I open my eyes. The plain wall and the plants. I'm at our house. I turned my head to the table.
I thought it's just my dream, but unfortunately, it's true.
Furthermore, I touched my nape. I remembered that they injected something. I think it's the thing that made me fall asleep.
I stand up. My head is aching and it feels like the surrounding is moving.
I guess it's one of the side effects. Likewise, I decided to sit and I bend down my head. Not only that, but I covered my face and I closed my eyes.
“Jeez, it seems like I'm going to live here alone.” I took a deep sigh and let it out slowly.
All of a sudden, I heard some loud knock on the front door.
“What kind of situation is this?” I muttered. I stood up and walked away from the table.
My eyes widen and my jaw dropped when I opened the door.
“Where are your parents? They have lots of debts that they need to pay!” the man shouted in front of me.
“Sir?” He glared at me. Based on his facial expression, the eyebrow arched, and his lips were pressed together into a thin line.
His arms were crossed.
“Do you want to have some water, Sir?” I asked. All of a sudden, his face turned into a bewildered look and he scratches his head.
“Are you messing around? I'm not here just to play with you! I'm here because I need to tell something to your parents!” My shoulder slumped down.
He keeps shouting. It's making me feel annoyed.
“Sir, if you want, you can come in, so we can talk about it properly, instead of shouting at me,” I suggested with a soft voice.
“No, just tell me if your parents are there and when are you planning to pay the debts.” I took a deep sigh.
“My parents were not here, they went somewhere, in fact, they didn't tell me if where they're going to go, as you can see, I looked exhausted because they injected—”
My eyes widen and I immediately covered my mouth.
“Injected?” I shook my head and I glanced at him.
“Please, forget what I've said, thank you for your understanding.” I closed the door. My heart is racing.
“I'm going to go back in here every weekend, just to collect the money, are we clear?” I'm hoping that this deal will flow smoothly.
“Sure, I understood.” After a few seconds, I heard some footsteps. It seems like he's walking away from the door.
I sit on the ground. What I'm going to do now? Do I have the strength to pay all the debts that my parents left?
I thought, my family was already perfect. We are eating together, watching together, and working together.
What happen to them? I remember, when I was a child, they keep telling me that I'm their lucky charm.
When I'm with them, their money will increase. I wonder why they have these debts.
It seems like the hallway was quiet. I stand up and went to my room. I looked at the wall clock.
I'm late if I'm still going to school. The corner of my mouth suddenly raised.
“How funny, my dad told me that he's going to take me to the school, but look what happened, he left me all of a sudden.”
I gulped because I felt like there's a lump inside my throat.
I drank some water. I hope it helps me to calm my nerves.
Furthermore, I took my phone and decided to call Hailey, I just want to get some updates from her.
“Hello? Hailey? Where are you?” I asked in the other line.
My voice was echoing in this quiet area. She said that she's currently walking in the hallway inside the school.
The professors are asking her. I shrugged my shoulder.
“Please, tell them that something came in urgent and I need to respond to that problem,” I added.
“Hailey, can I ask you something? Can you buy some milk for me? Bring them to my house, please, thank you.” The call ended.
I let myself fall on the ground. It's cold and it making me feel uncomfortable.
It's like I'm lying down to all the problems. It's hard, but I need to be careful and make sure that I'm going to clean up the problems.
I wonder if what kind of liquid that they injected into me earlier. It will make me laugh if something terrible will going to happen in my body.
2 hours has been passed when I heard that someone was knocking at my door.
“Hailey?” I said while laying on my bed.
“Yeah, it's me,” she replied. I sat on my bed, “Come in.” The door suddenly open and Hailey appeared while holding a paper bag.
I assumed that's the milk that I requested before.
“Astrid! I have some news for you!” A wide smile was drawn to her lips. She begins to run in my direction and she suddenly hugs me.
“I got the pictures from the new student!” My eyes widen and my haw dropped a bit.
“Really?” She giggles and she jumped to my bed.
“Hey! Stop jumping! My bed will break!” I shouted while crossing my arms. I sat on my bed while arching my eyebrow.
“I'm sorry, I'm just excited, let me show you his pictures.” She sits beside me while scrolling on her phone.
“Look, He's Yuan,” she said. She shows me the pictures.
“He looks familiar,” I whispered. Hailey jokingly bumped her shoulder.
“Huh? Indeed, because he's the new student to our school.” I shook my head and looked at her with squinting eyes.
“I mean, I saw him somewhere...” I look at the ground while touching the side of my head.
“Yes! Right, I saw him at the Cafe,” I cheerfully said. She smiled at me and she's giggling like a child.
“Wow! How I wish, he would like to meet me and let me introduce myself to him.” I shrugged my shoulder and stand up.
“As you can see, he would notice you the fact that we are in the same University, plus it seems like he had the same schedule,” I stated while walking through the room.
“It's not impossible, let's say, he would like to go to the library, when we are going to compare, you have the same personality with him, which is going to the library.”
I sat on my side chair. I glanced at her, she's looking at the ceiling.
“Let me give you another scene, for example, we are going to the field, there are some chances that he might be there, whether he's playing in the field or just like the same with you, an spectator.”
While I'm explaining all the things that running into my mind. Her head was nodding and it seems like she's satisfied with my suggestion.
“That would be a good idea, so, I'm going to do is to search and collect some details about him, that would be great!”
I'm became startled when she shrieked.
“Hailey!” I shouted while my eyes widened. She glanced at me and her shoulder slumped down while having an awkward smile.
I got the milk and I started to sip it.
“Where are your parents? I didn't notice them in the living room, do they have another delivery?” she asked.
I gasped and my heart started to race.
“Uhm, about that I'm not sure, but I think so?” I replied. Furthermore, if she keeps asking me those kinds of questions, all the things that already happened earlier are flashing to my mind.
“Is that so? Whatever! Help me to get Yuan, please? I want to know him.” I took a deep sigh.
“I'm not sure about that, but if that makes you happy, why not?” I replied.
“Yay! Thank you! We will start to follow him tomorrow!” My eyes widen.