?THE UNKNOWN?
?By Authoress Pinky?
?Chapter Eight <8>?
?Roses can be dangerous too?
“I’m sorry for what I did earlier at the station.” Zoe said to Gina as they walked into Gina’s apartment.
Gina shook her head and dropped her bag on the couch. “You didn’t do anything, Zoe. I was wrong here. I shouldn’t have said all those mean words to him. I was just…I don’t know.”
“Upset about the past?”
Gina sighed and walked over to the kitchen. “I guess.” She grabbed a glas-scup and poured herself a glas-sof orange juice. “I can’t seem to forget that day.” She added. pouring another orange juice in a glas-scup for Zoe.
Zoe appeared by her side. “But that happened for like seven years or so. It’s pretty a very long time and it’s in the past now.”
Gina handed her the glas-sfilled with orange juice and grabbed hers from the counter. “You are right. But that doesn’t still change the fact that I am still traumatized.”
They both made their way to the living room and sat down. Zoe sipped from her glas-sand exhaled de-eply. She dropped the glas-son the table and glance at her friend. Gina was just staring at the juice like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
She couldn’t forget that day no matter how ha-rd she try to. Before of that, she became traumatized and distant herself from men. Because she was scared. She was pained.
Zoe slowly placed her hand over Gina’s. Gina flinched over that contact and quickly pulled away from Zoe.
“Are you alright? Should I call Olive over?” Zoe asked.
Gina quickly shook her head in disagreement. “No. She’s busy at work.”
“You are also her patient.”
She shook her head again. “I’m fine. I guess I just need rest.” She stood up to her feet and dropped the glas-scup filled with juice on the table. “I will be upstairs.” She for-ced a smile on her li-ps before leaving the living room.
Zoe watch her friend climb the stairs until she disappeared into one of the rooms. Zoe sighed and rested her head on the chair. Her friend needs help. She was still hurting from the past.
****
“Yes, Zoey.” Olive replied as she answered the call.
“Are you busy?” Zoe asked, throu-ghthe other line.
“Not really. What is it?”
Zoe sighed and ma-ssages her temple. Gina had asked her not to call Olive but she has to call Olive. she needs to tell Olive what’s going on with Gina.
“It’s Gina. The trauma is coming back again.”
“The trauma?”
“About what happened years back during college.”
Olive hesitate for a really long time as soon as those words left Zoe’s li-ps. She shut her eyes close for a while and took in some de-ep calming breath before opening her eyes.
“Is she okay?” She now asked.
“I can’t say about that. But at work today, she just keeps venting her hate and frustration on Clayton. Gina needs help.”
“where is she now?”
“In her room. Sleeping, I guess.”
“Alright. When I get back from work I will go over to her home and have some words with her. You don’t have to worry. She will be fine.”
Zoe sighed heavily and said. “I hope so.”
*****
“Stop running, Elsa.” Phoebe said to her daughter as they walked into their home. Elsa just grinned and ran her way upstairs. “ELSA. IF YOU DARE INJURE YOURSELF, I’M SO GOING TO BE MAD AT YOU!” She threatened but Elsa had already disappeared into her room.
She shook her head and placed her bag and her daughter’s school bag on the couch and walked over to the kitchen.
“ELSA, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT?”
Elsa ran back downstairs with her iPod to play a game with. Olive was the one who got her the iPod for a birthday present. She loves Olive more. Maybe it’s because Olive was a doctor and she dreams of becoming one.
“Chicken nugget.” she said with a grin. “And hot chocolate!”
Phoebe rolled her eyes. She wasn’t even surprise at her choice of food. Those were her favorite. She grabbed some fresh chicken from the refrigerator.
“Have you done your homework?” She asked.
“I can’t do it on my own.” She said and started playing a game. Phoebe walked over to her daughter and snatched the iPod from her. “Mom.” Elsa whined.
“First, you are going to take your bath. Eat your food then do your homework before playing any game. Okay?” Elsa pouted at her mother. “Don’t make that face on me. Now move it.”
“How about the chicken nuggets. I’m hungry.”
“Stop being stubborn, Elsa. Or am going to tell Aunty Olive that you are being so stubborn and you know what’s going to happen of I tell her.”
Olive had promised to take Elsa to the hospital and show her around. Elsa dream was to become a doctor like Olive so she was very happy.
“Fine.” Phoebe smiled over her daughter’s stubbornness and they both went upstairs. No matter how stubborn her child is, she still love her with all of her heart. She can’t love her princess less.
****
“Who is there?” Phoebe questioned as she made her way to towards the door. Someone had just knocked against the door.
Elsa was busy playing a game on her iPod. Phoebe opens the door but found no one out there. She looked left and right but there was no body.
“That was weird.” She said in a whisper. She was going to close the door when she sighed a note laying on the ground. She knitted her brows in confusion before picking the note up and walking into her house with the note.
She was going to open the note when she heard Elsa’s scream. She dropped the note on the floor and ran towards the direction where she scream had sounded from.
She saw Elsa on the floor, crying.
“My love. What happened?” Phoebe asked her daughter.
“My leg.” Elsa said in between tears. Phoebe picked her up in her arms and carried her to the living room.
“I thought I asked you to sit here and play your game without doing anything stupid. look, you are injured.” Phoebe said as she sniffed. She hates it whenever her daughter was injured, sick or was in tears. She always hurt her like crazy.
“I was only thirsty. Mommy, my leg hurts.” She cried out.
“Don’t worry. Mommy is here, okay?” Phone picked up her leg and started blowing air into the leg. “Mommy is blowing it with a magic air… it’s going to get healed now. So stop crying, or else mommy is going to cry too.”
Elsa wiped her tears off. “I’ve stopped crying. I don’t want to see mommy crying.”
Phoebe smiled and ki-ssed her daughter on her forehead. Now, let’s go and treat it, Doctor Elsa.”
Elsa started laughing. Phoebe picked up her daughter in her arms and carried her to the room, forgetting about the note she had found in front of her house.
****
?Few Hours Later?
Gina had just woken up from sleep. She was a bit calm and was feeling much more better than earlier. She stood up to her feet and made her way to the living room.
Zoe had already left the house. But she had prepared dinner for Gina before leaving.
Gina smiled and sat down at the dinning to eat the meal.
After some minutes, she was done with the food. She went to the living room and sat down on the couch. She collected her laptop and opened it.
She needs to work. She brou-ght out the notes and also the roses. She read the notes over and over again but she couldn’t find anything connected between the two letters.
She was about to stand up on her feet when one of the note fell to the ground. The note was facing down . That is, the written place was facing down while the back of the note was facing up. Gina bent over to pick it up when she sighted a writing at the back of the note.
She picks up the letter and glance at the writing. She quickly picked up the other letter and turned back to see if it was there, it was also there.
“Roses can be dangerous too.” She read out loud in a gasp.
****
Elsa had eaten already and had fallen asleep. Phoebe came downstairs to wash the dishes when she sighted the note laying on the ground.
“Oh. this again.” She picks up the letter and opened it to see what was written on it.
It’s a circle. A seven Circle. And the edge begins with you. Wondering what I mean? You will fiind out…?.
“What is the meaning of this?” Phoebe asked herself in confusion. She was going to crumble the note when she sighted another writing at the back. She glance throu-ghit.
Roses can be dangerous too.
That was what was written.
Question: Do you think Phoebe is the next victim? COMMENT!