long white dress that had two
straps over her strong shoulders and had a slit at the side showing
a bit of her bare leg. To finish off the look her face was
flawless. She looked like she’d just come off a runway in
Paris.
I tried to find Becky and Lilly but they were
already gone. I tried to pluck up the courage to talk to her.
“ You’re that woman I met yesterday.” I
said without any confidence.
She gave a smile that could light the darkest
of nights. I took a step back.
“ You don’t have to be scared of me
Ellie.” she said with such a soft voice.
I burst out into rage “How the hell do you
know my name, who the hell are you, and what is happening to my
fucking life.” I screamed.
The Woman just stood there with her eyes
brightly attached to me.
“ You’re just like your mother.” she
said.
“ My mother?” I said asked
slowly.
“ Yes allow me to introduce myself. I am
Rhea. You could call me a friend of your mothers.” she said
softly.
My head was swimming with questions. This
Woman says she’s a friend of my mother’s? Was she a mental
patent?
“ Are you sick or something, my mum is
dead!” I yelled. “What is wrong with you? Why do you keep stalking
me? Are you crazy or something? Leave me alone!” I started to
breath heavily.
“ I know it must be hard for you Ellie,
but you need to know that I’m here for you.”
“ What do you mean? I don’t want
anything to do with you!”
“ Ellie, you must listen to me. You
are..” her words were cut off.
A car horn sounded behind me and I whipped
round to see it was Kate pulling up to the curb. I yanked the door
open and jumped straight into the car before it could stop. I told
Kate to drive.
I breathed a sigh of relief as the car
traveled away from the woman. Kate noticed my heavy sigh.
“ Who was that woman you were talking to
Ellie? You look a little spooked.”
I didn’t want to say anything at first but I
gave in. “It’s the woman I told you about.” I replied.
“ Her!” she said surprised and took her
eyes off the road.
“ Kate the road!” I reminded her and she
snapped back to reality.
“ Sorry, but when you said about a woman
talking to you, I thought it would be a middle age woman or
something, but not a supermodel.” she said.
“ Yeah she does look all dolled up.” I
said.
“ Dolled up isn’t the word, did you see
that dress? Must have cost a fortune.”
“ Yeah it does look expensive.” I said
blandly.
“ Right, phone your Dad, tell him you’re
with me for the afternoon.” Kate said.
“ Really?” I said with excitement. I
took my phone out and found the number straight away, I held the
phone to my ear, and he picked up within a few rings.
“ Hi Dad, I’m going to be with Kate for
the afternoon, is that okay?” I asked.
I could hear him thinking it over. “Where are
you going?”
“ We’re just going to hang out that’s
all.”
“ All right but make sure your not home
too late, have fun.” he hung up.
“ He said yes.” I said.
“ I have a good brother,” Kate said
happily. “Right I’m starving, let’s go get a burger.”
Come to think of it, I hardly ate anything
for lunch and the thought of a burger did make me hungry. Kate
continued down the road and took a left and then a right turn. I
gazed out of the window. Everything flew passed like a blur as we
passed different street and carried on down the road. Kate slowed
down and turned into the drive through. There was another car ahead
of us waiting to be served. I could see kids jumping up and down in
the car with excitement.
“ What do you want Ellie, my treat.”
Kate asked.
It didn’t take me long to think what I
wanted. “Cheese burger, large fries, and strawberry milkshake.
Please.” I asked.
“ What no ice cream?” Kate laughed as we
pulled up to the window. She gave the order to the woman and added
two ice creams and paid cash.
“ Did you just order ice cream as well?”
I asked.
Kate gave a devilish
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