The sound of the ticking clock rang in my ears, the sound of air hitting things, and the loudness of silence."I'm sorry, what?"Serena puffed with those eyes rolling to the back of her head. "How foolish are you, human?"Making a face, I blew the smoke of her fire. "It's not the first time you told me that I'm an idiot," said a fact. "Although, not always, but you're implying that I am.""You have heard what I said," she evoked. "However, at this moment, you will take no aid from a golden flower. Instead, you will have to make it real."I stood up and waved my arms negatively. "I'm sorry, but if you don't know, he's married."She only lifted an eyebrow at me.Should I take the hint that she has no idea of what I'm talking about?Does her world have no couple-to-couple relationships?"Do you know what marriage is?" I asked with my arms, akimbo."I am no stranger to your kind's life. I've been here more than once," she answered with a proud stoic look on her face. "If you wish to keep y
Wiping my running nose, I sat on the floor and once again hurried my face on my pillows.Only if I could suffocate myself.From outside, I can hear Monica's shuffles.What the hell is she doing in the middle of the night?Saving myself from stress, I reluctantly hopped out of bed and headed outside.At the end of the hallway, I saw Monica's figure headed to the stairs."Monica?" Following her downstairs, I frowned when the lights stayed off. "Monica?"Switching the lights on, my frown went deeper when I saw the back door open.One thing I've learned from Monica is that she never leaves one window open, let alone the back door. The woman is always perturbed about her safety."Monica, you out here?" I softly shouted in the backyard.With the flickering dim lights sending me a signal to close the door, without any ceremony left to wonder, I slammed it close and locked it.But as I pivoted, I yelled in surprise upon seeing a familiar tall figure of the fantasy world.Mellon.What the hell
Grunting and panting, I pulled Mellon's body up the stairs."You are certainly going to die, Nicole. You just hit the most powerful creature from the other world. You are dead!" I yelled to myself and had the most relieved sigh when I had him on the bed.A forming bruise is evident on the left side of his face.Grimacing, I ran to the vanity, took a concealer, and applied it to his face."Okay, now he's fixed. What am I going to do?"Looking around like a lost kid, I found the mirror from inside the bathroom and started to knock on it."Serena? Are you there?"But even after trying to manifest her presence, not even the tip of her hair was seen."Oh, gosh. I am so in trouble."The night was longer than I thought until the sun began to rise.I can hear Monica having a concert in her bathroom, singing at the top of her lungs as if she's not going to scare some crows of the morning.Scratching my eyes, a realization hit me.For sure, Monica will enter my room. And what if she sees Mellon
"Sir, coffee with cream." I placed the cup down on his desk while he was on the phone.Holding his index finger up, he walked to the glass window with his broad back facing me.Standing by his table, I managed to eavesdrop. He wanted me to wait, so I might as well listen to what stress he's got in his head."That is why I am making up with you tonight," he said, begging in tone. "Why can't you understand me? I'm doing this for us."A selfish and irrational wife, good luck to him."When did I ever do that? I have proven my loyalty to you. I never cheated. All the women you never liked are out of the way. What else do you want me to do?"I'm perfectly amused. How can Eric be so calm like this when the Eric I knew, one wrong word, he'll explode like a super active volcano?"I'm working, Marie. Why can't you trust me? Did I ever look at any women? Did I bring a woman to our house? No, Marie -"For some reason, I felt bad for him."Marie? Marie!" He checked his phone just to find out that
My smile fell just like how Eric's laugh faded and was turned into a gape of worry."Marie..." Eric uttered.There's wrath in her eyes as she looks at us in anger, jealousy, and pain. Her fists are balled on her sides, her breathing is uneven, and her whole face turns red."Don't jump to conclusions, we were just talking," calmly uttered Eric as he stood up from his chair and approached his wife, who was glaring at me.Standing up on my chair, I felt uneasy.If eyes could kill, Marie had committed a bloody murder right now."Don't touch me," With so much enunciation, Marie uttered. Her gritting teeth made her already-defined jaw clench and boast.She's tall, so tall that she's almost taller than Eric because of the three-inch heels she's wearing. With one kick from her, I'd be flying in the air without any wings to flap and fall dead."Who is that woman?""She's my new secretary," he simply answered the question, Eric had a deep sigh when Marie pushed him to the side and stomped her f
"It's the truth," I convinced Monica about the truth, about everything I had experienced and about everything that happened to me.Sighing, she joined me at the chair and held my hand. "Nicole, I know that everything goes rough and hard and rough, yes? But you should also know that even how fast things happen, I'll always be here to keep up."Lifting an eyebrow at her choice of words, I was exasperated. "You're saying that you don't believe me, right?""I believe you, I do. Even if you tell me that you saw a double-headed sheep or a flying pig. I will believe you," she lied."You're not taking me seriously," I told her. "I know that if I told you everything, you would think that I'm crazy.""What? No, I don't," she denied."Yeah, you do.""Alright," she cuts. "Why don't you give me evidence that this world you're talking about exists and then, let's solve it together?"Her tone is so good to listen to, she's understands my situation the best she can and I'm very ecstatic to know that
Tapping my forefinger on the white mug, I watched how Monica paced back and forth in front of me, and I was starting to get dizzy."Can you sit and calm down for a second?" I asked when I noticed that she didn't seem to stop moving around while flicking her hands in the air."Nicole, not now, okay? This is me trying to calm myself, okay?" She said, and I let her be."Okay.""I can't believe it. It was real. He was real. And whatever world you guys are talking about, it's real. I just saw a monster," she mumbled to herself."You can't calm yourself.""Yes, I can." She took a pitcher from the refrigerator and drank from it like a drunken master."Look, Monica, I'm sorry."Burping, she confusingly looked at me."All of these happened because of me." Placing my palm on my chest, I admit. "And I couldn't blame anyone else because I was being foolish and taking everything unserious. So, it all ended up here, and I messed up."She paused for a second. Finally, I saw the stress in my face."T
Standing behind the tall bushes, Monica and I peeped inside the mansion where Eric lives.It's peaceful, looking like a palace that was kept clean and away from dust at all costs. It's so quiet."Are you sure that this is the house?" Monica whispered to me while adjusting her glasses."Yeah, I've been here before. I'm 79 percent sure that this is his house."Turning at me, she gave me a look. "Seventy-nine? That's our lifeline depends? Girl, if we're caught tiptoeing here and acting like burglars or paparazzi, we're dead.""Not really, but in jail, maybe?""Wow, what a nice encouragement. I'm moved," Sarcastically muttered Monica. "Can you be specific, at least? What if we get inside and your speculation is wrong? What are we going to do?"Stepping on a higher rock, I saw that there were a couple of dog houses sitting by the garden. Who does that?"They've got two Dobermans, I don't want my bones chewed by those nasty dogs!" She yelled in a whisper."They could be nice," I tried lookin