“Aurora! Aurora!” I hear a voice calling my name.
“Five minutes, please!!” I said hoping the voice would go away.
“Aurora! Aurora wake up!”
“Brittany, go away, just let me get some sleep!” I whine sleepily.
Then I hear the voice chuckling.
Huh,, that doesn’t sound like a female voice. I open my eyes and come face to face with,,,, Javier?
I quickly sit up and look around, I’m still in the General’s study. My eyes locate the General, he is still sleeping soundly.
“What are you doing here?!” I asked in a whisper.
I turn back and check if the General has opened his eyes.
“I came to get you, you haven’t eaten anything since morning and it’s way past noon already”
“Way past noon?”
“Yeah, it’s 4:00pm”
“Your brother is very sensitive to sounds, how come he didn’t wake up when you came in”
“I saw him sleeping when I opened the door, so I made my steps much lighter”
“Huh?!”
“I do it any time he manages to get his five minutes sleep,,, how did you think I was able to steal some of his clothes for the past years”
I gasp quietly.
“You stole his clothes?!”
“All the time,,,, but don’t tell him!”
“Doesn’t he know?”
He shakes his head.
“He’s got too much to notice one missing!”
I giggled.
“Come on, let’s get something in your stomach”
I nod and stand up, I made to move but he stops me.
“You’ll wake him up with your heavy footsteps”
“Then how are we gonna go out?”
He bends and swoops me in his arms.
“Like this!”
Then he walks out slowly.
We are halfway through the hallway when I remembered my appointment with Brittany.
I gasp.
“What?” Javier asked.
“You said 4:00?”
He nods.
“Pm?”
He nods again.
“Put me down!”
He did but furrow his eyebrows and stares at me in confusion.
“Go get ready, I wanna take you to Melina’s now!”
“But you need to eat something first”
“No, no! There’s no time for that, go on!”
“Okay, I will be back when I’m done”
“Yeah!”
I dash towards my room.
*
*
I step out of my bathroom, all dressed. I pick my small handbag and head for the door when something catches my attention.
A small note lies on my bed, I quickly picked it up and read its contents.
*I have always known you are alive
But I thought you lost your memory as you change your name
I must say you are smart and bold enough to come into the General’s mansion with a fake identity
I won’t take any action for now but I’d advise you stop looking for me and carry on with your life*
Huh?
From this note I can tell this is the person I’m looking for,,,,, but who is he?.
Well, it doesn’t matter,,,, whoever it is must be close by. And I will find him even if it means giving up my life!
“Aurora, are you ready?” I hear Javier’s voice from outside.
I fold the paper and quickly tucks it in my bag.
I know Javier is a good guy, but I can’t trust him too much as to let him know about my mission. I might be his friend but the General is his brother, he might tell on me.
And besides, this mission is dangerous enough for me, I don’t want to bring anyone to it.
“Aurora, please let me know you are still alive in there!!”
I rushed to the door and open it, I put a wide smile on my face.
“Of course I’m alive and well, I was just making sure I look fabulous!!”
Javier did an eye roll and shake his head.
“You’re just being a drama queen”
“That I am,,, also I made your brother smile this morning”
“Smile or smirk?”
“What’s the difference?”
“They are two different words”
“Whatever, I made him show an expression”
He chuckled.
“That doesn’t count, I can make him smirk too”
“Humph! You are just trying to make it hard for me,,,, let’s go!”
I slammed my door, did a hair flip and start my catwalk.
“The best drama queen award goes to you!” He said but follows after me.
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|| Ian ||
My eyes snap open and I sit up, I groan and rub on my stiff neck.
I guess I place my neck in the wrong angle.
“Doctor!”
No response.
My eyes did a quick search around my study but didn’t find the doctor anywhere.
“Brandon!!”
The door burst open and Brandon rushes in.
“General”
“Where is that female doctor?”
“Oh, she left!”
“Left?”
“Yes, sir. I saw master Javier carry her out”
“What?!” I roared.
“I said Master Javier,,,,,,”
“I know what you said!!” I cut him off angrily.
“Where did they go?”
“I don’t know sir”
“I only slept for a few minutes and she broke a rule?!”
“General, you slept all through the afternoon”
“Shut up!”
“Yes, sir”
“Get out!”
“Thank you sir”
He turns and head towards the door but I called him back.
“Immediately she gets back, get her here!”
“Yes, sir!” Then he leaves.
I don’t know why I’m feeling so mad,,, maybe I should do some paper work to distract myself.