Waking up slowly on my own accord, my eye opening slowly and still blurry, I began rubbing my eyes to try and clear up my vision. Finally coming to my sense I noticed I wasn't lying comfortably on my sofa and instead laying down on the floor. I quickly checked my right hand seeing my ring is still on my finger. Then quickly checking my necklace, it also still attached on my neck. Sadness washed over me, "So it was just a dream...." I said to myself... "God I really am pathetic." I added. I slowly stood up and walked downstairs in the hopes maybe she was there sleeping on the sofa, but the sofa was empty.
"Fuckkkkkk...." I sighed sitting on the top of the stairs hating myself.
My ringtone suddenly started to ring somewhere downstairs. Slowly I stood up making my way downstairs searching for the source of the sound. Eventually finding it under the sofa, "Hello?" I said picking it up before the other person hung up.
"Hey Paul.... It's Jay..." Jay said on the other side of the phone.
"Hey bro wassup?" I said trying to sound normal.
"So I talked to Fish and she said that there's going to be a burial ceremony for her in 3 days." He said to me.
"Thanks bro.... can you get me an address?" I asked.
"Are you sure?... I thought you said you was over her." He asked his voice reeking of worry.
"Yeah..... There's just some things I need to do." I replied.
"....... Okay I'll find out" he replied after a short pause.
"Thank's bro." I replied.
"No worries talk to you later dude." He said.
"Laters." I said proceeding to hang up the call.
I slowly made my way upstairs, into my room and pulling out a large box from under my bed. Opening it I began searching for a Bank card, shuffling through all the presents I never got the chance to gift her, till eventually I found what I was looking for.
Turning on the PC, I began to think about the dream, and how I wished she was still with us. Opening my phone, I wrote a message to Kan, "Hey I was wondering could you get the police report on Emilia? They wouldn't tell me what happened to her." Sending the message while I waited for my comp to boot up. Soon as it boot up I opened a web browser and went to online banking logging into the account, Balance £2,546,678.65..... 'Wow did I really save that much over the years?'... anyways, I pulling out the corresponding Cheque book I half filled out the Cheque for the amount of £2,500,000, tearing it out placing it in an envelope writing Emilia on the front and placing it in a draw.
Checking the time, I began making my way into the shower washing off the smell of alcohol from me. Then drying myself off and getting dressed I made my way down to the kitchen to Getting my protein shake and bottle of water ready for the gym. Getting everything ready for gym, I put on my thick warm winter coat and made my long 30min walk to the gym.
I paid no attention to the blistering cold, my mind unable to stop thinking of Emilia. Eventually entering the hot gym building, it began heating my fingers, toes and ears which I didn't notice went numb in the cold. "Good morning Paul" One of the female personal trainers greeted me.
"Good morning Erika" I replied to her faking a smile.
"You okay?" she said stopping to talk to me.
"Yeah everything's alright... Why?" I asked.
"No reason... something feels odd with you." she said smiling.
"Hmmm nope.... nothing I can think of." I lied.
"Alright then." she replied with a smile before walking away back to the offices.
Walking to the locker rooms, I began getting ready to start my work out, hopefully my work out will tire me enough to stop my excessive thinking. Brutally punishing myself in my workout lifting much heavier then I normally would, I felt my muscles scream and ache in pain. Finishing my workout, my body felt extremely exhausted all I could think about was how tired I was. Taking a shower and changing into a fresh set of clothes in the locker room, I made my long arduous journey back to my apparent, my tired body walking at a snail pace.
Eventually arriving home I dropped my bag on the side and began making my way to the sofa, falling onto it feeling dead tired. Opening on my phone I opened Whatsapp, "Hey =)" I messaged Jade.
A few seconds passed when I saw "online" under her name, "Hey! wassup?! =)" she replied.
"Ahhh nothing much.... sitting at home, I need to write my web novel chapter but I'm procrastinating." I replied. "You?" I added.
"Nothing much just in the Lab.... doing boring experiments." She replied.
"Hope it's not too boring." I replied.
"It's getting better, now you messaged me =)" She replied.
"Ohh really?... " I replied.
"Yeah....=)" she said.
"Do you wanna meet up after work?" I asked.
"Yeah sure, what you wanna do?" she asked.
"My place sound good?... I'll cook dinner again=)" I requested.
"Sounds great... =) I'll see you after work" she agreed
"See you soon =)" I replied.
I suddenly remembered that I left my car at the company's car park. "Bro I left my car at the company's car park... when the Detectives took me." I sent Jay a message.
I began slowly making my way upstairs to my PC, my body aching with every step. Before dropping myself onto my chair, opening word, I began writing out two chapter for the fantasy web novel I've recently started writing.
My phone vibrated receiving a new message. "Sure I'll get Emma to drive it to you after work." jay replied to my message.
"Thanks bro" I replied.
Opening up twitter I made a small tweet to my fans and viewers that I won't be online to stream today. An hour or two passed as I finished writing the first draft to the Chapter saving it for editing later, I made my way downstairs to see my table and kitchen counter litter with takeaway boxes and rubbish. Quickly cleaning up the mess and quick wipe down, I checked the Fridge for ingredients. 'I should be able to rustle something decent up.
Suddenly I heard my buzzer ring, checking the camera it was Emma waiting at the door, pressing the button letting her in she made her way out of view entering the building. I left the door open so she could let herself in as I carried on tidying up the apartment a little.
"Mr Phu?" I heard Emma's voice from the door.
"Come in" I said still cleaning up the living room.
"Mr Phu I came to return your car keys." she shouted out to me.
"Thank you so much! Hope it wasn't much trouble." I said walking out the living room to thank her.
"No trouble at all." she smiled.
We stood in silence for a little, I expected her to make her way home after. "Would you like a drink?" I asked politely.
Her face lit up with a large smile, "Yes please!" she replied taking a seat at the kitchen counter.
"What's your poison?" I asked walking around to the kettle.
"Coffee." she replied chuckling at my joke.
"I only have this random branded instant coffee, is that going to be okay with you?" I asked.
"Yeah any will be fine." She smiled.
"Busy day?" I asked as I began preparing the coffee.
"It's alright, Jay doesn't really need me much, so most the time I'm kinda bored." She answered.
"Ohh I see.... it's quite embarrassing .... I know you've been his assistant from the start but I don't really know much about you..." I hesitantly confessed.
"That's okay..... You don't come around the office much." She replied with a smile. "I'm an open book." She added.
"Ohhh okay... so tell me about yourself." finishing the coffee and passing it to her.
"Ohhh thank you." she said taking a sip, "Hmmm.... well I'm 25..... From Mumbai, My parents keep telling me to do something more with my life, but I'm still unsure what I should be doing." She replied.
"Ohhh so you're Indian?... that's cool." I replied, "Don't get too worried about that, I was bouncing between things till I finally embraced my gaming addiction and started streaming and very recently started a web novel. The most important thing is doing something you love." I tried to reassure her and give her advice.
"Mr Patel always said you was an investor but I never really knew what you did for a living..... What is streaming by the way?" She asked.
"Ohh so I basically entertain people on the internet with gaming and just being a funny chill dude." I answered her.
"Ohhh that's pretty cool and different" She replied.
"Yeah I've been super lucky." I said, "So are you married yet?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Sadly not yet..... My parents keep trying and pestering me, but I haven't met anyone yet." She answered me
"Ohhh.... Sorry for the odd question, I was slightly interested because I had a lot of Asian friends and they all were married around 21 -23." I explained myself.
"Yeah......." She replied with a sigh.
"Sadly I don't know anyone to introduce you to." I said joining her on the kitchen counter.
"So how about you? Any Mrs Phu on the horizon?" she asked sounding very interested.
Her question brought up memories of Emilia again... and how I would have loved to spend the rest of my life with her. "No sadly..... Funny story my first serious GF was Indian." I answered her trying to fake a smile.
"Ohh really?.....Serious GF?! Was you a player back in the days Mr Phu?" she said interested with a hint of disapproval.
"Ohhh... No ... No... Nothing like, my technically first GF was when I was 16 and it was only because I was kinda dumb and thought having a GF would make normal and cool." I explained.
"Ohhh so how many GF's have you had?.." she asked leaning closer on one arm.
"It's abit embarrassing... but it's currently sitting at ...3..." I said extremely hesitant.
She sat back in shock.... "Really only 3?" she said in disbelief, "Someone like you..... No way that's gotta be a lie." She added.
"No.... I was being completely truthful." I said trying to persuade her.
I suddenly heard the faint sounds of my door being unlocked with a key.