A few women had left to get extra supplies along with Thelma, Rose and Olivia
It was only until last night that we realized that people still eat and water is an essential of life. With the villagers crashing at the hotel, all this supplies need to be in the hotel with usSome other women had volunteered to get the farm produce they had and others go to get anything they might find and the rest especially the younger ones arrange for water from the hotelThis leaves me and the Boys the opportunity to find out where these men stayed. We need to know if they stay at the mansion or another placeThe mansion is going to be our last resort or in essence we are not going there, if we have checked everywhere and no sign of anyone then the only plausible location will be the mansionAnother thing we hope to find is how they transport themselves. We all can recall that it was a long drive to this place and if we go by foot â I donât even want to imagine what my pretty legs will have to say about thatSo we just aimlessly scan the forest area around the village, knowing well to mark the places we have been so we donât go in circles, another thing to consider was the border to the village, I sincerely donât want to convulse to deathFollowing willowâs lead we roam the forest sliding across trees and stepping slowly on the soft soil areasI was careful to cover every inch of my skin with the thick black leather pants I wore with ankle boots and black leather jacket that covered my pink tank topI had decided to wash my hair and carefully brush it with every product I could get my hands on so my hair manage to glow and the messy curls have straightened a bit so I donât look so much like shit anymore when I leave it to fall on my shoulders and I did apply a little lipstick â at least I shine a littleWillow has his attire from when we first met him and Tony has a jacket on jeans with a black round neck top inside. He huge hands cover mine as he gently pull me through the forest. We had deodorant sprays handy in case something comes up and we couldnât make it backA black rope that wounded tree to tree appear before us and we stop âthis must be the borderâ Willow says and bends over, he digs a little into the ground and rips out the orange material and flaunts it at our faces âthis is one of themâ he says and we nod along.One of the weird codes we were wasting our time trying to read was carved into the tree âI think we are not compulsorily digging out all of them to be able to leave, we just need to dig some particular onesâ I suggestâhow would you know that?â Willow asks with a grinâOlivia, apparently she was the one in the hut that you ransacked. She had someone trying to get her outâ I never told them Olivia's storyMaybe because I wasn't sure if it was my place to and she was too emotional that day that I couldn't asked her if I could tell the othersâwait⌠what?!â Tony yells and I slap my palm on his mouth but he eyes still popâI forgot to tell you guys ââ the fact here is that whatever it was she knew might be our bet to survival and I am not willing to keep the info we might need to survive. If she didn't trust me to make this kind of decisions she wouldn't have told me on the first placeWe continue strolling as I fill them in on what Olivia told me that night excluding the part of what brought her here in the first place. I donât think she would appreciate everyone knowing that. Willow nods and smilesâshe had always known something. But still didnât say anythingâ he tsk and forces the orange material into his hoody front pocketâyea, she had left the village too but she got caught before she could go farâ I respondTony hisses to himself âI always knew something was off about her. Good thing I finally fitted the puzzleââI get it now, he wrote out the ones that needed to be removed for her to be able to cross overâ Willow says slowing his steps for us to catch upâmaybe because they are too many or removing all have a different effect on the villageâ I respondâdoesnât matter, we just focus on the ones he wrote outâ Tony declaresâthis one?â Willow rips the material from his pocket and points it at usâI donât know⌠since we already removed it, we can just leave with itâ Tony says and I shrug in supportâor burn it alreadyâ I blurtâwe should circle the border, thanks to this rope we will not cross it. maybe we would find something usefulâ Willow turns away from us againâsounds like a good planâ Tony finalizesA stroll through the border wasnât as easy as we earlier stated, the uneven ground below us and the numerous deeps we had to circle round made sure we expended the junk we had consumed before coming out hereWe had gone through this for some time now and we settled to rest a little before we continue from where we stopped,and like that we continue aimlesslyWe only had to go a few extra miles before we would come across something that kept us gaping from where we hidIt was a house â I mean a small unpainted house. It is tiny and cube-like, the unkept metal door and rough zinc roof covered with long leaves in some areas showed that the house was rushedThe brick structure was visible and around the house were low grasses and a black tinted bus was packed in front of the building that face away from a narrow untarred road path. Apart from that, nothing else. But it was just a few miles from the borderWe sit on the soil waiting for anything but what we are currently looking at. Time went by and the bus is still packed in front of the tiny houseâthe house is quiet and look emptyâ I say with a ragged breathâyea, this could be their meeting placeâ Willow whispers cutting his eye at me - yea, maybe I was a little bit too loudâif they fit into this place then they can only be a handful of themâ Tony counters scowling at the buildingâwhich I highly doubt, there is still the mansion for habitationâ I sayâso what is the use for this house then?â Willow asks turning towards usâI donât know, maybe they meet with their client here. That over thereâ Tony points to the solar panel lined on the floor a few miles from the house and we follow his finger âit is a solar panel and although it doesnât seem like it, it powers the houseââwow, electricity⌠its been agesâ Willow whispers and I grin at him knowing better not to laughâbut the house is too small to house people in it and it is totally unkeptâ I sayâit could be their storage place. Looks like that to meâ Tony saysWillow tsk âto store what exactly?â he asks and their lids tear apart slowly, then they both look at meâcan we not?â I hiss at them âI know you guys are thinking organs and all those scary thoughtsââthat is the only plausible explanationâ Willow says with amusement written on his face and Tony blows a laughAre they really teasing me right now? Or is this their way of adsorbing the fact that this secret organization might need our organs?âthere is a lot of plausible explanation guysâ I roll my eyes at themâshe is right, let us not jump into uncomfortable conclusionsâ Tony says and I smile at him in responseâof course she isâ Willow rolled his eyes and backs us and I silently giggle making him groans in frustrationâWe will first remove all âwhatever this isâ from where they are buried so we can be able to leave the villageâ Willow announces to us We are in his beaded house, where we had initially planned to create our escape plan in. Since from the looks of it, our captors will have no idea what happens here unlike the hotel that is brewing with cameras It has not been long we had returned from the border and the rest have already been waiting for us We only took time because we were trying to wait long enough for something to happen at the brick house and still no sign of anything so we gave up when our patience ran out âThen we will need a vehicle that will convey us to the beach, Oliviaâs friend had left a boat for her we can use it to leave this placeâ I say, looking at Olivia and she nods along Apparently she had filled the girls in on what she told me so we didn't have to go through that again âwe saw a packed vehicle outside a house and that house was virtually emptyâ Willow continu
âI may have recovered a bit of my memoryâ Thelma says she is walking beside Rose and behind me and Olivia while Tony and Willow are behind all of us She seems to have gotten close to Rose and the said Rose had found someone to cling to after Tony told her about us. We are not really together since I really want to take care of my past relationship baggage first âAnd what would that be?â Tony asks sweetly and she chuckles lightly âI may have driven off the bridge on the last day I rememberâ she says slowly as if trying to observe our reaction. We all stop and turn to her almost simultaneously and she folds her lips with a shy expression âwhat?â I half-yell if anyone had told me that Thelma would ever plan to end her own life, I would laugh at the person and sip from my cup of coffee afterwards. First was Olivia and now Thelma? âyup, I might have drank too much and it just felt right and so I just did itâ she tried to make it seem casual but her breaking voice betrays her âwhy di
After a while of sitting together and just letting the cool evening breeze caress us as we digest the story we had opened up to each other about We continue our journey again but this time it felt good, holding hands and walking with the people I grew to be real with We didnât care about our pride or how we wanted to be perceived instead we let ourselves to be vulnerable and we learned to embrace our weak sides and our experiences bonded us the more I have found the real friends I have always wanted. Not the kind I hang around with in school, the kind I boast to about how often I made my nails, they will talk about their expensive clothes and they complement my hair while I fake compliments at their crooked make up the truth is, I had a true kind of friendship with Olivia but I was so used to looking for perfection and gloating in my superiority complex that I didnât appreciate her enough. Maybe I wasnât a good friend after allWe might have been caught in the moment when we
Change of plans, apparently our captors are ahead of us and they have sent someone to join us to keep a close eye on us If he dies, they would start to suspect and if he donât we wouldnât know how to get through with our plan. He is at liberty to keep an eye on us and he would definitely want in on whatever plan we might have. But I did find a good fight topic, I just hope the others catch on real quickâI am Thelmaâ Thelma smiles and stretches her hand for a shake, when Harper return the gesture she pulls him in for a hug insteadâThelmaâ I drag her name. She breaks free and scowls at meâWhat? He is cuteâ she winked at him and he lets out an awkward chuckle. We havenât told them that Harper was one of the two people that carried the dead body we watched that day. If not she wouldnât even want to touch him one bitâI am Rose âââThat is allâ Tony interrupts her and she hits his shoulder âdonât bore him with the whole flower stuffâ we all break into a cackle at Tonyâs wordsâI
Everything Olivia said about me was true and harsh but for some reason I was only hurt by what I said to her insteadI only started to fire back because of the plan we cooked up but the moment the first sentence leave my mouth, I lost control and just like that I spilled everything that had weighed me down for a long time now and more so I broke down the wall that protected me from my true self and now I am staring at the real Bella.Not some front, not the class president, not Miss 2017 of my high school, but me. The Bella only Olivia knew, the Bella I have hidden from myself all those years and yet in the midst of all the tension and panicking, I still felt relieved I was happy to finally see her, I wanted to make her better, to grow her and to love her. But I hurt my friend and I need to make up for it the best I could but then again is this plan that I cannot destroyâBella, are you ok?â Tonyâs deep voice pierce through my subconscious and I am completely aware of my surround
Anthonyâso, you like Bella huh?â Harper asks slowly enough to confirm he wasnât provoking a punch.âI do hate youâ I respond almost as fast and he flinches at my response. The fact that he is extra jumpy is enough reason to suspect him if we hadnât seen him that dayâwhy would you hate someone you just met?ââlets seeâŚâ I breath in with my hand below my jaw like I was thinking âyou are disgusting and you smell like death, how about that?â I face him briefly and continue walking forwardâouch!â he exclaims and jogs to cover the distance I had created between us while he was trying to process what I just said âlook, I am going to try to win your heartsââjust focus on making us not hate you further. Tip number oneâ I point out a finger at his face âshut the fuck up or I will shut it myselfâ I fume at him briefly until he steps back and nods âgoodâThat was enough to keep him quiet as we stroll through the house checking each, I did make him shout out for Olivia and Willow interm
âSo the family in the mansion, did you ever see them?â Tony asks the old man and he interprets to the group of villagers that were sitting around us and they all nod sideways I do the very thing I have always loved to do just that now is for the right reasons â I am watching Harper closely as the conversation with the villagers grew If we cannot ask him anything then we can observe him and count anything that does not count as part of the normal human behavior as clueAll these is frustrating especially when I grew up where people just ask questions when they get curious and all the more tensed is the fact that we would sleep tonight with Harper in the same hall as us How would I sleep knowing that? I think he might have scratched his head nervously when a villager mentioned that they had wanted to go to the mansion themselves since it was the root of all these problems but the stories they heard discouraged them That woman must have spread the stories, right or wrong⌠I don'
As agreed, Rose is going to stay back with Olivia while I and the boys with Thelma will head to the mansion the next day. I didn't know what the outcome might be, I mean, something bad could happen to any of us even the hotel might not be totally safe and I really want to make up with Olivia before everything changes tomorrowI had stepped over the rod gate earlier after we dug out some of the artifacts from the ground and that proved that we were finally able to leave the village without dying first but we still need to figure out the aspect of the men and the shadows and then finding the boat and the ride that would take us to the boatThe real fact now is that things has changed and at this stage we could lose anyone and even as much as I don't want to think too much of it, I still know that it is a possibilities and I really want Olivia to know that I love her so much and I am very sorry and I hate myself so much for what happened between usI turn to look at her, she had backe