Chapter ten
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Bella sighed now and again, she looked intently at the glass of Merlot in front of her as if it held the answer to her confusion.
Her Auburn hair was tied in a little phony tail but strands of it still came off framing her beautiful oval face. Across her neck was a small necklace which she kept twirling between her thumb and index finger.
Her dreams had been irregular in the past few weeks... strange patterns had been revealing themselves one by one...and it had all started with the old lady.
Bella sighed, she had only gone to get some soap, and then the old lady at the cashier grabbed her hand and began muttering some crazy things. Clearly she was nuts, Bella had thought, but since then her life had awkwardly changed.
"Liberare debes, Orco!, Libera Dominus Hades!!, Free him, free him". The lady had said.
Bella sighed again and rubbed her forehead...this wasn't going well."
Just then she felt her heartbeat increase, she looked up from her glass and looked around, everything became a blur and the voices around her became like static. Something was close, she could feel it, she felt the answer close, the answer to her puzzle. And then she saw him.
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Desmond walked into the bar, he wanted to sit and have a cold drink to sort out his thoughts, he had to. He walked over and sat down on a chair in front of the bar and ordered a glass of cold vodka. Beside him a girl was seated staring at him intermittently, she looked familiar but he couldn't place her face.
"Excuse me do I know you?". She suddenly asked out of the blue.
Right then as she spoke he suddenly recognized her.
"I think so...". He said turning to face her. "Did you by any chance attend the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University?". He added.
"Yeah,.....oh my gosh!". She exclaimed, her eyes opening in sudden remembrance. "Desmond, oh my God". She chuckled delightedly.
"It's me o, ah it's been a long while". He remarked smiling widely.
He had now fully remembered who she was, erstwhile course mate of his, they had attended the same school but had long since graduated.
"So how has it been now, what's happening". She asked.
"Nothing much, I can see you are doing very well".
Bella smiled at this, deep down she was confused, she felt an immense connection with him but she couldn't say how, she felt as if her problems was linked to him in some way.
"That's what you think, but deep down I'm battling with a very puzzling problem right now".
"Really, what is it?".
She felt like telling him about it, but suddenly she had some kind of insight, like a peep into his mind, she couldn't tell where it came from or how it appeared but one thing was certain. She had to tell him.
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