25. Familiar faces...

A lot of things had happened in her life in one week than it had all her life... First she was almost raped in a classroom by a student who was at least seven years her junior... And then she lost a job she really wanted to hold onto because of this same person... She was slapped in the face like five times., she thought that was painful., but then she got an even bigger slap from someone she called her all...

He was cheating on her... And this same weak., she tried to kill herself but thankfully she was saved by a guy she had no memory of., all she knew about him was the color of his eyes., and his beautiful voice.. Oh that's right, she also knew his name now.. It was Nathan.. Grace said his name was Nathan.. At least she knew this much...

And now.., now she wondered what was waiting for her.. What she was to do from now on... She wondered if the place had changed at all.. If her hometown was still the same as before... She had a blur picture in her head., of how the place was now.. It probably changed a lot since the last time she was there... How many years was it now... Six?... Maybe seven.. She'd lost count.. She never really wanted to ever go visit the place again., but it was funny how life played tricks on you.., how what you hoped for could be the complete opposite of what you got.., how you planned on never returning to a place., but yet., right now, here she was..., in the plane heading for her hometown.. Alaska.. Sitka...

All these crazy things happened in one week... This was one crazy week... If she was a celebrity., she would sure take over the headlines for this whole week.. And if there was a record of worlds most terrible and dreaded week in a person's life., then she was certain she just topped that, and beat the record and topped the list by a hundred and fifty percent...

Just before they left the house., she had received an alert... It was from Sherlock high.. At least they were nice enough to send her hard earned money... That she was grateful for... After that., she and Jenny took out the Sim cards from their phones and destroyed it... They had previously written down the contacts of people they needed., so the SIM was no longer needed... They wouldn't want anyone or one particular someone to trace them with it...

She relaxed her head on the back of her seat... It was a six hour thirty minutes flight., she could at least stop thinking for a while and let sleep take over her body... Jenny was right. Jason wouldn't be able to find them in Sitka... At least for the time being., she didn't have to worry about him.. And about Mark., she would just try to not think about him.. Something she knew was close to impossible... And about her apathy for her hometown., she would deal with that when they arrived there...

For now., just sleep...

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"oooooh yeah... Finally I can see what my girls have been up to... Jason said as he ran into his room.. His mother had planned to keep him in the hospital for one more week., but he knew he was going to go crazy if he didn't see 'his girls'... So he made a deal with his mother... He was going to leave the hospital and a personal nurse would take care of him. In exchange, he promised his mother that he wouldn't leave the house for any reason at all. He was to stay at home till the nurse agreed his wound was fully closed up..

This deal was perfect for him.. Although he wouldn't be able to see them in person., he could endure watching them through the screen for a while till the stupid wound closed up.. At least they would both be in the same place now that he got her fired.. It was already ten in the morning., so he was sure they would both be at the Cafe together...

Literally nothing gave him more joy than seeing both 'his girls' in the same place at the same time.. It turned him on like crazy...

"Where are my gals at"... He said in a sing-song manner, as he switched on his big screen and took his position in his king sized Chair in front of the screen... 'They should be in the Cafe' he thought to himself, so he switched to the Cafe cameras...

He looked at the screen with utmost focus., but all he could see in the Cafe from the screen were a bunch of ugly people and Jenny's part timer... 'his girls' were not there...

Or maybe they decided to take the day off... He told himself and switched to there home cameras...

They were not in the living room., he switched to their personal rooms., they were not there either.. He then switched to the bathrooms., thay were not there either... He was now feeling anxious., sweat trailed down his body like he just had a steam bath... They were not in the Cafe., neither were they at home.. Where in the world could that have gone..

This is exactly what happens when he takes his eyes off them for just one day... Now he has no clue as to where they went.. He stood up from his chair and paced around like a student trying to think of the solution to a maths problem.. A switch in his head suddenly clicked.. "that's right.., I can check the previous footages from when I was not here".... He runs back to the screen., and goes back to two days ago after he got Vanessa fired... He realizes that she never went home that night., and only Jenny was in the house... It made him wonder where she could had been... Probably to meet that useless cheating boyfriend of hers.. He could not understand why she would choose such a shameless cheat over him... He was ready to give her everything., he would never cheat on her... She., he and Jenny would make a perfect throuple...

He fast-forwarded to the previous day... He saw and heard Jenny making a call to Vanessa... Then she rushed out of the house without even washing up... He fast-forwarded again., and the next time they both came into the house... They were crying for a while.., then Jenny told Vanessa of how he was stalking her...

'I wouldn't call it stalking per say... More like looking after you' he thought to himself... They continued talking...

His aura suddenly darkened... Not that it was not originally dark before., but if the aura around him was usually a shade of navy blue., then now it was midnight blue.. The kind that was hard to differentiate from black... The white in his eyes were lost.. They had been devoured by a deep Cordovan red... He had the anger of a raging bull... And all because he heard Jenny suggest they ran away to some place else...

But she didn't say where.. Instead she dragged Vanessa out... And that was it.. When they came in next., Vanessa put on her shoes and left the house... When she returned., she said they should go 'there'... Where in the world was 'There'...

Next thing., they were packing their things and then., according to the time of the recording., they left the house that morning around 5am.... He watched them leave the house with their bags... He watched them go.. And that was it.. That was the end... There was no trace of them...

He did not understand what was happening... Did they just vanish from his sight... He replayed the footages..., over and over and over expecting to get a hint at least of where they where going., but it was obvious they where really trying to keep him from finding them...

Everything in front of him became annoying to his eyes... He could not control himself... Could he have lost them.., just like that... What in the world did he do to deserve this.. All he did was love them both., and they are trying to run away from him...

His hand clenched onto the remote so tight that it began to crack... He channeled his anger into his hand and threw the remote to the wall with all his might... It went flying across the room., crashing into the wall...

"No.. No.. This can't be happening.. I won't let this happen... Nooooo... He punches into the wall like it was a mere stuffed animal..

He picks up his car key., and busts out of his house like a raging storm... The nurse tried to stop him., but she was no match for the guy...

He drove like he was in a car race., not minding all the road signs and traffic lights... They meant nothing right now.. He couldn't even see anything.. All that was in his head was 'his girls'....

He got to their house., opened the door with a spare key he had forged... It was still the same., everything was here.. Except for them... He ransacked the house from top to bottom in search of a clue of where they had gone., but nothing.. Nothing at all that pointed to any direction whatsoever...

"Ahhhhhh.... ESSA... ENNY... WHY... why did you do this., why are you hurting me... He said digging their chair with a knife like a maniac.... All I ever did was love you., I don't deserve to be punished...

Go on... You crazy pervert., a little more verses and you would be singing Nasty C's SEND ME AWAY...

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"Ladies and gentlemen., we've safely arrived at Sitka., please make sure to remain seated with your seat belts fastened.. Check around your seats for any personal belongings you might have brought with you... On behalf of the entire crew., thanks for choosing Stardom Airlines for your trip.. Hope you have a wonderful stay.. "

The words of the air attendant woke both ladies up... They had reached.. They were actually here in Alaska.., in Sitka...

Normal people will feel like.. 'Home sweet Home'... But for Vanessa, she had long stopped calling this place home., and it was far from sweet...

Slowly, the plane touched the ground and soon every person on board was out... She had wondered how it would feel when her feet touched Alaskan soil... Cold., wobbly.., maybe aching... But it was non of that... She felt a warm familiar feeling creep up her legs... A feeling of well., Home...

"Jenny.., Vanessa.., over here... It was aunt Margaret... They had informed her that they were coming...

Both girls smiled at the sight of the warm and beautiful familiar face... But then Vanessa noticed another familiar face next to Margaret... A face she could not forget...

It was the face of a little comforter...