HAUNTED PRINCE, DENIS DANIEL [top ten books of all time .txt] 📗

just hoped she won’t lush out on Alex because she could be pretty unreasonable at times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 52;

 

I woke up the next day feeling like I was on drugs or something. My head was cloudy and disoriented. Right away I realized what I felt yesterday wasn’t a onetime thing. I got off the bed and the instant I stood I felt nauseous. I ran to the bathroom quickly leaned over ready to buff but nothing came out. It was either because I didn’t eat anything yesterday when I came home or maybe it was just a reaction.

Talking about yesterday, I remember very little about it. I remember getting out of the car with Alex helping me walk by putting my arm over her shoulders. I remember Ashley coming out quickly and looking at Alex with a scrutinizing glare. I was worried a little but there was nothing I could do considering my condition.

But then Alex explained things to her and in some weird way Ashley relaxed. I couldn’t make out the words or the conversation because at that time I was barely conscious. It didn’t matter what they talked about though, the important thing was that Ashley understood and helped me to get inside and put me in bed. Then, the moment my head hit the pillows everything went black.

It was around nine in the morning when I woke up. After making sure I wasn’t nauseous anymore I brushed my teeth and headed downstairs for breakfast.

“Morning. How are you feeling?” Ashley asked the moment I finished the last step of the stairs, like she was waiting for me.

“Peachy.” I smiled a little, “I think I’ll live.” I added.

“Are you sure? If you need to go to the hospital, we can go.” She said while speculating me with her suspicious stare.

“I’ll be okay. It’s not something serious. Just caught some allergy or something.”

“But that’s the thing, I’ve known you my whole life. I know you don’t have any allergies.” She said suspiciously,

“Don’t worry Ashley. I can assure you that I’ll be fine. Now, I just need some coffee.”

“I think mom left some in the pot.” Then she went to sit on a couch and kept reading the book which was already open.

I made myself a cup of coffee and started to have breakfast, since I was kind of hungry. But half way through I felt nauseous again so I rushed to the sink, however nothing came out this time as well. What a tease? Either way I lost my appetite.

While I was standing at the kitchen I heard the doorbell ring. Automatically, I thought that was Alex coming to check on me. I rushed to the door to surprise her with a passionate kiss. Well, I was disappointed since she wasn’t at the door, it was someone else.

“Layla! It’s been a while. What are you doing here?” I was surprised to see her because she never talked to me anymore.

“I need to talk to you.” She was nervous from the expression on her face.

“What is it?” now she was making me nervous as well and worried.

“They are coming back.”

My heart kind of stopped for a second, “What do you mean?” I couldn’t hide the fear from my voice.

“I don’t want to talk out here.”

“Sure, let me open the garage.” I went back inside so that I could open it from inside.

“Hey,” I called her after opening the door to the garage.

I couldn’t wait for long so soon after I pulled the garage door down and even before we sat down I asked her,

“Ok, tell me. What’s coming back?” the fear was obvious on my face. I speculated her expression to see if there was any sign that she wasn’t herself, but she was nervous and her eyes were still the same color from the last time I saw her.

“The memories. I’m remembering things.” She said looking at me worriedly,

I sighed and then sat down on a chair and leaned back a little trying to calm myself down because my mind went a little too far, “Ok, do you remember anything specific?”

“No. Just some foggy street and blurred people and places. But they are getting clearer.” She paused for a short moment, “at first I thought it was because of the trauma that’s who I was seeing these visions. But then, they felt so real and now I’m scared. I don’t know what to do.”

“Don’t worry, nothing is going to happen to you. Even if you remember something bad just know that it wasn’t you. Do you hear me?”

She nodded, but looked down on the floor, “hey look,” I lifted her chin to look at me, “I men it. That wasn’t you, you can’t blame yourself for it. Whatever that thing made you do.”

“So I just have to ignore the memories or what?”

“No, I believe your memories are going to help me find the truth.”

“Truth about what?”

“You have heard what people are saying about me in town. Alex believes that what happened to you is somehow connected with my situation,” I had to wait a little before I continued because the request I was about to ask her was not something she was going to like, “so, I am asking if you remember doing something weird,”

“Wait, what do you mean weird? Like killing a person kind of weird or eating a person kind of weird.”

“I don’t think we are dealing with cannibals here. But I don’t really know what they do. So I can’t give you the specifics but just try to remember as much as you can.”

“What if I don’t want to remember?” she whispered looking down.

“I will understand. But if you remember anything at all come to me and we can figure this out together. Who knows, it might be the cure you need to move on.”

“What if what I remember is something horrible?” she was scared now, I could see it in her eyes.

“Look, I’m not going to judge you. I have had people judge me and it is not a good feeling. I won’t do that to you,” I stopped and looked at her to see if she believed me or not, when she sighed I knew she was calmer, “I just want to find the source of all these things or at least the cause so nobody will suffer again like you and me and other people who are still trapped.”

“I will try not too freak out too much when the memories come back. Thank you.”

“Don’t think me yet. It’s not over, on the contrary this might be the beginning I’m afraid.”

Either way thank you for listening to me. Instead of sending me away or thinking that I’m going nuts.”

“I’ve seen couple things that makes me rethink how I see things. Or the things I thought were real and those I thought weren’t. So, I can never think you are crazy.” I looked her straight in the eyes to show her that I wasn’t bluffing about it.

“I gotta go, I don’t want my mom to get worried because she put a baby sitter for me. If I stay here too long the baby sitter is going to call her and up goes the panic.”

I escorted her outside and walked with her for a little while, “I think I should head back now,” I said. She always impressed me how she minded walking with me on the street despite what people would say.

“Ok, I will tell you if I remember anything.”

“That will be great.”

“Thank you again.” Then she hugged me before I could respond,

“You are welcome.” I said while hugging her,

She let go finally, “Goodbye.” She said before turning then she left and went up the street to her home.

“Bye,” I said out loud because she was a few feet ahead.

Afterwards, I walked slowly heading home myself thinking about what she would remember. Would she really tell me or just decide to hide it? But why would she hide? I didn’t call her to come today, she came on her own. And that was the proof I needed to believe she was going to tell me if she remembers anything.

There was trees alongside the road in our street and after walking for a while I saw Alex coming behind one of them. It was weird she was hiding from me and what’s weirder she started walking the other direction quickly.

“Alex,” I called, but she didn’t turn or stop walking. I quickened my pace to get to her but she increased hers as well.

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 53;

 

 

I stopped for a second feeling amused, ‘ok, if that’s how you want to play it,’ I said to myself. I started chasing her and soon enough I caught her hand. But then, my head started spinning again, I totally forgot I was sick.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” I asked while panting.

“I saw you with her.” She said curtly, anger obvious on her voice.

“Who? Layla?” I asked but strangely my condition was getting worse by the second just because I ran for like a minute.

“Yes, I saw you getting out of the garage with her. And I saw you hugging her. Are you with her too?” she didn’t even try to hide her jealousy.

“What? No, why would I be with her while she is with Bratt?”

“Yes, you can. Fooling us so that we won’t know that you are together.”

“Now you are being ridiculous.” I had to bend down a little before continuing, “I don’t even love her. I love you Alex, in case you forgot.”

“What was she doing here then?”

“She came here because her memories are coming back and she wanted me to help her.” My vision was starting to get blurry so, I blinked several times in attempt to see more clearly.

“Are you okay?” she asked looking at my eyes,

“No, I think I need to sit down,” I said.

Since my house was like a few feet away she helped me get to the porch of my house. I sat down on the stairs to catch breathe.

“Did she remember anything?”

“No, she didn’t. Actually she has but most of the memories are foggy so she can’t make out most of them.”

“And why did you hug her?” she asked, even though I thought her question was completely ridiculous, I answered it anyway,

“It was to comfort her nothing else. And she was the one who hugged me first.”

“I believe you. It’s just that you guys are so unpredictable sometimes.”

“You are forgetting that I’m different, a little too different. You have nothing to worry about.” I pulled her close and kissed her