Chapter Ten: The Lost Puppy

Fuck! Where the hell he went? He pulled over his car as he went back to the university to find his little pet. When he found out where he was, he is already in the arms of someone. 

He was about to get him, but he realized it was she who held him in her arms while caressing his soft brown fur. This is not yet the time to show her his face. He stepped back and return to his car.

He finally felt reassured. Chippy is in good hands. She will take care of him. However, he feels worried she can’t handle the naughtiness of his pet.

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She heard a squeaky noise behind her car when she arrived at the parking lot. She suddenly flinched as she felt astounded while she was being paranoid at the thought of a stalker following her pace behind her back.

When she was about to run back inside the building, she catches a little brown-colored poodle with his big hazelnut eyes in front of her licking her toes as she was wearing four inches sandals.

Then she realized she was wrong when she already dialed Jean’s phone number. 

“What happened to you when you called me in an emergency?” Jean was running fast when she arrived at her side. She never thought she would be that worried about her. 

“I thought, some stalker was following me. Just being paranoid because of the letters I’ve been receiving from Mr. Smith.”

She is not afraid of him, yet she is feeling nervous when thinking about meeting him in person. But meeting him in person might help her in recalling her past that she can’t remember. 

“What’s with the thought? Do I need to hire a bodyguard for you? Just tell me. I can pay for it.” Jean is just teasing her again.

What the heck? She doesn’t need a bodyguard. She is not yet ready for the encounter with her secret admirer. Maybe the reason she was being paranoid.

“The thing I called because I need you here with this cutie.” She’s referring to the lost puppy who licked her toes. She finally gave her a reason for calling her immediately. 

The idea just popped up in her mind. She will adopt this little one. 

“What if he has an owner?” Her best friend read her mind. 

“Well, if he has one, then he has to go back to his master. In the meantime, I will bring him home.” She will name him Choco because his eyes are like chocolate hazelnut.

They were about to get in the car when Choco jumped off quickly. He chased a red BMW sports car that drove by in front of them. If she is not mistaken, the owner of that car must be his master. But the driver was faster than she thought it was. She couldn’t even grab the plate number. She just remembered the last two digits.

She went home together with her new friend Choco. He couldn’t get to follow the car that he chased earlier, so he came back in her arms and brought him home.

Jean went back to the building, as she still has ongoing classes. She left her class in a rush thinking she went into an accident when she phoned her. The one who was paranoid is her doctor slash best friend.

When they arrived home, Choco was feeling at home on their comforting sofa. He fell asleep before she gave him food. 

She also felt sleepy because of her tiresome day. She fell asleep together with her new pet in the living room.

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“Where have you been Cara? I was looking for you the whole day.” He said to her like a cute puppy looking for his master. 

“I’m not gone. I should be the one asking you because I’m still looking for you in the real world.” She said to him with a sad face.

“Don’t be sad. I will always be here in your dream. Someday I will come to you to meet you in the real world.” He said to me in assurance, but she doesn’t think it will happen. 

She is getting back from her actual senses to forget this dream of her. She had this instinct that this dream is just happening because of her imagination.

She woke up again feeling unhappy with the thought of forgetting the man in her dreams. But she thinks she can’t forget him to where she wants to meet him in reality.

And because they always meet in her dreams every time she sleeps.

When she went up from her sleep, she suddenly remembers her new friend in the house. Choco had gone missing from her side.

She went into her room, but can’t find him. She looked all over the house. But he’s gone. Maybe he was hungry that he looks for food to eat. However, where the hell he is? The gate outside of their house is closed. He can’t go out.

A little later, she heard some strange noise in the backyard. She called the name she gave to her pet, but he doesn’t show up.

“Choco, here’s your food. Come over here.” She placed a bowl of dog food and milk near her door for him to smell it. However, he's still not showing up. Where the hell he is? She is worrying that something might happen to him. 

She’s about to go inside when he shows up. He has something in his mouth. At first, she can’t figure it out. Before he digs into his food on the plate. He went into her first, bringing the thing he had in his mouth. 

She got the thing in his mouth to check what was inside of it. It was a shape of a ball, a green-colored one. But she realized it was like an egg with a crack opening in the middle. When she broke it, there is a note inside. And it was another thing from an unknown person.