Welcome to Bayville, your final destination

Chapter 8

Riley locks both my and mom's elbows with his elegantly. We took nice long strides down the steps, down the lobby hall, and we got to a huge door almost as tall as the ceiling. Riley lets go of my mom and tells her to enter first. I'm about to let go of Riley but he holds me tighter and pushes through the doors. Every eye in the room was on us. As we extend down the stairs I see reporters at the bottom taking our picture. Once we're down they immediately begin with questions.

'Do you live here now' 'Is this your new boyfriend?' 'Does Rider know you moved on so quickly' 'Are you shooting a movie here?' 'Why did you choose to come to this festival?' All these questions are giving me a migraine but never the less I bit my tongue and smiled. "Please all of your questions will be answered shortly until then please enjoy this wonderful experience I know I will" is all I said and continued to walk. The room was four times bigger than the bottom floor of my new house. A few round tables around the perimeter. The back wall is all windows with a glass door in the middle. Outside the window, you could see more than twenty mini booths with all types of activities, food, charms, etc. You can tell it is an event everyone truly loves. The smile on everyone's faces fills me with happiness, this is the happiness that I have dreamed of almost all my life no wonder my dad loved it here, if only he was here. Riley removed his arm and placed his hand on my back leading me to the stage. "I'll let you go have fun in just a second. We need to do an announcement." He says then turns towards the crowd. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, we are here for the luxurious festival. We have an exciting newcomer here for the first time. She is none other than the actress Alyssa Stains" The crowd applauds while reporters are getting every shot and recordings they can. "Well for starters I would like to say Thank you for having me. This is not my first time here though... my father... he took me one year and I had never wanted to leave, sadly the festival lasts only a day. Everyone here today deserves to loosen up and have the fun that is much deserved. As for the questions which I know some of you would like me to answer. Well, here they are... I am a guest here, this town is beautiful and I couldn't ask to be anywhere else at this moment. And as I said multiple times. I am not looking for a relationship. I'm on vacation traveling place to place. Now if there is anything else I'll take six questions" I say smiling at the crowd with Riley directly behind me.

'Why only six questions?' A reporter said, "My father passed at the age of six. Next" I always get that as my first question. 'Are you and Mr. Grayson involved' another dumb question. "No I'm a guest, there is nothing intimate about us" 'How long will you be here?' Hmm, how should I answer that... "Well... as long as Mr. Grayson here will have me, although this sweet town loves its tourists they also respect the quiet nature brings. So before I move on I hope to see the whole town before I leave, something this beautiful just can't be passed up in my eyes. So thank you for your questions but I will have to cut this short, please do enjoy" before they ask why I walk off the stage. My head hurts so bad I'm spinning. 'Just smile pick your head up and exit the room QUICKLY' There was that whisper again. I still did as it said. Hearing the voice lessens the pain but it still feels unbearable. I find the nearest exit and let my body override my mind. I don't know where I'm going but I know where ever I am going I am meant to go there. Suddenly I stopped. My eyes widened as I see the same door in my dream. It was as if I was dreaming all over again. I open the door and slowly push it open. What the? Why does it look so familiar? If it were my guess it use to be a library. I walk further in looking around a bit. I walk to the desk in the middle of the room. I slide my fingers across the desk and felt dust instantly. Yep totally abandoned. I walk over to the bookshelves looking at all the books and I spot something. A children's section. Skimming through it I stopped with the brightest smile. The Never Ending Story... I go to pull it out but couldn't. Instead, I heard a click then I hear something move. I turn around to find out that one of the bookshelves disappeared. Now it's a safe where the shelf was. I walk to the safe and my eyes tear. 'Dad's initials' as fast as it came it also went. Am I seriously going crazy because that's what it feels like? I touch the lock pad and put in the date of my dad and my favorite moment. When I turned the knob it unlocked. Okay, what is the actual fudge knuckle? Inside was a book. It says vol. 2 along with a lot of papers with my name on them. I grab the book which leads to a file falling and scattering the floor. As I pick them up to put them back I noticed Riley's name.

What I saw hit something deep down. 'Three males dead, one teenager found with all three victims' blood on him, did he do it?' His dull lifeless eyes shown in the report give me the feeling he most likely did it. The thought that if this was true that means I'm living with a killer and that terrified me. My stomach churns in disgust. I didn't want to see any more. I put the file back and shut the door, and as soon as I did the bookshelf came back. I quickly exit the room but decided not to return to the ballroom. I want to go outside, I need to clear my thoughts and fresh air. As I'm about to exit my arm is grabbed. I look to see who it is but right away I don't see them "May I have a dance" My eyes follow the voice and I see such a cute little boy. "And how old are you" I took his hand and lead him to the dance floor. "Ten but I can marry you in eight more years so wait for me" I laughed at his comment. We have an entertaining conversation and man is he a fan. "Adan I'm going to take it from here." My body freezes in fear. 'Act normal i***t' the whisper is talkative today. Riley takes my hand in his while the other rest right above my butt. He pulls us against him so we're chest to chest. "Where did you go" his voice cold and stern. I try not to tremble but I don't know if it working. "I had a migraine, I needed to be alone for a bit, it use to happen a lot when I was younger, but it went away when I was acting now..." I stare into his eyes hoping he doesn't realize that was just half the truth. "What's on your hip?" He asks still suspicious. "My father's book remember when I had it this morning" he stayed quiet and I assumed he is satisfied with my answer. We dance gracefully. My body fit in his perfectly. If there wasn't an announcement that I have no relationship with him everyone will see me as his and his only, the song was almost over, and of course, he had to be cliché by twirling me and then dipping. I didn't notice we were the only ones dancing until everyone began clapping which startled me therefore I look around to find us in the center while others that were next to us had all left the floor to watch us. "F***" I heard Riley swear, following his gaze I realized why he said those words. The reporter had filmed the whole thing.