Charles Whispers

Home Alone

“Elen…!”

"Dad...?" Elen snapped out of her sleep, she felt her father was screaming at this time in a faraway place.

One of her male friends also woke up, he yawned widely with his mouth filled with the strong smell of alcohol.

"Elen? Are you awake?" Tommy asked before laying back down on the bed.

"Did my dad come here?" Elen asked, the sweet girl with an innocent face, but her behavior was not like her innocent look.

"Is there any problem?"

"I felt like I heard my dad screaming in a dream." She said as she got up from the bed. She felt the attack of her father's anger even though her father was not here.

“Hahaha… your dad must be angry right now because you ran away in the middle of night to have a s*x party with us! You are such a naughty girl, Elen!” Tommy continued to tease Elen with his very messy look. Elen was starting to get annoyed with him and became a little sorry for letting stupid Tommy enjoy her body.

Seeing some of her male friends strewn in the same room naked made her realize that she had done something very crazy. Now she was trapped in this room, messy and smelly.

"What's the time now?" Elen asked whoever heard her while pacing around looking for her bag and clothes that were scattered on the floor.

“I don't know!” Tommy said as he threw Elen's phone which was somehow in his hand. Elen's reflex movement quickly caught her phone.

"Oh no! It's bad!” Elen panicked. She was very surprised to see the clock was showing 12 noon. In fact she and her family will leave at 9 this morning

"What is it? Why are you panicking so much, huh?"

“I have to go home now!” Elen panicked to death and tried to put on her clothes without taking a shower first.

"What happen?" Tommy insisted on asking and tried to grab Elen's hand which she quickly brushed off his dirty and disgusting hand.

“Today my family is going to my grandma's house in Lancaster. My grandma is very old and will probably die soon. That's why we're going to visit her!"

"So?"

“We are leaving at 9am but you see what time it is? It's 12 noon! They must have gone and left me!"

"Impossible! Try checking your phone! Maybe there's a message from your family. They may still be waiting for you!”

"That is true! Sometimes you're pretty smart too, Tommy!"

"Tsk, damn it!"

Elen immediately turned on her phone which was dead because it ran out of battery.

"Oh no, the battery runs out, how is it?" Elen felt even more panicked. She immediately took the phone charger and fiddled with her phone again.

"Just relax, if your family leaves you, can you stay here? My family goes on vacation, you can stay here until your family comes home! We can have fun, Elen!" Tommy started to grope Ellen's back, trying to tempt her back into s*x.

Elen shuddered, Tommy's disgusting smile made her feel like throwing up. She didn't know why before she thought Tommy was sexy and wished she could spend the night with him. But now she really wanted to punch that ridiculous face.

“Oh no, how is it? My mom texted me this morning. She must be looking for me!” Despite feeling very sick of Tommy, at the moment the only one she can talk to is Tommy. Remembering the rest of her party friends are still fast asleep.

"That means your family has been calling you! Well, you just go home first and see what's going on. If they're gone, they'll want you to follow. Maybe they left money for you somewhere!"

“They did have to leave me some money otherwise I'd be starving for weeks!”

"You don't have any more money?"

“I only have a little money left, last week I used my pocket money to buy Ron expensive sneakers, I just wanted to impress him because I can also give him what he wants, but you see now? He even dated the ugly girl. He's damn bastard!” She cursed.

“Hahaha… never mind, forget about that bastard! You've made love to all of us, is that still not enough? After all, I'm here. You don't have to worry, I'll definitely take care of you!" Tommy said with the corners of his lips moving closer to Elen.

“Tch, get your face off! I want to go home!" Annoyed, Elen pushed Tommy's face away from hers.

“Hahaha... come on, Elen! Give me one hot kiss!"

"Get out of the way! You bastard! I want to go home!" Elen rudely pushed Tommy and immediately stepped out of the house which made her bad luck.

Elen regretted her stupidity even more, she was sure her father and mother would not be merciful and waited for her for hours. She knew that her father was cruel enough to give her a punishment that would make her miserable.

Elen stopped a passing taxi and got into the cab like a crazy girl filled with the smell of alcohol. She tried to check her wallet just to check how much wealth she had left now.

"Only 30 dollars? Seriously, this is all that's left?" She babbled with a panicked face, making the taxi driver who drove her feel a little uneasy.

"Are you all right, Miss?" Ask the taxi driver.

"Yes, I am fine!" Elen answered him with a sad smile. She wasn't doing well right now and if her family really left her alone, ahe'd be getting worse and worse.

Elen had a feeling that something bad would happen to her soon, she had already guessed that her family would definitely leave her alone at home, and her guess was right.

The house looked very quiet. Elen gulped, she stepped slowly into the door of her house which felt gloomy and eerie like an old cemetery.

"Dad? Mom?" Elen called out for her parents who would not answer her call.

"Sam? Jimmy? Rosie…?” Elen started screaming, calling out the names of her family members one by one. But there was no answer that could calm her down.

"Damn! This is really bad! I don't have any money anymore!" Elen was rooted to the spot. She felt a cold wind blow against her shoulder.

In the midst of the panic that hit, Ellen broke through the doors one by one in the house. This emptiness frightened her. She tried to rummage through every cupboard, hoping to find something like a check, cash or credit card she could use to survive for a few months.

"Oh s**t! There must be something here! Where did you hide it, Dad?" She mumbled hysterically as she rummaged through the cupboards in her house like a thief.

Rang... rang... rang...

Suddenly, her house phone rang, Elen gasped in surprise and hoped it was an incoming call from her parents.

“H-hello, Mom? I-"

“Elen, it's me! When you get home, try to open the little safe in dad's study and you'll find something there. I can't call you right now because when you hear this message, it means we're on a plane. See you!" And it turns out that the sound that was heard was only a voice message from her mother, not an incoming call.

“Oh my God!” Elen immediately ran to her father's study on the second floor, she immediately dismantled and opened the small safe like a professional thief.

"Oh my God, I'm survived!" She said hysterically. But she had to be disappointed again to see the contents of the safe which were only a piece of white paper, a cruise ship ticket and several dollar bills worth 1500 Dollars.

Elen immediately read the letter with a tight chest because she kept running here and there looking for help.

To: Elena Franklin

From: Dad

Elen, I can't believe how bad your behavior has gotten lately. Especially when I'm often out of town for work. Your mom said that every day you are getting naughty and wild. Party and get drunk with your friends and I hope you get into a good university soon.

Actually I wanted to scold you directly, but not here. If you will listen to my anger, hurry up and leave this afternoon on the cruise, I've left a ticket for you. There you must meet Uncle Carl. He is the captain of the ship and he can help you along the way.

I just left a little money and made sure it was enough for the cruise. Hope you can take good care of yourself because there will be no one to help you if you are in trouble. But if you don't want to, then you have to wait for us to come home next September. Have a good time.

"Oh s**t! How about this? I've never been on a ship alone, but if I stay here, I'll starve to death.” Elen fell limp after reading the letter from her father.

She wasn't sure she could wait that long with the little money she had. She knew she had no choice but to follow.

"What can I do now? Oh my God, may I sleep in a luxurious cabin?"

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