Holy sweet Jesus!
“Do not panic Lorena, the elevator just stopped for a second you are not dead.” I tell myself. Usually it works but today just feels different as I was on the verge of hyperventilating.
“Calm down, it’s not like you are trapped.” I tried to keep my cool but my nerves were far from being cool, I just want to burst out.
“Hey-” A strange voice called out, I did not need to look back I just jerked my arm forward and elbowed the person from behind. I tried to use my second arm but it was held by the stranger, out of panic I screamed and thrashed around to get away.
“Hold.” He gritted.
I did not listen and engaged in a battle of dominance. The stranger and I fought wildly (without direct
"Lorena?" "Lorena?" I heard the telephone beep again followed by Miss Ivy’s concerned voice. I am sure my eyes were bloodshot right now because I barely slept a wink last night. The reason for my sleepless night was the strange package sitting at my door, but why am I getting so paranoid it is not like it was a bomb. Just some meaningless word written on a stupid piece of paper, no big deal right? I tried to convince myself but I don’t feel at all convinced. "Lorena are you there? Are you still in bed by this time?" Miss Ivy spoke from the phone speaker. "Yes ma'am." I whispered softly though it sounded like I was talking to myself. "Lorena are you there?" Her voice sounded strong and alert. "Yes…" I cleared my thr
"Holy, sweet Lord, how-" I stared at him in horror. "Surprise right?" He gave me a cocky grin while I was here feeling confused and crazed. ‘Wasn’t he just in that shop?’ "But- but- you- where- how-" "No need to give your brain a hard time, I am sure you remember me.” I just stare at him, shocked, confused, perplexed and freaked out. I mean he was the same guy I tried to avoid minutes ago, how is he here and where is the stocked fish? “Oh I see I got to remind you, well I am the same hot guy wh-" "I know who you are." I grimaced at him trying to keep my distance. "What I don't understand is how you got here so fast, it is not your car is it?"
I stirred in my sleep, twisting and turning, trying to find a comfortable spot to relax on But every toss and turned I took made my nerves agitated for some odd reason and kept me awake all through. My shoulder hurts badly not to talk of the pain coursing through my veins, it is like little needles piercing my skin. I tried to get comfortable but I couldn’t and I was just like ‘screw everything’ you know, then I sat up from the bouncing blankets I laid on. “Why is this bed too soft and bouncing?” I complained. My eyes were still shut and heavy to open, and I also felt drowsy. "You're awake." Someone exclaimed in the background. It took me a couple of minutes to register the source of the voice and my surroundings because my head still felt foggy. "I'm awake?" I asked myself.
“I thought you said you weren't taking me home." I asked him. He told me he won't take me back to the hotel and gave me a stupid condition that I should tell him my name. Well to hell with him and his money. I guess the only reason he decided to take me back was because I was of no use to him and I stubbornly refused to do as he told me ‘I knew one day the words that come out of my mouth will be useful’ I totally made him regret bringing me to his home, and it worked as I planned. "Well I thought about the meaningful things I have in my life and to keep them intact I need to get rid of the futile one." 'why do I get the feeling he was talking about me' he sure knows how to place a sassy come back. "You're
It has been three days since I last saw the creepy dude stalking me, I swear I hadn’t gotten any good sleep since I saw him and Ivy on the other hand did not relieve me from questions about my disappearance. She did warn me there are things I should comply with since I was a foreigner and I came into the country as a student she tried to update me about the rules and policies I needed to take in other to continue staying in the country. As far as I am concerned I am in love with this country and I don’t plan to leave anytime soon, I know that isn’t possible but what if it is possible. Two more days, just two more days and I will be starting my new life here in Paris, attending college for the first time and being myself in a long time. There is this weird joy and a bit of anxiety that is forming in the pit of my stomach about the happenings since Monday. I mean back home I was so excited about leav
Lorena P.O.VI promised myself and made sure I did as much massive shopping than I have done in the past at the superstore of my choice and the most affordable boutique I could find ‘aside the shops and stores Ivy showed me’ ‘a bit of exploring I did’ it was a bit far from the hotel but worth the effort. Shopping here in Paris is a dreamy experience for me and I Will tell anyone to come here to get the best deals.Most of my shopping includes clothes, sandals, toiletries, writing materials, books and food items and materials, also other nonperishable foods and products that I will need while camping at the hostel. While I prepared for my next stop, I saw and felt a weird movement from the corner of my eyes as soon as I left a restaurant. When I checked no one
{Day one: Resuming college}Alright today is the day I am supposed to resume at my university campus, I feel so nervous and shaky I can’t explain how I feel but I think it was more of a weird feeling than butterflies. I mean what if I don’t fit in here? What if coming here was a big mistake? God I should have talked to my pastor about it. I groaned knowing there was not backing out from this because I chose to do it.‘Lorena, it is not everything you got to tell your pastor, look for instance the word sex and baby making.’“I know but don’t you have better examples?” I cringed at how dirty my other self was.‘of course I could bring suggestions like no other, but you know what I mean when I talked about the pastor thing’“I could have agreed with you but I can’t and that is not the reason I am bothered.” I tell Lil ora.
{continuation} I am positive I spotted a man standing behind that phone boothacross the road,something about the way he stared at me was very strange, andadding the fact that he hid very quickly behind the booth when he discovered I noticed him staring. It all becamesuspiciousto me and stirred a little amount of fear. The traffic was a bit intense, with my mind going here and there of possibilities from being kidnapped or attacked by a serial killer I could not help it but think when I wasn’t supposed to. ‘Lori… you cannot afford being crazy this time, do something to busy your mind and pass time’ Lili ora tells me and I agreed with my lil devil. So, to pass time I took out my phone to playa few gamesthat would work my mind out of thinking.I don’t understand where this feeling came from but I had the urge to look out the window again but ignored it several times. Troubled by my own thoughts andcuriosity,&n
COLLEGE LIFE DAY 2:School resumption. Last night was a different story. I woke up early this morning for my first day just as Janet told me, we have to be in school on time. I lazily reached out for my phone on the dresser by my bed to check the time ‘6:30 am, still early for me. If I can get ready within an hour, thirty minutes is a small time to dress up. Our bedroom was dimly lit, when I looked across my bed Janet wasn’t on her bed. I assumed she might have woken up earlier and probably gone downstairs. Living in a five-star hotel dorm tempted me into missing my first day, no, no I am not taking that chance. So I got up, took my clothes from my last bag that I haven’t sorted out, and head to the bathroom. I’ve calculated my timing, everything I am about to do, out of thirty minutes I used fifteen minutes to shower. It was amazing, my body felt great from the warm water beating softly against my skin. After my bath, I got dressed then arrange
Freddy’s povAt the hotel…Freddy leaves his premium suite accompanied by three hotel staff. His three weeks stay just ended which means he had to continue living in his house among the high rise. Freddy didn’t pay much attention to the men checking out of their hotel rooms but got caught in when they talked about a certain woman similar to someone he’d met.“Hey have you seen the girl who lives in room-- gosh! I don’t know… I don’t remember the room number. She is very gorgeous and pretty though.” One man compliment to the other.“I know right, but I bet she is not from around here.” The second man replies.“Yeah Gabe, I know. I like her voice and the way she walks… it’s so-- pleasant.” The first man commented with a dreamy smile on his lips. From the corner, just few rooms from them. Freddy glared at both men. He hated the way an
“From him?” I got confused by her answer. Who is this him she is talking about, my, my I need to be more sociable.“Yes from him- forget it you won’t understand. He promised to send me one last month so he sent two this month to make up for last month. It’s how we say sorry to each other.” Janet spoke in a dreamlike manner. She is sure in her own fantasy ‘weird roommate’“Are you a foreign student?” I changed the topic, I think I was done listening to her weird love tales. If I want to be friends with her I need to know who she is and what she’s capable of.“Not really.” Janet shrugged and kept patting this parcel she was yet to reveal. Not that I want to know what is in there but we are humans and humans get curious ‘Lorena do not try to peep into the parcel’ I warn myself.“Not really?” I repeated her question.“Yeah I am sort of in between
We both entered the luca carrier as Linda calls it. From my thoughts and slight fear for elevators I expected the old fashioned thing to fall off, hang or do something out of this world, but I can’t believe it actually worked perfectly. My percentage for trusting this thing was very low that I was very positive it won’t be able to carry both Linda and I, much less carry much weight like my heavy bags. But- but it proved me wrong and carried us to the third floor without any problems and for the first time my phobia didn’t embarrass me.Linda opened the skeleton door for us and gave me some room to push my trolley out. I quietly followed Linda through the narrow hallway but I wasn’t sure when we will ever stop with this large door to door rooms and unending hallways, then I chose to start a conversation so as not to make things more weird.“Um Linda, can the luca carrier be also used as an elevator? Um- just in case we need some lifting asi
{continuation} I am positive I spotted a man standing behind that phone boothacross the road,something about the way he stared at me was very strange, andadding the fact that he hid very quickly behind the booth when he discovered I noticed him staring. It all becamesuspiciousto me and stirred a little amount of fear. The traffic was a bit intense, with my mind going here and there of possibilities from being kidnapped or attacked by a serial killer I could not help it but think when I wasn’t supposed to. ‘Lori… you cannot afford being crazy this time, do something to busy your mind and pass time’ Lili ora tells me and I agreed with my lil devil. So, to pass time I took out my phone to playa few gamesthat would work my mind out of thinking.I don’t understand where this feeling came from but I had the urge to look out the window again but ignored it several times. Troubled by my own thoughts andcuriosity,&n
{Day one: Resuming college}Alright today is the day I am supposed to resume at my university campus, I feel so nervous and shaky I can’t explain how I feel but I think it was more of a weird feeling than butterflies. I mean what if I don’t fit in here? What if coming here was a big mistake? God I should have talked to my pastor about it. I groaned knowing there was not backing out from this because I chose to do it.‘Lorena, it is not everything you got to tell your pastor, look for instance the word sex and baby making.’“I know but don’t you have better examples?” I cringed at how dirty my other self was.‘of course I could bring suggestions like no other, but you know what I mean when I talked about the pastor thing’“I could have agreed with you but I can’t and that is not the reason I am bothered.” I tell Lil ora.
Lorena P.O.VI promised myself and made sure I did as much massive shopping than I have done in the past at the superstore of my choice and the most affordable boutique I could find ‘aside the shops and stores Ivy showed me’ ‘a bit of exploring I did’ it was a bit far from the hotel but worth the effort. Shopping here in Paris is a dreamy experience for me and I Will tell anyone to come here to get the best deals.Most of my shopping includes clothes, sandals, toiletries, writing materials, books and food items and materials, also other nonperishable foods and products that I will need while camping at the hostel. While I prepared for my next stop, I saw and felt a weird movement from the corner of my eyes as soon as I left a restaurant. When I checked no one
It has been three days since I last saw the creepy dude stalking me, I swear I hadn’t gotten any good sleep since I saw him and Ivy on the other hand did not relieve me from questions about my disappearance. She did warn me there are things I should comply with since I was a foreigner and I came into the country as a student she tried to update me about the rules and policies I needed to take in other to continue staying in the country. As far as I am concerned I am in love with this country and I don’t plan to leave anytime soon, I know that isn’t possible but what if it is possible. Two more days, just two more days and I will be starting my new life here in Paris, attending college for the first time and being myself in a long time. There is this weird joy and a bit of anxiety that is forming in the pit of my stomach about the happenings since Monday. I mean back home I was so excited about leav
“I thought you said you weren't taking me home." I asked him. He told me he won't take me back to the hotel and gave me a stupid condition that I should tell him my name. Well to hell with him and his money. I guess the only reason he decided to take me back was because I was of no use to him and I stubbornly refused to do as he told me ‘I knew one day the words that come out of my mouth will be useful’ I totally made him regret bringing me to his home, and it worked as I planned. "Well I thought about the meaningful things I have in my life and to keep them intact I need to get rid of the futile one." 'why do I get the feeling he was talking about me' he sure knows how to place a sassy come back. "You're