CHAPTER 9
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Aurora goes to Kalmin’s rest house with Raven. She takes a quick shower there and changes her clothes. She’s thankful that she brought extra clothes. She doesn't want her mother to see that she’s still dirty and looks like s**t even though they swim in the river.
“Thank you so much Kalmin and Raven! I owe you for this! Thank you so much!” Aurora said and smiled.
“You’re welcome! Come on, we will walk with you so Auntie Grecia will not be worried or ask anything you don’t want to answer right now,” Raven replied and Kalmin agreed with his sister.
AURORA'S is nervous while knocking on the door. A second ago, the door opened and her mother hugged her tight.
“Oh my God! I’m so worried about you because it’s already night! Thank god you’re okay!” Grecia said to her daughter then slowly stopped hugging her.
“Thank you Kalmin and Raven for accompanying her, I appreciate it!”
“You’re welcome, Auntie Grecia!” Kalmin responded.
“She’s my friend so you’re always welcome, Auntie!” Raven replied too and left after they said goodbye.
“Come in! The dinner is already prepared,” Aurora’s mom said. She slowly walks inside the house after closing and locking the door.
“How’s the swimming?” Grecia asked her daughter while eating.
“It went well mom,” Aurora answered and her mind says liar!
“That’s good, I was so worried about you. Now, I felt relieved after seeing you that you’re okay,” Grecia said and they finished eating dinner silently. After that, they both went to their own room.
Aurora enjoys watching the cloudy sky. She remembered the man she saw in the old mansion. Then, her dream a day ago started flashing back on her mind and realized something. She realized that the blurry mansion looks the same to the old mansion she saw an hour ago in the Vesarious forest.
“Don’t tell me that one of the scenes in my dreams is coming t-true?” Aurora questioned herself and slowly, her hand reached her lips and covered her own mouth while thinking deeply.
Because of that, she can’t sleep even if she did anything just to be tired. She feels frustrated at the moment. Her heart skips faster and faster. Aurora felt nervous, she didn't know what to do or what to say, she just felt nervous. She feels like something bad will happen. Aurora shook her head and closed the window and hurriedly lay on her bed until she fell asleep while thinking about her dreams and what happened in the creepy and old mansion in the middle of the forest.
It's a silent night. Aurora heard the chirp only of the crickets. It’s only the moon and the flashlight she’s holding that gives a light in her way. She didn’t know but she feels like she needs to go on their flower farm. Her heart keeps beating faster and she’s freaking nervous for an unknown reason!
No one is on the outside. Also, the houses’ lights are turned off and the windows and doors are locked. She bet, she was the only one outside, walking even though it's already midnight. In every step, her heart beats faster and faster and she feels like it will break apart.
Aurora saw the big and strong gate on their flower farm. She was confused when she saw a dirty hand print in the gate. The dirt seems like mud. Aurora realized that she’s correct when she slowly touched the dirt.
She opened the gate and she smelled something like blood. Aurora became more confused and suddenly, she saw dirty footprints. This time, it’s not mud only, she also sees some drops of fresh blood around. Her eyes widened after looking around her and saw all the flowers were dead.
Aurora screams the word “no” loudly because of so much frustration and anger she felt.
AURORA quickly sat on her own bed and felt what she felt every time she woke up after having a bad dream. She takes a bath to relax her mind and after eating breakfast with her mother, they decide to go to the flower farm.
Aurora can’t help but to think about her dream. “Why do I feel like it will come true?” she asked herself in her mind.
She and her mom are just near the gate when one of the workers in the flower farm runs faster towards them. In his and the others' facial expressions, something bad happened that they still didn’t know.
“Ma’am Aurora, Ma’am Grecia! The f-flowers, the f-flowers--”
“What is with the flowers?” Grecia, her mom asked the man.
Instead of asking the same question to the man, Aurora quickly runs to go inside while holding her mother’ hand. Then, Aurora’s facial expression was gone. She can’t let out any words from her mouth. She just knows she and her mother can’t believe what they are seeing right now in front of them.
“The f-flowers are… d-dead,” her mom whispered weakly and almost fainted. They asked the staff and they didn’t know what happened. They also just see the flowers are all dead. Someone put a thing in every root and flowers so it will be dead.
“No! This is not happening! F*ck! No! N-No!” her mom shouted frustratedly and Aurora cried.
“Trust us, Ma’am Aurora, Ma’am Grecia, we also didn’t know what happened. We’re all shocked when we saw this just a while ago…” the guard said sincerely and the other men workers agreed with him.
Aurora just keeps hugging her mother while it’s screaming sadly and angrily. They called an investigator and police to investigate what happened to their farm. All the men workers have no work now because of what happened. Aurora is now thinking what she should do to have a source of income to use for their everyday life.
DAYS HAD PAST and the police and investigators didn’t know what happened other than that someone put a thing on the roots and roses’ flowers. They can’t trace who ever did it. Grecia is crying these past nights like her daughter.
Now, Grecia is sitting silently on the seashore together with Raven and Anna’s parents. While Aurora is walking with Raven and Anna.
“So… what’s your p-plan now, Aurora?” Raven asked her so the deafening silence broke.
“I d-don’t know, I’m thinking how can I get a job so I’ll have money for me and mom,” Aurora replied and sighed heavily.
“Don’t worry, we will give you some food and everyday needs. We are willing to help. And we will try to help you find a job,” Anna said and Raven agreed.
“Thank you so much for being by my side, especially now,” Aurora responded and hugged her best friends.
“You’re always welcome, Aurora. What are friends for? Don’t worry too much, huh?” Raven uttered.
“I can’t, I’m worrying too much these past few days. We didn’t know who did it to our flower farm. We still can't accept what happened. I’m sure if my grandparents are still alive, they will never ever accept what happened too,” Aurora answered.
“We understand, just always keep in your mind that we’re here always for you, to help you and Auntie Grecia, okay?” Aurora can’t stop her tears falling from her eyes down to her cheeks.
“Again, t-thank you s-so much! Thank you, Anna! Thank you, Raven!”
AURORA feels a little bit okay because of her best friends. Aurora might have only two friends but she’s sure that they are real and they always understand her, understanding and staying when it is needed the most.
“Wait, you said that you’re dreaming badly, right? Did you also dream bad again? We s-saw the black cat with the red eyes you were saying,” Anna said in a low tone of voice. She let out a deep breath before she started speaking.
“I dreamed again,” she answered shortly, making Anna and Raven look at her like they have lots of questions.
“I dreamed about walking outside. I’m j-just the only one who's outside and walking even though it’s already midnight. The moon and flashlight are my only source of light. T-Then, I saw a dirty hand p-print, and when I opened the g-gate, I saw footprints and a drop of b-blood. I looked around me in my d-dream and I saw all the f-flowers are d-dead. My d-dream, my bad dream c-comes true,” Aurora said and started trembling. She also stuttered while talking and her tears started falling from her eyes down to her cheeks again.
“Shh! We’re sorry! We shouldn't ask you about this. We’re sorry! Aurora--”
“It’s okay, it’s o-okay. I don’t know. I feel frustrated these past days because of that. First, I saw the black cat w-with red eyes personally, s-second the old m-mansion that I realized that it’s the blurry m-mansion in my bad dream. N-Now, this, our flower farm. I don’t know what to do! My b-bad dreams are starting to come true,” she said while crying.
“God, what did I do to experience this? Please, help me, help us. Please?”
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