Aisle Thirteen

Epilogue

Lana was sitting at the lobby of the hospital. She went to the hospital's cafeteria to buy her and Calista some food for their dinner. But the time she came back to the room, Calista was gone.

She's confused on why her daughter was not there when the moment she left to buy their food, Calista was nowhere near to be able to walk. Her feet was badly injured. Lana's totally bewildered. She decided to go to the lobby and wait for Calista there.

"A huge fire was reported to the firemen and policemen in the city of Los Angeles. The officials were sent to this abandoned building where a certain Fusion crashed. There was a body inside that has been burned because of the fire. The officials believed that the body must be the driver's and the reason for the crash must be a total accident."

She's watching news on the lobby's television when that sudden news caught her attention so badly.

She started having beads of sweats because she felt so nervous. Her feet and hands gone cold. Her heart started beating so loudly. She had a strange feeling about that news.

Few moments later, her phone rang. She answered, "Hello?"

"Hello? Is this Mrs. Lana Caden?"

"Yes, speaking. Who is this?"

"This is the chief of police..."

The police reported Calista's death. Lana cannot believe what she heard. She had the feeling since she heard the news but she never consider about it because it's her daughter.

Lana and Micaela found the letters that Calista wrote for them. The policemen gave it to them. Calista's prognostication about what's going to happen by the moment she disappears came true.

Lana cremated Calista's body because her body was burnt by the fire from the car crash. Everyone believed that it was a complete accident. But Micaela knows the truth behind everything. She kept the truth to herself, like how Calista wants it.

A few years passed when Lana decided to marry her long-term boyfriend. She always remembers that it's what Calista wants for her. She wanted her to be happy with someone, until she grows old.

Lana and her husband had a baby. It's girl named Carol Paven. Carol became Lana's new bundle of joy. She still misses Calista and still mourns for her daughter's death but she's a lot happier right now. She's in the place where Calista wants her to be in.

Carol grew up as a young happy girl. She's always delighted, even about small things. She always finds happiness in everything. She gained a lot of friends because of her pleasing personality.

But that only changed when her parents decided to file a divorce. Lana and her husband's relationship changed after some years. They started to fight over petty things, lost trust in each other, and they both fell out of love.

Carol was very affected. She's always unhappy. She lost interest with so many things. She became aloof from her friends. She's not her old self. She changed.

On her nineteenth year, she never got back to her old self. She's already in college but she never had friends since her parents got separated. She's always alone. She only talks when it's necessary. She's aloof from everyone.

Today is her mother's birthday. She decided to surprise her with a birthday cake that she'll make herself. Carol knows how to bake and she's good at it.

She listed down the necessary ingredients for a red velvet cake. It's her mom's favorite flavor of a cake. She knows that the surprise will make her mother happy.

After she listed the ingredients that she needs, she went to a local grocery store to buy the ingredients there. Since she's not really into wanting to deal with other people, she decided to go to a grocery store where she knows that it's lacking of customers.

She doesn't want to take the risk of bumping into anyone she knows. She  wants a peaceful grocery shopping. She's looking for the dairy section, it's located in aisle twelve. She's grabbing milk and butter from the fridge when she suddenly noticed the mess on the next aisle.

"Aisle Thirteen." She whispered to herself.

She went to the next aisle and looked at the mess. Spilled liquids everywhere, the whole place was a total mess. Amidst the chaotic scenery, she noticed an image of an old woman, has curly long hair, wearing a black dress and a creepy smile that sent shivers down her spine.