Hidden Valley

My Pleasure

Amaya opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings. Confused, she sat up and realized that she had been on the floor all this while, a muddy one to be precise.

" What the..." she exclaimed as she stood up and looked around, finally noticing the mountains and swamps that surrounded her.

"Where am I?" she asked herself as she tried to take a step, but suddenly tripped over a stone and fell, hurting her knees and elbows in the process.

"Ouch!" she hissed while checking on the gravity of the bruise.

She stood up again and took a look around. In front of her was a clear path with mountains way taller than a skyscraper at the side. There was mist or rather fog around the surroundings, preventing the sun from shining down on this horrible place.

Although it hurts, she took a step forward carefully watching her steps this time. Ignoring all obstacles around her.

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*DEXTON'S MANSION*

"Where is Amaya?" Mr Dexton asked

"How are we supposed to know? I haven't seen that b***h since the party", Lisa the second daughter said

"Watch your tongue, Lisa" Mrs Dexton said which caused an eye roll from Lisa, ignoring it she turned to Nate and said

"Call your sister"

"Yes mom" Nate said as he picked up his phone to give Amaya a call, while Lisa picked up her fork to take a bite of the Italian casserole.

"No eating till Amaya gets here" Mr. Dexton said stopping her.

"What's so special about that b***h, is she a queen or what, why do i have to wait for that low life before I can satisfy my hunger". Lisa snapped

"Lisa!!!" her father cautioned, but that only worsened the situation.

"What!!" she shouted back,

"You know what, I don't give a f**k, I'll go somewhere else to eat, enjoy waiting" she continued as she stood up. Grabbed her bags and keys and left.

"If you take one more step, don't even think of coming back" her father warned, which stopped her.

"Honey calm down, don't go to far" Mrs Dexton pleaded, trying to calm the situation down, unfortunately,

"My pleasure" Lisa said and stormed out of the house.

"Tame your daughter she's getting out of hands" he told his wife and turned to Nate

"How's it going?" he asked.

"She's not picking up, her phone is switched off" Nate said as he dropped his phone on the table and picked up his cutlery to start eating, ignoring his Dad's warning.

Mr. Dexton picked up his phone and made a call.

"I'll give you five minutes to find her" he said, and ended the call. Picking up his cutlery, he looked up and said

"Let's eat"

"Are we just starting?" Nate asked as he wiped the soy sauce at the corner of his mouth with a napkin.

From his empty plate, you could tell he has already had his meal, but well they didn't expect less as they're already used to it

"When are Nora and Lily coming back? They've stayed in grandpa's house way too long", Nate asked as he picked up a burrito ready to devour it. You could tell he's not yet satisfied, as he's quite the foodie.

Next in line, comes Amaya, then Lily.

"Are you..." Just as Elora, Mrs. Dexton was about to respond, Nathaniel Mr Dexton's, phone rang.

"What do you mean you can't find her?, search the CCTV, check where she last went. If you can't find her, forget about living", he shouted and slammed his phone down on the table and after some minutes, he got up and left.

And the rest followed, already losing their appetite.