Nightmares
Mary was running as fast as she could with her hand in her mom's hand. Her hand was warm but she was sensing great terror from her mom. She was running faster and faster through the dark woods nothing other than dead grass, fallen leaves and trees could be seen. The ground was ash. Suddenly a dark shadow was visible. It seemed as if they were running from the shadow. Katrina fell to the ground. Mary stopped for her mom but her mom kept saying. "Run, Marianne! Run! Don't look back or wait for me you are the last one of-" Whoosh the black shadow jumped on the top of Katrina and kept on stabbing her in the stomach. Katrina kept telling Mary to run but Mary stood their completely paralyzed watching the figure stab her mom. She was dead yet the figure kept stabbing her.
Mary finally woke up from the horrifying dream she has had since her mother's death but this wasn't how her mother died. Her mother died in a car crash when she was younger. Mary looked to her side and realized that Damon was still asleep beside her. She embraced his body and realized how good it felt to have someone to wake up beside her. She used her right hand to ruffle up his hair. She knew that he had blackmailed her to marry him but she couldn't complain since he is handsome, cute and rich. She was pretty sure that if she got to know him more she would probably find out that he has a good personality too.
He opened his eyes slowly and realized where he was. " Good morning, Mary." He said to her in a bright manner. "Good morning to you too." she replied back. They both lied for a while admiring each other.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Damon went to see who it was and not a surprise it was Assistant Ling. "Glad to see you are awake president Tyson." He said in a polite manner as he invited himself him. "Can't say the same about you." Damon bluntly stated the obvious. "Well since you both are awake.I will tell you today's plans. Trust me it's gonna be busy day." He sat on the chair flipping through the notebook in his hand. "I kind of expected that." Mary said. "Well today President Tyson, you have a very important business meeting with the Si group and you and Mary also have a flight to country F at evening. First impressions really matter, you will probably meeting your in laws for the first time in country F and you also need some new clothes and a cellphone right?" He explained the basic tasks they need to perform. "You are right. We probably need to go to shopping today." Mary replied. "Well you both should probably get ready and than we can go to the moon restaurant nearby." Mary simply nodded in reply as she stood up and went to the rest room.
They both got ready and left to eat breakfast at the restaurant. The restaurant had world class chefs and food recipes from all over the world. Looking at the menu Mary had gotten super confused on what to order. Mary throughout her entire life had went to hundreds of popular restaurants but this was completely different. It was the most elegant and fancy she had ever been to. Everything was on theme. It was clear that assistant Ling had made reservation for it a long long time ago. Mary didn't know what to order so she ordered the French breakfast which turned out to have a omelette, French toast, croissants and a cup of warm tea. The omelette was fluffy, buttery, and would just melt on tongue. It had just the perfect amount of seasoning and was served in an elegant manner with proper cutlery. The bread was toasted to perfection it was crispy and soft. The croissants were soft, fresh and had roasted cashews and almonds in them. The warm cup of calming chamomile tea brought all of it together.
After the perfect breakfast, assistant Ling drove Mary to one of the best malls in the city meanwhile Damon went to his 'important' meeting. First of all the things Mary needed a phone. They went to an Apple store nearby and Mary bought the latest model iPhone 13 pro max along with an iPad.
"Do you think I should get a MacBook too?" She asked him. Assistant Ling really couldn't believe rich people like her and Damon. "I think it would be in your best interests to buy it in country F since its not needed now but again if you want it you can get it since we will be flying out on his private plane." He said. "You can give me your shopping bags by the way ma'am." he said offering his hand but Mary just shook her head and said "No, its fine. I don't want to trouble you." They both silently went to branded shops and Mary bought quite a lot of dresses and the other stuff.
Assistant Ling knew that Damon would come back at the time of dinner so he asked Mary her favourite restaurant here. "Hmm, Restaurants. Well there are a lot of amazing restaurants here but I just want to eat street food." She said. He shook his hand and replied. "Oh, President Tyson would never allow that? Maybe when he come back at evening you can ask him but I am sure that the answer will be no." They both ended up going to an restaurant nearby.