HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 31 – 40
By Obianke Prosper
Chapter Thirty Six
AUTHORESS PROSPER POV
She saw herself in a dessert dressed in a long white gown which covered her down to her feet.
The dessert was quiet, no sounds of animals nor of trees ruffling. She gasped, surprised.
What was she doing here in a place like this? What happened? Who brought her here?
She had dozens of questions to be answered but she was all alone with no one to question.
She tried to stay calm by breathing in and breathing out, then afterwards she began walking, trying to figure out a way to get out of the dessert.
She walked for a long time but finally stopped when she became too tired. Her throat was dry, she badly wanted to drink water.
“Hey, are you thirsty?”.She heard a familiar voice say and she turned to the direction where she had heard the voice only to see someone dressed in white. It was Dylan.
“Dylan?”.She asked to be sure.
“Yes, it is me”.He shrugged. “But what are you doing here? I mean…you ought to be in heaven not in the dessert”.
Grace eyebrows knitted in confusion..
“Heaven? Wait…Are we dead?”.Her lips were quivering.
“I don’t know but I could be of help to you. I could lead you back to heaven ‘even though am not allowed in there’..”.Grace heard the last words he said but she kept her lips sealed as they both continued walking.
“Um, please can you hand over the cup of water to me?”.Grace said as soon as she sighted a cup of water on Dylan’s hand.
“Oh! Apologies, forgot to hand it to you earlier”.He sighed softly and handed the drink to her. She took a sip and gave the cup back to him.
“You should drink some too, you look thirsty”.Grace said and Dylan nodded his head in approval.
He was about to take some sips but suddenly the cup was snatched away from him and the whole liquid poured on the hot sand of the dessert.
A man clothed in black appeared with a evil smile on his lips. He was the one who snatched the cup away from Dylan, his face was hidden with a mask.
“How dare you?!”.Dylan growled with bloodshot eyes and the white cloth on him changed to black.
Grace flinched as she saw this. Dylan now look so dark.
“You!”.The man smirk grew larger as his eyes ran into Grace’s. Grace swallowed her saliva in fear.
“Puppy, run! Don’t let him catch you!”.Dylan yelled and that was when she realized that the man was running towards her.
She quickly ran for her dear life but when the man was about to catch her, Dylan came in his front and landed a heavy punch on his face which broke his nose.
The man charged at Dylan and the both of them engaged in a hot fight. The fight lasted for many minutes as both males tried to kill each other.
The man, however was getting the upper hand, he had broken a few ribs of Dylan but Dylan did things to him too which made him groan in pain.
When he pulled out a sharp knife from God knows where and was about to stab Dylan with it, Grace quickly shielded Dylan and then, the knife came running through her back…
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 31 – 40
“Aarrrrrrrghhh!”.She let out a loud scream as she woke up from her sleep. She was sweating profusely and her head was aching badly. She had this urge to puke.
Like a flash, she stood from the bed and ran to the bathroom before vomiting some irritating substance from her stomach.
When she was done, she turned on the faucet and all she puked out got flushed.
She breathe out heavily wiping away the sweats on her face. She sure look horrible. Dark circles could be seen below her eyes, her skin was pale, her hair was messy and her lips were dried, almost looking bluish.
She walked out of the bathroom and when she got to the bedroom, something clicked in her head.
She was still in Dylan’s house! Oh God!
She realized another thing. She was putting on different clothes other than the one she wore when she came to the house.
Her palms clapped on her mouth in anger, fear and confusion. Dylan haven’t changed her clothes, right? No! Oh no!
She stared at the half opened window, flashing some rays of sunlight into the room. It sure look like it was morning but Grace didn’t want to believe it. She didn’t want to!
She hurriedly ran to her phone which was laying on the neatly arranged bed. The bed was looking arranged which means someone had arranged it while she was still sleeping on it.
Panicking, she took her phone on her palm before turning it on. What she saw as the time really shocked her. The time was 6:56am! It was morning.
She had many problems which made her heart pound. Her dad, her mum, her bro, they must be really worried about her!
She tried not to shiver.
She was of course confused as to why Mr Liam didn’t come to pick her up but she had many other problems to think of.
She hastily wore her footwear which was kept in a shoe rack, she ran out of the room later on and climbed the stairs.
Surprisingly, she saw Mrs Skylar wiping the table. She hurried to her..
“Where is Dylan?!”.Her voice was loud and ear piercing but she cared less. All she wanted to do was to see Dylan and land a mighty slap on his cheek.
“Dear, is anything the matter?”.Mrs Skylar asked, maintaining a confused face.
“Just answer the damn question!”.She rasped and Mrs Skylar’s body shook at the sound of her voice. She wasn’t expecting this at all from someone like Grace.
“H..he went out”.That was her reply and Grace frowned, realizing what today was.
It was Monday. Did he go to school or what?
She marched out of the living room feeling pained. Dylan really left her, huh? He didn’t even wake her up, he just left her. Jeez!
She dialed a number and after few seconds, her brother, Dave picked up the call.
“Hello? Grace?”.His voice was filled with surprise and somewhat relief.
“Dave…”
“Gosh! Grace, it’s you. Come on! Tell me where you are, we have been searching for you since yesterday. OMG! I was so worried, we all are. Please tell me where you are, we will come pick you up”.He sounded happy which made her smile too but the thought of them searching for her wiped her smile off. Gosh! Isn’t that another problem?
“Is Mr Liam there with you?”.
“Yeah, we have been calling him since yesterday but he just picked it up today. He says the fuel in the car got exhausted when he was about picking you up from Dylan’s house but with the help of some good Samaritans, he was able to get the car to a filling station”.
“Oh!”.She sighed, biting her lips, trying hard not to show off her frustration.
“So, where are you now? I and Mr Liam are on the way to Dylan’s house, are you still there?”.
“Yeah I am”.
“Okay then, we will be there soon”.
“Wait Dave, don’t hang up”.She felt that he wanted to hang up.
“What? Is anything wrong?”.He sounded worried.
“No, I just wanted to ask a question”.
“About?”.
“It’s about dad”.She breathe out softly. “Is he angry about my disappearance?”.
“Um, yeah he is. He probably thinks that you went partying with some friends of yours”.
“Friends? I don’t have friends”.
“Yeah you do, Jeanann and that scumbag, Kyree”.
“What?! Don’t call him that!”.
“Now you are defending him”.She could feel him roll his eyes.
“Whatever, just get out of my phone!”.She scoffed and hung up.
Now she just have one problem to deal with which was her Dad.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 31 – 40
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