pulled out my white heels and went on to prepare myself.

I've done this to tons of companies before but every time it happened, it always seemed like it was all new to me. The criticisms, the attention and the whole idea of it. I'm surprised up until now, that despite all these rumours and issues with me switching companies frequently never affected the sales of my works. 

People continued to patronize my work after all. A mystery I can't seem to decipher up until now. That's also why I am much thankful for the opportunities I get to have because of them. Anyway, today I had to deal with the consequence of yesterday. It was going to happen in the future either way. Might as well deal with it now.

I drove myself to the company. It was a thirty-minute drive as I did not try to rush myself. I was waiting for the traffic light to turn red when I happen to glance to my left side and spot a figure walking. The guy looked familiar, he looked like Ellis. Wait, that is Ellis! I recognized him after he looked up from taking a look at his watch and scratched his head.

The car behind me started honking and it took over me. I jolted up from my seat surprised and focused my attention back on the road. But as I was in the middle of trying to pull myself together, my head felt a sharp pain and an image of Ellis almost getting hit by a car as he was crossing the street recurred in my mind.