Chapter 1
Everywhere silence and looks like no one is home. “Hey! Chloe there you are, you little one come to me sweety”. Chloe is a dog, Labrador variety, golden colored shiny short furred skin, like velvet cushion.
I cuddled her into my arms she licked all over my face and looked at me. Where is everyone I wondered myself I searched all over the place in the house (the attic, the basement, the backyard almost everywhere). Chloe followed me.
I left my luggage out in the veranda seeking they’ll come to me and give a warm hug but that all didn’t happened so far. I went to the veranda where these lovely lilies bloomed. Lily, Arena blooms at early august and we have calla, little horn shaped white colored, at the center of calla a small stem of yellow colored pollen shows up.
“Hah!” With delightful sigh, I raised my shoulders and inhaled the smell deeply that kindled my childhood memories. It’s the roses over the edge of the veranda. Edward, light pinkish small roses bloomed all over the bushy, thorny herb of its. I went near it “Lovely!” my lips widened with a smile. I didn’t touched them just watched how beautiful they are.
With all this, i picked up my luggage, Chloe started rounding my feet. I am so much stressed out and tired of my long journey I planned to take a warm bath. Before that I chained Chloe to my room. “Chloe stay put, I’ll be back after the shower”. She winked her eyes as if she responded me
I went to the bath room it was like all clean and looked like it has not been used for so long but I somehow managed to turn on the geyser.
The shower, I wanted it to be checked, for its working condition. So I stood out of the bath tub and once I turned on the faucet, water stammered to come out of it so once again I closed the faucet and turned on. Then the flow was good. I took a good, relaxed, long bath.
I soaked my body completely in the warm water filled in the bath tub with lavender scented shower gel makes me feel wonderful, I made up some froth over me and I closed my eye awhile. My phone ringed and it stopped after two rings.
Hearing this she barked once and kept quiet. I’m done with my bath and dressed up, flesh colored button down shirt tucked in loosely and a blue ripped pepe jeans up to my ankle. I feel comfortable on them.
Actually I’m starving. It’s been a long journey almost 3000 miles and 5000 kilometers. It’s growling in my stomach so we moved to the kitchen, Chloe too, I unchained her. Opened the refrigerator and stretched my arm. I took a milk carton gulped a little and pour some for Chloe into her bowl; she licked out the milk so fast as if she is hungry as I am. “Go on you hungry girl” I smiled looking at her.
Then I went to the stove lit it, topped it with a pan heated up some bacon sprinkled some olive oil over it, seasoned it with salt n pepper. I toasted some bread in the toaster near by the coffee maker with the coffee stain left over in the jar.
The bacon is almost done and the bread too and placed it over a piece of bread, added up with mustard sauce, lettuce and with a spoon full of mayonnaise, finally I covered it with the other bread piece. So the sandwich is done gloriously.
I went for a bite. Mmmhmmmm yummy!! It’s like heavens.
Fetched a bottle of orange juice poured half a glass. I took another bite and started walking out of the kitchen to the veranda where I can see a swing chair made of wood, a two seated type [a sofa or a sofa without a leg] hanging from the ceiling by chain connected throughout the length of the swing’s arm. It looked as a perfect place to sit and enjoy my sandwich. So I stepped towards the swing with the creaky noise and hopped in to it, I swung a little by kicking my leg against the wooden floor.
I could smell some rose scent and watched the hedges along the pathway from the veranda to the outer gate. It was cold outside but not that cold, sun rays scattered here and there over the roof top and all over the shrubs, it’s the morning with a chilling breeze.
I got some fresh air and I folded my leg inside the swing chair and lay back my body over the swing and rested myself closing my eyes with a deep thoughts.
After a while Chloe came from nowhere and started making sounds. So I suddenly stretched out my legs and landed them on the floor then she licked my foot. She sniffed all over the floor for something and I understood her way of signing I took her out to the gate. At once she pooped.
“Haaaa, Thank God!” I felt good coz she didn’t poop inside. Of course she won’t, coz she is a well-mannered girl. Why she sniffed the floor is that she is signing me to help her open the door that’s all like “Hey! You girl help me I wanna poop”.
While she was pooping, I wandered in the streets not too far from my home looking for the neighbors but I couldn’t find one. All were inside their house enjoying themselves with their family members; it’s the thanks giving day for them. They threw parties and loads of fun activities, eating, drinking, and dancing.
I could hear them doing all these stuffs. I’m quiet relieved from the terror of lonely. Though I like being lonely doesn’t mean that, no living beings around me. (1)
(1) Like all people in the city evacuated for a reason of some kind a disease is spreading or a giant monster attack or a zombies has took over the city. Its kind a creepy.
I went to my bed. Im still wondering where these people gone and what’s taking them so long to reach home. They knew I’ll be home by now. In all this thought I was on my rolling chair swirling myself, Chloe looked with “a puppy face” (2) seeing this I melt down, “Hey sweety! Come here” took him and make him sit on my lap. She cuddled into my arms.
(2) Like a black grapes shiny eyes, tilted her head to left and the left ear is half folded down and the other upright.
For the sake of my mom, I tried calling her. But the line was all busy so I threw my phone to the bed. I got up from chair and just lied down on the bed. I rolled over and stared at the ceiling where I could see a little chandelier hanging, I don’t think it will glow because it’s not in use since I left home for my higher studies. I can see some things which I left here was still there, where I left (some, actually not all).
I felt something strange in my tummy and my shoulder started shivering, I muttered “I saw something” to Chloe. She sat upright raising her head and turned her ears like an antenna dish towards the sound for listening; she turned her head all over the sides and started barking at the window. I tried to shut her up but I can’t handle her so I dragged her from the room,
Holding her brown colored collar belt and closed the door of my room. We both panicked but I didn’t showed to her “Please don’t afraid, calm down Chloe” softly touching her head with a smooth patting. I was thrilled by the time, kind of startled by the shadow that I saw at the window.
All of a sudden a door at the back next to kitchen shut too fast and with loud creaky noise, this time I didn’t went anywhere but towards the back of the house, I chained Chloe in the living room as she started barking again, it was annoying but ignoring that and stealthily tried to know the thing that makes us panicked.