Knock, knock, suddenly I hear a loud knocking which filled the quiet and peaceful atmosphere inside the pickup-truck. It's Mr.Louis.
He had stopped somewhere unknown. The place had a bizarre large sign yellow sign shining brightly in the dark and rainy night nearly blinding my sleepy self. The sign had a weird shape, it appears to look like an "M", maybe? As I look down it says "Mc Donald's" beneath in red and white writing, what is this place? He is holding a large brown bag which he is pointing at while smiling at me through the rain.
I rolled down the window and took the bag. "What is this?", I asked while holding this strange brown bag.
"It's fast-food. Man, I haven't eaten this type of food in a while!". He turned around and walked over to the driver seat with his bag of food. Wonder what's in here?
I unpacked the food from within the bag being met with the smell of meat, potatoes I think, and cheese. I saw some weirdly shaped pencil-like things, it smells like that's the potatoes! But the smell of meat, cheese, and other things masked the smell of the potatoes. Frankly, it didn't smell or look that appetizing, maybe it looks better than it tastes?
Before I proceeded to unravel the mystery from within the bag that Mr.Louis refers to as "food". Bella shuns up from her sleep while stretching her arms and limbs. "Good morning, sunshine", I said lowly.
"What's in that bag?"
"Honey, it's food, eat up! Y'all have a long road ahead!", Mr.Louis shouted while munching on his burger, he was taking enormous bites. Man, wonder how big that mouth of his is, if he can fit that whole thing in just three bites!?
I handed her what seems to be, according to the wrapper at least, a so-called "cheeseburger". I have never had a burger before, it seemed like an odd thing to eat at night. Maybe it's the only food you can get that is close and nearby?
"Mr.Louis where are we?"
"Were at a small town where I will be driving you to a bus stop, that bus will take you to the airport"
"To where!?", Bella shouted with her mouthful.
"The airport, honey. I thought I was talking loud enough?!"
"Wait for a second, Mr. Louis that wasn't our plan! I told you 100km away from our town, we cannot afford a plane ticket!"
"Son, I got you a cheap ticket out of the country!"
"First of all Mr.Louis we will need a visa, which we cannot get since we are not eighteen yet. Where are we heading towards anyway?"
"I got you a cheap ticket to a small town I know of in France"
"France? But we do not know anything about France nor can we speak the language! I am not eighteen and I cannot travel legally, Mrs. Robinson will find us for sure!"
"Who are you to determine where we will be going anyway! You are no more than a strange!", Bella shouted while gripping my hand in fear.
He dropped his Burger and spoke, and turned around. As he turned around it was as if he had turned into a completely different person. His smile disappeared, his voice got deeper and his eyebrows furrowed. I had never seen him like this before.
"You will do as you're told! I know best, Alexander! I am the adult and you are the child-he told me while pointing at me-. I am sending you somewhere I know that you will be safe in and somewhere that I can come and visit you whenever!"
"Mr.Louis, you are scaring me. How is France suddenly an option! Are you out of your mind?"
He turned around and held me by my jaw shaking from his grip, while looking into my eyes, "Alexander, do as your told this instance".
Bella tried to open the doors, but they were locked. He began gripping me tighter. Tightening his grip even more. Now nearly breaking my jaw while still keeping eye contact. "Be a good boy, Alex. Daddy won't hurt you like he used to do, okay?".
Bella dropped her burger and suddenly a horrible smell filled the car from the liquid that escaped her mouth and ended up on the leather cushions. Green and yellow spew were splashed all over the leather seats and some of it even got on me!
"Oh my!", Mr.Louis got out of the car and ran into that weird burger place. "Come on Bella, while he is running to get paper towels, we can make a run for it!"
"With what money, Frank! You have already paid the man haven't you?"
"No"
"You still-hiccup-got the money on ya?!"
"Yes ma'am"
She bent over to the driver-seat-door and flicked the "unlock" button and quickly jumped out of the truck door as if time itself was behind her.
I knew this man was too good to be true! How could I put both me and Bella in such danger? For all I know, we could have ended up as child prostitutes, sold off as I read in my novels of the children's black market, and probably shipped trough France to somewhere! I don't know! All I know is that my hands are shaking and my breath is uncontrollably shaky rising and falling. I jumped out the truck and as I stepped out of the car I eyed Mr.Louis running frantically inside the restaurant.
I ran to the other side to hold Bella's hand trough this horrifying storm, both physically and mentally.
This restaurant? Fast-food place? I don't know what to call it, was located beside a gas station down a hill, therefore I and Bella had to run up the muddy, wet and slippery hill which couldn't be steeper and harder to get trough with a sick and weak person to the left and a person on the verge of fainting or getting their inner demons to walk the face of their brain at any second to the right. Life seemed beautiful.